Global Wealth Report projects world household wealth to grow 50 percent to reach $330tn (£206tn) in 2017.
First deal under new CEO Antony Jenkins marks start of journey back to high street banking.
IB Times looks back on a string of e-mail disasters which have shone a light on endemic malpractice within the banking sector.
Robust labour market and limited supply preventing sharper decline
Hometrack's research shows weakening demand but tight supply helps underpin house prices from a sharper decline
September saw another fall in activity for embattled manufacturing sector according to leading private industry survey
Service sector bounce in July suggests UK economy will return to growth in third quarter
Kareem Serageldin facing extradition to US charged with conspiracy, falsifying records and wire fraud.
Bank of England rate-setter Paul Fisher expects significant injection to recession-hit British economy through lending to consumers and small businesses
British Banking Association data shows more first time buyers entering housing market in August
Plans to increase Europe's permanent bailout fund with some of the same techniques that created the original crisis appear doomed from the beginning.
Lloyds bank said it will use Funding for Lending Scheme cash to cut borrowing rates for homebuyers and small businesses
The Fed's announcement of QE3 cheers stock, commodities and bullion markets. Oil records four-month high and gold hits six-month high.
Phillip Monks, head of challenger bank Aldermore, insists small business demanding finance as he signs up for Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme.
Businesses claiming to be mis-sold derivatives by banks dodge FSA agreement by fleeing to lawyers instead.
IBTimes UK investigates fallout of Britain's biggest banks mis-selling derivatives to SMEs - and the damage caused to UK businesses.
Bully Banks meets Treasury officials to discuss recommendations and aid on UK banks' mis-selling derivatives scandal.
Prime Minister David Cameron announces reforms around planning laws to stimulate house-building.
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Nationwide House Price Index says rise wiped out previous two months' losses
Bank of England data shows mortgage approvals on rise in July, but consumer credit total declines
With Greece obliged to implement severe austerity measures, IBTimes looks at how ordinary people are paying the price.