Northern Rock ‘mortgage prisoners’ sue TSB subsidiary that bought their loans
Borrowers say Whistletree charged inflated interest rates when it took on their debt after lender’s collapse
December 2023
Calm, logical, decisive - Alistair Darling was the perfect crisis chancellor
Lord Darling of Roulanish obituary
November 2019
Jayne-Anne Gadhia: 'People joke I have a way with bearded billionaires'
Former Virgin Money CEO on her new role at software giant Salesforce, founded by Marc Benioff
May 2019
Hope for 'mortgage prisoners’ as MPs and regulator act to free them
Nils Pratley on finance
Ryanair loses altitude but O'Leary retains his cheek
Nils Pratley
October 2018
Business leader
Firms are partying like it’s 2007. Time the Bank played pooper
The trillions in cheap money that central banks created after the crash have just gone to service old debt or push up property prices. And we know where that could lead …
February 2018
It’s futile to think firms like Carillion can be trusted to run public services
Phil McDuff
For markets to work, firms need to take risks. That’s no way to run the things we all depend on, says freelance writer Phil McDuff
September 2017
Nils Pratley on finance
Northern Rock investors' compensation claim just doesn't add up
Nils Pratley
Though it might be deserved, the chance of campaigners securing reparation through suasion is extremely low
Former Northern Rock investors ask Theresa May for compensation
Shareholders who lost stakes when bank was nationalised in 2008 say it is unfair that government has received proceeds
A lesson from Hurricane Irma: capitalism can’t save the planet – it can only destroy it
George Monbiot
UK's high street banks are accident waiting to happen, says report
Observer business agenda
Where are they now? The Northern Rock drama 10 years on …
Rob Davies Shane Hickey
August 2017
Credit crunch, 10 years on: fate of RBS shows global crisis is not over
The day the credit crunch began, 10 years on: 'the world changed'
July 2017
The Guardian view on the 1%: all gain, no pain
Editorial: The richest in our society are not worth the rewards they give themselves. It’s because they have captured ideologically the political process that these absurdities continue
April 2017
Virgin Money chief: 'I have battled with mental health all my life'
Jayne-Anne Gadhia meant to tell just the Virgin Money story in her autobiography and not reveal her struggle with depression, but now proceeds of her book are going to the charity Heads Together
June 2016
Banks on high alert as City sets up war rooms and fills cash machines
Major banks will also switch off computer-driven trading systems to avoid huge losses from swings in shares, bonds and currency
May 2016
UK Asset Resolution deal triggers bonuses for 2,000 employees
Outgoing boss Richard Banks will benefit to the tune of £211,750 after agreement to sell off mortgage processing operation
March 2016
Datablog
Bank bailout v Tata bailout – how the costs compare
It is less than a decade since the UK spent billions of pounds bailing out the banks. So how much would it cost to bailout Tata Steel?
