US banking giant Citigroup reported a 24% rise in second quarter profits as losses were reduced from bad loans. The bank, which is in the third largest in the US, reported net income of $3.34 billion (£2.07 billion) in the three month period to the end of June. The results beat market forecasts and represented [...]
Bank of America, which is the largest in the US by assets, has posted a 38% decline in profits for the first quarter. The bank said profits came in at $2 billion (£1.23 billion), a sharp fall compared with a year ago. Furthermore, its home loans business lost $2.39 billion, as debts were not repaid. [...]
US banking giant JP Morgan has today reported a rise in first quarter profits boosted by a strong performance in its credit card operation. Net income for the three months to the end of March rose to $5.56 billion (£3.4 billion) compared with the $3.33 billion in the same period a year ago. Its card [...]
US banking giant JP Morgan has acquired the former Lehman Brothers building in London’s Canary Wharf and it is set to become the bank’s new European headquarters. The 1.1m square feet tower, located at 25 Bank Street, has been bought by JP Morgan for £495 million, and will put an end to speculation that the [...]
Bank of America, which the US’ largest bank, has today unveiled a net loss of $7.3 billion, or 77 cents per share, compared with a loss of $2.2 billion, or 26 cents per share, a year earlier. The banking giant said it had a one-off impairment charge of $10.4 billion for the July to September [...]
Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan has kicked off the banking reporting season by announcing a 23% increase in profits for the third quarter – better than the markets had expected. The bank said net profit came in at $4.4 billion (£2.8 billion), against a profit of $3.6 billion in the same period a year earlier. [...]
London-based emerging markets bank, Standard Chartered, has today announced plans to tap investors for £3.3 billion by selling fresh shares in the banking group. The cash call, which represents the biggest for the bank, comes after new Basel III regulations, which agreed how much equity banks must hold in reserve in order to prevent another [...]
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which is 84% owned by the taxpayer, has announced it has completed the sale of its metals, oil and European energy business, Sempra Commodities, to US investment bank, JP Morgan, in a $1.6 billion (£1.1 billion) deal. Sempra, which is based in San Diego reported 2009 revenues to be in [...]
Citigroup has today boosted the stock market by announcing its first quarterly net profit in almost two years. The bank made a profit of $1.6 billion (£1.1 billion) for the first three months of 2009, compared to a loss of $5.1 billion in the last three months of last year, while revenues rose 99% to [...]
JP Morgan Chase have followed fellow investment bank Goldman Sachs by beating analysts’ expectations for its first quarter results. JP Morgan said profits for the first three months of 2009 were $2.1 billion (£1.41 billion), resulting in a rise of 2.6% in its share price today on Wall Street. The US bank is one of [...]
M&S Money launches 3% cash ISA
M&S Money has launched an Advantage Cash ISA paying 3 per cent, and which allows transfers in from other ISAs. It can be opened with a minimum deposit of £100 lump sum followed by minimum monthly deposits of £25. The 3% rate is variable, but there is no short-term bonus so the return won’t plummet [...]
Google suspends UK Compare Mortgages site
Google has closed its UK mortgage comparison site which it launched in July last year, after it proved to be less popular than expected. Mortgage comparison sites are designed to allow visitors to compare mortgages quickly and easily without having to visit each lender’s individual site. Google was competing with several well-established comparison sites, including [...]
AA launches ‘black-box’ policy for young drivers
The AA is launching an innovative car insurance policy called Drivesafe which could help younger drivers save up to £850 a year. Younger drivers already pay substantially higher premiums than other motorists and these costs are increasing. A new study by Confused.com suggests insurance costs for younger driver have gone up by 5.7 per cent [...]
ATOL scheme updated to protect online bookers
ATOL, a financial protection scheme managed by the Civil Aviation Authority, is being extended to protect up to six million more holidays a year. The scheme ensures that holiday makers do not lose out financially if a travel company collapses, and that they are not stranded abroad. An increase in the number of holidays booked [...]
Home repossessions lowest for four years
The number of UK homes repossessed fell to 36,200 in 2011, significantly below the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ forecast of 40,000, and lower than 2010 when 37,100 homes were repossessed. With interest rates remaining low and lenders adopting a sympathetic attitude to customers in financial difficulty, repossessions fell to their lowest level since 2007. However, [...]
Monthly pay lasting just 17 days
Workers are running out of money just 17 days after receiving their monthly pay, according to new research by the Halifax bank. This means that the average UK worker spends half the month worrying about money. The study, based on the responses of more than 2,000 adults, found that 10 per cent of workers start [...]
Women disadvantaged by auto-enrolment changes
Government proposals to increase the auto-enrolment threshold to £10,000 could put 1.8 million women at risk of missing out on a pension, the TUC has warned. Under the auto-enrolment scheme, which will be phased in from October, private sector employers will automatically enrol workers between the age of 22 years and the state pension age, [...]
Emergency household repairs company Homeserve is taking longer than expected to get back on track after its operations were suspended last October. The company expected customer numbers to fall by 5% this year but it has increased this estimate to 8% and announced the loss of 200 jobs. It estimates that renewal revenue in 2013 [...]
Sale rumoured for Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks
There is growing speculation that National Australia Bank (NAB) may sell Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank after the Australian parent company announced a strategic review of the two banks’ operations. The Australian economy is performing well and NAB reported strong profits for the final quarter of 2011 but with the UK economy at a virtual [...]
More women experiencing debt difficulties
Women in Debt, which offers female-focused debt advice, has warned that the number of UK women facing serious debt has grown significantly over recent years. The organisation believes that more women will need advice on solving debt problems in the future because they are building up an unsustainable level of indebtedness. Women in Debt’s director, [...]
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