Regulator calls out Barclays and Santander for breaching retail banking order August 22, 2024 Britain's competition watchdog has rebuked Barclays and Santander UK for breaching parts of its retail banking order.
Profit drops at Santander UK but boss Regnier hopes for brighter second half July 24, 2024 Santander UK reported a sharp drop in profit in the first half of the year but said there were signs of growing tailwinds for the rest of 2024. The Spanish bank’s UK arm reported pretax profit of £804m in the first six months of the year, down from £1.2bn in the same period last year. [...]
Santander-backed fintech Ebury line ups Goldman for multi-billion pound London float July 22, 2024 Cross-border payments platform Ebury has appointed Goldman Sachs to lead a £2bn fintech float on the London Stock Exchange.
Ticketmaster cyber attack confirmed by parent company June 1, 2024 The ShinyHunters hacking group is reportedly demanding around £400,000 in a ransom payment to prevent the data being sold.
Santander data breach: 30m account and credit card details up for sale on dark web May 31, 2024 More details have emerged about the Santander data breach reported in early May.
Santander hit by data breach affecting customers and staff May 14, 2024 Spanish bank Santander has said data managed by an external party was recently accessed without permission, affecting some of its clients and all of its current staff.
Smiths News unlocks higher dividends with new loan deal despite profit slump May 2, 2024 Smiths News delivers newspapers and magazines for national and regional publishers to around 23,000 customers everyday.
Santander UK profit slides amid mortgage price war and rate cut expectations April 30, 2024 Santander UK has reported a 29 per cent slump in profit as the boost from higher interest rates fades and a fiercely competitive mortgage market forces it to offer better deals to customers.
Business ‘debanking’ complaints nearly double in a year as MPs warn of ‘unfair’ account closures April 22, 2024 The number of official complaints over business "debanking" has almost doubled in the last year, new figures show, as MPs accuse lenders of "unfairly" closing customers' accounts.
Lloyds, HSBC, Barclays and Natwest set to report lower profits – but doubts over rate cuts could lift lenders April 20, 2024 The UK's biggest banks are set to report lower profits and narrower margins in the coming weeks as the interest rate tailwind which pushed their earnings to a record high last year dies down.