By: Samuel Norman

Senior City Reporter Samuel is a Senior City Reporter covering banking and fintech as well as stories on capital markets and economics. He also leads on City AM's morning liveblog from 7am everyday. He has previously written for the Daily Mail and The i Paper and worked for Sky News as an election stringer. He enjoys writing in-depth analysis of major blue-chip firms and start-ups and also industry trends. He can be contacted at samuel.norman@cityam.com and posts on LinkedIn and X at x.com/samnormanwrites.

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HSBC pushes net-zero target back 20 years

February 19, 2025

HSBC has put a 20-year delay on its climate target which aims to reduce emissions across the bank’s operations. Announcing its annual results Wednesday morning, the FTSE 100 giant’s new boss Georges Elhedery confirmed a delay on its net zero policy. The Big Four bank had announced plans in 2020 to achieve net zero across [...]
HSBC shares dip after profit beats expectations

February 19, 2025

HSBC surpassed analyst profit expectations in its annual results as its new boss reiterated its focus on slashing costs. The FTSE 100 lender published its first set of results with Georges Elhedery at the helm this morning, covering the fourth quarter and full-year 2024. Shares in the banking giant rose one per cent following market open, [...]
Reeves calls in top investment bankers for growth talks

February 18, 2025

Rachel Reeves’ mission for growth continues with a fresh round of talks with top investment bankers and asset managers this week. Executives from Abrdn, BlackRock, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Schroders are set to meet with the Chancellor on Wednesday morning, according to Sky News’ Mark Kleinman. This marks the latest in [...]
Total value of luxury watches stolen tops £1.6bn

February 18, 2025

Criminal gangs are “entrenched” in the theft of luxury watches, a chairman of a watch recovery database has warned after registered losses surged. The Watch Register, the world’s largest international database of lost and stolen watches, had over £150m worth of luxury watches reported as lost or stolen last year. Brits made up £60m of [...]
HSBC shares hit 20-year high ahead of results

February 18, 2025

HSBC’s share price rallied to a 20-year record on Tuesday morning, hitting pre-financial crisis highs. The FTSE 100 lender is due to post its annual results tomorrow morning, which will mark its first set of results with Georges Elhedery at the helm. The bank’s stock jumped to 894.70 following the market opening, marking its highest [...]
Barclays shares near post-financial crisis high

February 18, 2025

Shares in Barclays closed in on a post-financial crisis high on Tuesday morning. The stock has surged higher over the past 12 months due to improved investor sentiment towards the banking sector thanks to higher interest rates. Shares rallied to a high of 310.20p following market open, touching highs not witnessed since the rebound of [...]
UK fintech investment hits four-year low

February 18, 2025

Fintech investment in the UK had another sluggish year with new data showing it sunk to a four-year low in 2024. KPMG’s bi-annual fintech report showed UK fintech investment fell by 27 per cent to £7.9bn last year, down from £10.1bn in 2023. Despite this, the UK managed to scoop up more funding than France, [...]
Lloyds Bank urged to release full HBOS review

February 17, 2025

Lloyds Banking Group has been told it must publish a “full copy” of the long-delayed report into the mishandling of the HBOS Reading scandal. Dame Meg Hillier, who chairs the Treasury Committee, has backed campaigners’ calls for Lloyds to be transparent in private correspondence obtained by The Times. This follows Lloyds’ pledge to “fulfil any [...]
Borrowing boom to boost banks

February 17, 2025

Banks have been given a boost after new data predicted borrowing growth would rise throughout 2025. After the Bank of England slashed interest rates three times in the last six months, research from EY Item Club anticipates total UK bank lending will rise to 3.7 per cent this year, up from 2.3 per cent in [...]
Analysts say ‘Buy’ Natwest shares after annual results

February 14, 2025

Analysts have slapped a ‘Buy’ rating on Natwest shares after the bank’s annual results beat expectations. Peel Hunt analysts Robert Sage and Stuart Duncan said the lender’s strong performance in 2024 increased “conviction that market expectations can be delivered”. Natwest reported a £6.2bn pre-tax profit for 2024, up 0.3 per cent on 2023’s headline figure, [...]

School of Hard Knocks and Investec celebrate spring rugby tournament

School of Hard Knocks and Investec celebrate spring rugby tournament

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