By: Samuel Norman

Senior City Reporter Samuel is a Senior City Reporter covering all the top financial institutions from retail banks to fintechs as well as stories on capital markets and economics. He has broken stories on some of the biggest names in the City and regularly writes in-depth analysis pieces on companies and industry trends. Samuel also leads on City AM's morning liveblog from 7am everyday. He writes a weekly column found in print and online on Wednesdays. He can be contacted at samuel.norman@cityam.com and posts on LinkedIn and X at x.com/samnormanwrites.

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As it happened: FTSE 100 edges up as tech rebounds from sell-off; Oil set for weekly gain

October 16, 2026

Welcome back to City AM‘s FTSE 100 live blog. London’s blue-chip index has dipped this morning as tech stocks rebound after a sell-off earlier in the week. Over in Asia, equities bounced back overnight, reversing some of the losses from a heavy selling session after investors ditched their tech exposure following questions around cloud company [...]
As it happened: FTSE 100 surges as London swerves Asian tech sell-off; surprise GDP growth

October 15, 2026

Welcome back to City AM‘s FTSE 100 live blog. Stocks are set to slip on Thursday morning despite a strong close yesterday for the UK’s blue-chip index. The ONS will reveal the rate of GDP growth for August this morning, which economists expect to reveal that the economy has shrunk. Stick with us throughout the [...]
UK banks could unleash cash buffers to spur economy, says top Bank of England regulator

October 15, 2026

UK banks are holding excessively large “rainy-day funds” that could instead be deployed to boost economic activity, according to a top regulator at the Bank of England. David Bailey, executive director of Prudential Policy at the Bank of England, told City AM the watchdog had kicked off talks with international peers over how to simplify [...]
Tories to warn Burnham on ‘bending to left’ on bank tax raid

October 14, 2026

Kemi Badenoch is expected to fire a bank tax warning shot to the Labour government on Thursday during a visit to Edinburgh. The Conservatives will warn Andy Burnham against “bending the knee to left-wing backbenchers and trade union paymasters,” as the pre-Budget debate heats up. It follows the banking sector swinging into defence mode ahead [...]
‘It’s hard to call the peak’: Wall Street banks land $22bn trading haul

October 14, 2026

Traders at Wall Street’s biggest banks kept their blockbuster winning streak alive in the third-quarter as they made hay on volatility triggered by the war in Iran and swinging AI stocks. Equity trading divisions at the big six US banks – JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo – [...]
Arrests after police and City watchdog smash ‘criminal insider dealing ring’

October 14, 2026

Three people have been arrested following a joint operation between top cops and the City watchdog following an investigation into a “criminal insider dealing ring”. Over 100 staff from the City watchdog and National Crime Agency (NCA) took part in raids on five residential premises across London and Manchester on Tuesday. Authorities seized more than [...]
As it happened: Stocks jump in housebuilder boost; oil edges up

October 14, 2026

Welcome back to City AM‘s FTSE 100 live blog. Stocks made a shaky start on Wednesday morning following a late collapse on Tuesday afternoon, but eventually recovered to modest gains in the late morning. Housebuilders Barratt Redrow and Bellway led the way, lifting other property names like British Land and Workspace. Oil prices are rising [...]
Plus500’s super-app ambitions risk re-telling a familiar London story

October 14, 2026

Plus500 laid out plans for a super-app across the Atlantic, in this week’s column Samuel Norman looks at how it could frame their future. Also on the agenda, Healey continues pre-Budget summits and does anyone still care about the digital pound? Is a London-listed fintech turning to the US for its monumental ‘super-app’ a point [...]
Dimon warns of risks ‘under the surface’ as JP Morgan earnings miss

October 13, 2026

JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon has warned of a broad set of economic risks “under the surface” as the Wall Street bank’s earnings missed expectations in the third quarter. The US banking giant reported $50.9bn (£38.4bn) in revenue for its latest three month period, up eight per cent year-on-year. But this undershot the $51.2bn forecast [...]
We have to take difficult decisions with whistleblowers, says FCA boss

October 13, 2026

The boss of the UK financial watchdog has said “difficult decisions” have to be taken with some whistleblowers after an investigation was triggered following the suicide of a banker who flagged alleged ties between Jeffrey Epstein and the US commerce secretary. Nikhil Rathi, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, told MPs on Tuesday [...]

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