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UK banks and insurers told to step up help for struggling customers

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) told banks and insurers on Thursday to do more to help customers struggling with a cost of living crisis as it investigates 40 banks for dragging their feet.

UK watchdog investigating banks failing to help struggling customers

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday it is investigating banks which are failing to do enough to help customers struggling during the cost of living crisis and would intervene if need be.

UK banks told to reimburse customers tricked by scams

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Banks will have to reimburse customers tricked into sending money in a type of online scam that has become Britain's largest type of payment fraud, the Payment Systems Regulator proposed on Thursday.

UPDATE: Aston Martin places remaining shares offered in rights issue

(Alliance News) - Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC on Wednesday said it has placed the remaining shares offered in its rights issue.

JPMorgan doubles down on UK retail bank Chase

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Wall Street giant JPMorgan is planning to double the size of its workforce at fledgling British retail bank Chase to at least 2,000 within two years, the CEO of the venture told Reuters, despite losses and some investor scepticism.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Equity sell-off deepens and IMF rattles pound

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Wednesday, as another step up in Western tensions with Russia soured already fragile investor sentiment, while the pound struggled after the International Monetary Fund weighed in on UK tax and borrowing plans.

U.S. fines 16 Wall Street firms $1.8 bln for talking deals, trades on personal apps

Sept 27 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday fined 16 financial firms, including Barclays, Bank of America , Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley and UBS, a combined $1.8 billion after staff discussed deals and trades on their personal devices and apps.

JPMorgan doubles down on UK retail bank Chase

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Wall Street giant JPMorgan is planning to double the size of its workforce at fledgling British retail bank Chase to at least 2,000 within two years, the CEO of the venture told Reuters, despite losses and some investor scepticism.

U.S. fines 16 major Wall Street firms $1.1 billion over recordkeeping failures

Sept 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday fined 15 broker-dealers and one investment adviser, including Barclays, Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS, a combined $1.1 billion over failing to maintain and preserve electronic communications.

OpenText completes debt financing ready for Micro Focus takeover

(Alliance News) - Micro Focus International PLC on Monday said that Open Text Corp has completed its debt financing commitments for Micro Focus's GBP5.1 million takeover.

Global rates, retail banking included in Bank of England stress test

LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Banks' ability to cope with rising global interest rates and the resilience of their retail divisions to market shocks will be under scrutiny in this year's "stress test", the Bank of England said on Monday.

Bank of England unveils new bank stress test scenario

LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The Bank of England set out the economic downturn scenario against which major British lenders' financial health will be tested as part of its annual bank "stress tests".

Iberdrola hires Barclays to sell stake in Spanish renewable portfolio, Expansion says

MADRID, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Spanish power company Iberdrola hired Barclays' investment bank to sell up to 49% in a portfolio of Spanish renewable power projects, Expansion newspaper reported on Monday, citing unidentified market sources.

Sabadell in talks with Worldline, Nexi and Fiserv for payments deal -sources

Received bids valuing unit at up to 400 mln euros, sources say

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Sabadell in talks with Worldline, Nexi and Fiserv for payments deal -sources

LONDON/MADRID, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Spanish bank Sabadell has received indicative bids from France's Worldline , Italy's Nexi and U.S. firm Fiserv for its payments arm, with a deal valued at up to 400 million euros ($393.64 million), three sources said.