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UK banks criticised by lawmakers for 'measly' savings rates

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - British banks faced fresh criticism on Monday for the savings rates they offer to cash-strapped customers, in the latest intervention by parliament's influential Treasury Select Committee.

British mortgage lenders now have options in place to ease interest rate pain -FCA

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Banks and building societies in Britain now have options in place to offer to mortgage customers to ease the pain of rising interest rates, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Friday.

British mortgage lenders can offer options to help ease interest rate pain -FCA

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Banks and building societies in Britain can offer mortgage customers options to ease the pain of rising interest rates, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Friday.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 rising as tough quarter draws to close

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were on the up heading into Friday afternoon, managing a solid gain in the final morning of a tough quarter for equity markets.

UK mortgage rates rise again, turning screw on homeowners and buyers

LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - Major British lenders on Thursday announced another increase in mortgage rates offered via brokers, pushing many products above the 6% mark in painful news for many homeowners and potential buyers.

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UK banks: reasons to buy on weakness

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LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Exane cuts Ashtead; Investec likes De La Rue

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning:

UK banks face profit hit from rising threat of economic hard landing

(Alliance News) - JPMorgan on Monday warned that high street lenders, Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Barclays PLC and NatWest Group PLC, face a profit squeeze in the event of a hard-landing for the UK economy.

UK finance minister Hunt says banks are slow to pass on rate hikes to savers

LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Monday that banks are too slow to pass on increases in central bank interest rates to savers and this is a problem that needs to be resolved.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: JPMorgan cuts Lloyds Banking to 'underweight'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:

UK banks agree limited mortgage relief measures for stressed borrowers

LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - British banks agreed on Friday to give homeowners who miss mortgage payments a year of grace before foreclosing and to protect credit scores of borrowers who change loan terms, as the government sought to ease the strain of rising interest rates.

UK Chancellor Hunt agrees measures with banks to cool mortgage crisis

(Alliance News) - UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has agreed measures with lenders aimed at helping mortgage holders struggling with high interest rates, but has resisted offering government support.

UK's Hunt: Agreed measures with banks to ease mortgage payments strain

LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said he had agreed new measures with bank lenders on Friday to help ease the pressure on mortgage holders of raising interest rates.