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Credit Suisse profits double expectations

23.04.09
A massive turnaround from loss to profit at Credit Suisse's investment banking operations saw it join the growing list of global banks beating market forecasts today... more

Hundreds more London jobs to go in new cutbacks at UBS

10.02.09
Banking: Hundreds more investment banking jobs are to go at UBS's as Switzerland's largest bank said it wants to reduce staff by another 2000 or more this year... more

'Bold' rate cut wins a welcome in the City

06.11.08
A stunned City welcomed today's unprecedented cut in interest rates and said there was more to come as the economic crisis in the UK deepens... more

Bernie’s girl Petra is in the F1 driving seat

06.11.08
Eagle-eyed observers who managed to take their eyes off the on-track action at Sunday’s nailbiting Brazilian Grand Prix may have noticed trackside hoardings for a company called Form - a company owned by Petra Ecclestone... more

No thanks, we'll raise £5bn and go it alone, says Credit Suisse

16.10.08
Credit Suisse, the investment bank that employs thousands of people in its London headquarters at Canary Wharf, welcomed moves by the Swiss authorities to support the banking system... more

Switzerland buys UBS stake in bid to save its banks

16.10.08
Credit crunch: The Swiss government launches a multi-billion-franc bailout of its banking system... more

Interbank lending rates slip but many still hoarding cash

15.10.08
Banking: The strained money markets showed tentative signs of easing in the wake of unprecedented global action to stem the financial crisis... more

It's dollars unlimited to boost liquidity

13.10.08
Credit crunch: Unlimited amounts of dollars will be available to the commercial bank lending market as the US Federal Reserve continues to stand behind attempts to kick-start liquidity in the money markets... more

Central banks' action starts a thaw in the money markets

13.10.08
The frozen money markets showed tentative signs of thawing as central banks and governments around the world battled the financial crisis... more

The beginning of the end says the City’s top player

09.10.08
After yesterday’s £500 billion bail out to the banks, Michael Spencer, the richest self-made man in the Square Mile talks exclusively to the Standard about who’s to blame... more

Bank wades in with £40bn funds to ease the pain

26.09.08
The Bank of England waded back into the money markets, offering banks £40 billion of longer-term funds to try to ease the lending crisis... more

Fed pumps in £100bn to avoid another collapse

18.09.08
The Federal Reserve wades into the international money markets, pumping in a further $180 billion (£101 billion) of dollar-denominated lending ... more

Crisis plumbs new depths as banks abandon dollar lending

16.09.08
The credit crunch hit the worst point in its 13-month history as Europe’s major banks effectively stopped lending dollars to each other... more

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