UK banks are lagging behind their rivals overseas on AI, according to a new report, and are now faced with playing catch up.

An open letter called for financial institutions to ‘rethink’ environment, social and governance requirements that often ...

Britain must leverage its strengths to influence how artificial intelligence is deployed around the world, DeepMind founder ...

More than 100 Labour MPs and peers have urged British banks and fund managers to stop viewing all defence investments as “unethical”, as they seek to boost the UK’s domestic arms industry. Their open ...

A social enterprise which provides critical funding to organisations and businesses with a social mission – ones that have ...

MPs have welcomed a move by the financial watchdog clarifying that defence investments aren’t constrained by green or ...

A social enterprise which provides critical funding to organisations and businesses with a social mission – ones that have ...

A social enterprise which provides critical funding to North West organisations and businesses with a social mission – ones ...

Gross lending to SMEs from non-big five banks rose 8 per cent year on year to £37.3bn in 2024, according to a report by the ...

Use of external finance by smaller businesses in the West Midlands declined in the first half of 2024, but remained more ...

Some investment funds have adopted specific ... because of national security considerations. Finance UK, a group representing British banks, acknowledged that compliance rules could prove "complex ...

A government-backed investment bank has called for small businesses to have 'better access' to finance in order to support ...