Last week the charity Debt Advice Foundation warned that more women than men are likely to apply for personal insolvencies this year.

The European Union will need to change its treaties to establish a full banking union, the Bundesbank's vice-president said yesterday.

Emerging-markets bank Standard Chartered shocked investors today with news that profits for the first three months of the year were "slightly down" on a year ago.

There are two contradictory ways to look at the latest statistics on corporate insolvencies for England and Wales, which fell sharply during the first three months of the year for the fifth successive quarter. They either make a nonsense of the idea that an army of zombie companies threatens to undermine the economy's recovery, or confirm our worst fears.

Pressure is mounting on the Pensions Regulator to publish a report into its handling of camera firm Kodak UK's retirement fund.

Assem Allam reflects on emotional promotion to top flight just two years after saving club

Fewer people are becoming insolvent now than at any time since the start of the world financial crisis.

Official figures show drop of 27 per cent compared to this time last year

One of the first people to launch a legal action against News International over phone hacking has donated a kidney to a journalist she met while he was covering the case.

Chrysler, the US car giant that is majority-owned by Fiat, could end up being fully owned by the Italian group, which is mulling plans to buy up the business and then float it on the New York Stock Exchange.

An audacious attempt by an Irish property developer to rid himself of debts of half a billion dollars by declaring himself bankrupt in the US has caused outrage in Dublin.

'Actions and omissions' that led to crisis will be investigated by judges