Lloyds, Barclays, HSBC, and Metro Bank offer varying risks and rewards; best value depends on your appetite for income versus growth.

HSBC posts solid Q1 profit, but faces shrinking margins and strategic risks as it pivots heavily toward Asia and cost-cutting.

Markets poised to hit record highs before Trump abruptly ended Canada trade talks, triggering a sharp reversal.

Metro Bank’s shares surged on takeover talk, but uncertainty lingers, investors face a high-risk bet, not a clear recovery. By all accounts, Metro Bank (LSE: MTRO) has had a chaotic run. From the ...

New Look’s owners are preparing a potential sale, hiring bankers after unsolicited interest despite ongoing digital investment and modest recovery.

The FTSE 100 ended Wednesday on the back foot, falling 40 points to 8,718.75, a retreat that has become a familiar theme, early momentum fading as the session wore on. Even a sharp rally in Babcock ...

Opening a business bank account in the UK should be straightforward. But if you’re a prop firm trader trying to appear legitimate on paper, you’ll quickly realise how outdated and risk-averse the ...

London’s FTSE 100 opened higher, led by JD Sports and Unilever, as trade optimism and corporate news supported cautious investor sentiment.

The forex prop firm space has come a long way in the past couple of years. After the chaos MyForexFunds caused in 2023, a lot has changed. Some firms have tightened up operations, introduced more ...

Gold falls near four-week low as ceasefire eases risk, focus shifts to US inflation and Fed’s cautious rate outlook.

Despite a much-needed geopolitical de-escalation between Iran and Israel, London’s FTSE 100 barely moved on Tuesday, a mere 0.95-point gain that says more about the index’s limitations than global ...