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Members of the Treasury Select Committee have published a special review of the government's "defective" banking reforms, according to reports.

Carbon credits are the latest asset class being targeted by financial services fraudsters, the Daily Telegraph has reported.

The country's major banks are sitting on £40bn of undeclared losses that are stopping them lending to businesses and households, a report has claimed.

Comparison site MoneySupermarket has agreed to buy MoneySavingExpert from founder Martin Lewis for £87m.

The Chancellor will not press ahead with the so-called 'pasty tax' after agreeing the plans were too complex and burdensome to business, according to reports.

Business secretary Vince Cable is a "socialist" who should never have been given responsibility for business policy, Adrian Beecroft has claimed.

Insurer Prudential is set to name Paul Manduca as its next chairman after a five-month search, replacing Harvey McGrath, the Telegraph reports.

Financial advisers are being urged to join a newly-formed Arch cru pressure group to fight against the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) controversial redress proposals.

Offloading the taxpayer stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group could take years, the Treasury select committee was told yesterday.