01-12-2020 | RO-AR Briefing (ßeta)

Headlines :

-> NatWest tightens rules for applicants returning from furlough

-> Pandemic drives almost 700,000 into poverty – Credit Connect

-> More businesses to apply for government-backed loans as funds run low – Credit Connect

-> JP Morgan and Lloyds considering acquisition of UK challenger Starling Bank

-> Mastercard rolls out mobile virtual card for corporate expenses

-> TSB owners weigh up latest sale of loss-making bank | Business

-> Break up UK’s big high street banks, say cross-party MPs | Business

-> Shops to be allowed trade around clock to recoup Covid losses, says Jenrick | Business

-> UK mortgage demand at highest in 13 years despite Covid crisis | Money

-> Lloyds Banking Group names Charlie Nunn as chief executive | Business

-> U.K. Banks Near Agreement on Plan to Recover Soured Covid Loans

-> HMRC spends £84m on debt collection agencies in three years

-> Banks report a significant use of COVID-19 moratoria and public guarantees