7:29pm

Monte dei Paschi fallout spreads

Pedestrians pass a Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA branch in Rome ©Bloomberg

Investor considers taking legal action

5:00pm

Lloyds to shed 940 UK jobs

Job losses announced this month total more than 1,300

12:49pm

JPMorgan and Elliott chiefs clash in Davos

Dimon rebuffs criticism that banks are ‘completely opaque’

11:33pm

Peer-to-peer lender taps Wells executive

Prosper also announces $20m of new funding

11:08pm

Italian banking head quits over MPS scandal

Former chairman caught in derivatives dispute

8:58pm

Barclays revamp to cost up to 2,000 jobs

Lender to lay off staff at its investment bank

Former Nomura banker Jesse Bhattal has resurfaced as a senior adviser at Lazard 8:33pm

Bhattal to join Lazard in Asia

Former Nomura banker hired in advisory role

Pedestrians pass a Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA branch in Rome ©Bloomberg 8:27pm

Monte dei Paschi fights to stay independent

Derivatives loss of €220m is the Italian bank’s latest setback

From MARKETS 5:51pm

Window for ECB loan repayments nears

Value of figures lies in what they reveal on eurozone health

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Byblos Bank tests risky African frontiers

The bank is looking to expand further overseas

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 11:18am

MPC shows little appetite for more QE

Just one member of committee votes against holding rates at historic lows

From COMPANIES BY REGION 5:01am

Federal class action lawsuits fall sharply

Class action filings last year down 19% from previous year

From MANAGEMENT 9:42pm

Bank security study highlights vulnerabilities

DDoS attacks are one of the ‘most severe’ security risks

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 8:15pm

Davos executives worried about growth

CEOs also concerned about shareholders and falling margins

From WORLD 7:41pm

BoJ action triggers currency war fears

Pledge to buy bonds in potentially unlimited quantities

From MARKETS Jan 22, 2013

EDF sets hybrid bond issue record

State-controlled French utility borrows €4bn

From WORLD Jan 22, 2013

ANC attacks bank over ad campaign

South Africa ruling party accuses FNB of ‘random and untested accusations’

From WORLD Jan 22, 2013

Mayor’s economic aide bolsters London

Renewed speculation on Johnson’s national ambitions

From FINANCIAL SERVICES Jan 22, 2013

US bank rules proposed on social media

Regulators seek monitoring of Twitter and Facebook accounts

Jan 22, 2013

Jain warns against forced bank break-ups

Deutsche Bank chief in defence against BaFin probe

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