Banks could face Â£70bn debt bill
69946
Leading European banks may have to pay out as much as Â£70bn as the global credit crunch continues to bite.
73196
Business & money: Â· Impact will be more severe than predictedÂ· Consumers cautious about increasing personal debts
22461
Measures to nationalise bank come under fire from MPs but second reading of bill is passed
549286
Business & money: Â· Scant detail 'designed to antagonise', says analystÂ· Debt suspected to have soared to Â£300m
355200
The European Central Bank and Bank of  England flooded money markets with funds on Tuesday as the UK  central bank chief warned of a possible "self-reinforcing"  downward spiral in credit.
654826
City fears that the Bank of England's rescue package could herald slide in house prices.
197576
Bank of England (BoE) policymakers are widely predicted to freeze interest rates at 4.75 percent on Thursday after last month's surprise hike to borrowing costs.
169560
Surge follows details of government's plan to convert Â£24bn of loans into bonds
252485
The Bank of England warns in  a report that while recent inflation has been low, this may be short-lived.
556692
Bonds worth Â£24bn and guaranteed by the government to rescue Northern Rock will have maturities of between two and three years, according to information sent to potential bidders for the stricken lender
276443
Banks may be taking cards  from reliable customers and giving them instead to riskier ones, an MP fears.
137527
The Bank of England has lent banks Â£10bn, a move that should ease the impact of the global credit crunch.
556075
GORDON BROWN faces having to raise taxes or cut spending to curb burgeoning public borrowing, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said yesterday.
375324
Business & money: Britain's seventh-biggest bank warns margins this year will be hit by higher funding costs
447694
Personal insolvencies in England and Wales have hit another record high as interest rate rises take their toll on already over-extended households.
272460
U.S. financial institutions are on the  hook for as much as $70 billion in new write-downs from bond  insurers in 2008, Oppenheimer said on Wednesday, as losses from  ailing monolines spread deeper into European bank results.
604484
Business & money: Â· We warned of trouble months ago, say chiefsÂ·  Loan to ailing lender reaches nearly Â£8bn