Things we're reading today include ...
- £750m sale of 632 Lloyds branches to Co-op collapses
- Lloyds sale of 632 branches to Co-op fails
- Lloyds shrugs off branches setback
- Lloyds sale collapse 'bad news for consumers'
- Lloyds branch sale a 'wild goose chase', says Lord Levene
- The TSB: the history of a new bank with an old name
- Barclays' profits fall as it chooses ‘tough but right’ path
- Barclays first quarter profits fall 25%
- Investment banking lifts Credit Suisse
- Monte Paschi puts up $3.6 billion collateral for derivative trades
- Spain's Bankia returns to profit
- Deutsche Bank can't shake L.A. claims over foreclosure blight
- FCA fines Swiss bank's UK arm £4.2m over lax controls
- Equitable compensation hit by delays
- Hibu skips loan payments but hands out bonuses to 2500 staff
- IBM CEO Rometty urges employees to act faster: WSJ
- Bank extends lending scheme to tackle credit crunch
- Next BoE chief Carney says clear framework key to policy success
- Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann attacks FTT
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