Private banker quietly became paedophile financier’s money manager in his final years

A figure resembling Italy’s prime minister on a Rome church wall blurred the lines between religion and politics

Efficiencies chief had previously told FT no services were cut in apparent contradiction of party’s claim of vast waste

Well-timed short bets make group led by Bian Ximing a big winner after recent precious metals sell-off

Tory criticism of Sir Keir Starmer’s foreign policy shows the party is unserious

ECB expected to hold interest rates at meeting on Thursday

Media and analytics businesses have fallen sharply following release of new Anthropic tools

Pressure on prime minister mounts as Tories push for publication of all messages relating to appointment

The state department has pushed for close scrutiny before approving export licences

The presumptive next chair might be better than others on the list, but he is a confusing, perhaps confused, figure

CEO Paolo Ardoino downplays the scale of $185bn stablecoin group’s capital raise

Unencrypted European communications are being targeted by Moscow

We are either on the verge of widespread adoption or a terrible crash

UK lender’s move to expand its institutional unit would include growing its US office

German group’s outspoken boss Armin Papperger wants to ‘catch’ €300bn in European deals by 2030

The new prime minister has revived the LDP, which had looked as if it might collapse. But if she wins this week’s elections, she will face harsh realities

Wall Street figure and Republican donor offers rare public criticism of perceived administration’s self-dealing

Democrats on banking committee threaten to stymie appointment if justice department does not halt probe into Jay Powell

Firm has aggressively expanded corporate practice and advised on nearly $400bn in deals last year

Spanish lender is latest European giant to make a bid for American retail banking customers

Merger of SpaceX and xAI epitomises the way Big Tech has turned the corporate world on its head

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy

Crispin Odey has brought legal challenge against FCA decision to ban and fine him

Iranian gunboats also challenged US-flagged tanker in Strait of Hormuz days before planned negotiations