Banking

The former chancellor will give up posts at Blackrock and the Evening Standard to join the 13-employee M&A advisory firm.

The streamlining of financial services has accelerated to a remarkable degree – and brought some much-needed resilience to the sector during a global crisis.

As their customers move towards digital banking, HSBC and other banks are reassessing the face-to-face services they offer.

In the financial services sector, where new technology rubs up against legacy systems, application programming interfaces could serve to bridge the gap.

As the Bank of England continues to float the possibility of negative interest rates, savers will need to look for new opportunities for long-term gain.