The jury in a conspiracy to defraud trial has been told to suspend its deliberations until Monday - because a juror has been hospitalised.

Jurors in a conspiracy to defraud trial will resume their deliberations this morning.

UK prosecutors have obtained arrest warrants against five bankers who failed to appear to face charges for rigging a key interest-rate benchmark.

A coalition of trade unions, NGOs and rights groups has called on the Government to back a Robin Hood tax on bankers and stockbrokers which could raise up to €360m a year.

UK bankers may lose part or all of their bonuses even after they switch firms if they are responsible for losses at their previous employer, according to a Bank of England proposal.

London bankers’ bonuses for 2015 are likely to fall by up to 9% on average from a year earlier after revenues slid in the second half of this year, a study yesterday showed.

Senior bankers will be presumed guilty until proven innocent under strict new rules proposed by British regulators seeking to hold individuals accountable for bank failures.

Bailed-out British firm Royal Bank of Scotland paid the same number of bankers £1m in 2014 as the year before despite sustained losses and public anger.

Bankers expect a thorough ECB healthcheck of the eurozone’s largest banks to reignite merger activity by rebuilding confidence among lenders.