Shares in US credit card issuers slide after Trump calls for 10% rate cap

White House’s demand for limit on what issuers can charge rattles investors

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

Trump hits banks where it hurts: their credit card divisions

Lenders say a cap on interest rates is unfair as they need a generous margin in order to offer unsecured credit

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

Shares in US credit card issuers slide after Trump calls for 10% rate cap

White House’s demand for limit on what issuers can charge rattles investors

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

The secretive powerbroker with a tight grip on corporate Spain

Isidro Fainé runs the Caixa Foundation but the 83-year-old’s age and dominance are causing disquiet

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

Shares in US credit card issuers slide after Trump calls for 10% rate cap

White House’s demand for limit on what issuers can charge rattles investors

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Fed’s Powell

Chair says probe follows central bank’s refusal to bow to White House push for much lower interest rates

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

Europe needs to think the unthinkable on Nato

Conflict over Greenland could destroy the transatlantic alliance, requiring a new European security treaty to replace it

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

Shares in US credit card issuers slide after Trump calls for 10% rate cap

White House’s demand for limit on what issuers can charge rattles investors

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

Trump says US ‘looking’ at military operations in Iran

President weighs potential intervention in Islamic republic amid intensifying crackdown

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK

Former Conservative chancellor is latest figure to join Nigel Farage’s populist party

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026