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• Bank accused of fraud over mortgages

  Northern Ireland's Attorney General accuses Bank of Scotland of "criminal fraud" over its treatment of homeowners who fell behind on their mortgage payments.

• Home owners 'could handle rate rise'

  The majority of people with mortgages could cope with a rise in interest rates, the Bank of England has said.

• Nuisance calls 'out of control'

  Companies should be fined £500,000 in order to combat "out of control" nuisance calls, a government taskforce recommends.

• FCA's head of supervision to leave

• 'Pay benefits faster' to cut hunger

• PlayStation hit by hack attack

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• Strikes disrupt transport in Belgium

• Uber cabs ban after Delhi 'rape'

• Gocompare.com in £95m takeover deal

• Japan recession deeper than estimated

• China trade data below expectations

• FTSE 100 falls after weak Asian data

• Slower growth predicted for Scotland