The Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog will represent UK wildlife and feature as the central images on our next series of banknotes.

Andrew Bailey says that although the financial system has remained resilient through repeated geopolitical and economic shocks, weaker growth, persistent supply disruptions, rising sovereign debt, ...

The Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) publish separate Annual Reports and Accounts. The reports provide information on our activities and finances for the preceding year.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) proposes that 128 thresholds across banking, insurance and credit unions increase automatically with nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) going forward. These ...

Following an external recruitment process, the Bank of England (the Bank) has appointed Carlos Conceicao and Alexander Justham as members of its Enforcement Decision Making Committee, with effect from ...

The conflict in the Middle East has generated significant volatility and financial market repricing in the UK, relating to uncertainty around the evolution of the conflict, the outlook for UK ...

If you are borrowing money, the interest rate (or lending rate) is the amount you are charged for doing so – shown as a percentage of the total amount of the loan. The higher the percentage, the more ...

Sarah became Chief Operating Officer in April 2025. She is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Bank, including Human Resources, Property, IT and Security. Sarah was Chief Cashier from ...

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We place restrictions on the use of physical and digital images of Bank of England banknotes. This is to stop the creation of banknote copies that could accidentally be used for, or accepted as, ...

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