UK rail fares rise by an average of 2.2%, which the rail industry says is the lowest increase for five years but critics say outstrips wage growth.

A cap on the cost of payday loans enforced by the City regulator has now come into effect, but one consumer group wants more action on credit.

Asian shares started the new year higher in thin trading with many of the region's markets closed ahead of the first full week of trading in 2015.

Gambling revenue in the world's biggest gaming hub, Macau, falls for the first time on an annual basis since casinos were liberalised there in 2001.

London's leading shares open higher in the first trading session of 2015, but Royal Bank of Scotland falls 1.2% on reports that US authorities could fine it £5bn.

Manufacturing activity in the UK hit a three-month low in December, a survey suggests.

Young adults under the age of 25 could be more vulnerable to money transfer scams than other age groups, a banking trade body says.

Rangers say proceeds from Lewis Macleod's sale to Brentford are for "immediate working capital".