09/28/2013
Polish banks should be smart in buying foreign-owned rivals: central bank
It is not about taking something from somebody
Retail Banking
09/27/2013
Icelandic Bank Says It Cannot Meet £1.5bn Debt Repayment Schedule
New Landsbanki, the state-owned Icelandic bank forged in the midst of the 2008 Icesave scandal, has asked for more time to repay a £1.5bn bond that is threatening to destabilise Iceland's recovering economy.
09/25/2013
Raiffeisen to buy specialist units to cut more costs
The Austrian banking group said on Thursday the move would cut its capital adequacy ratio by 0.2 percentage points but save 25 million euros a year from 2017
09/23/2013
Intesa faces management struggle between CEO, board member: sources
Italy's biggest retail bank, Intesa Sanpaolo , is in the midst of a management struggle between its chief executive and a board member backed by an important shareholder
09/20/2013
Will Wall Street sink the Co-op?
The financial crisis has generally acted like weedkiller for most investment banks
09/18/2013
UniCredit to cut costs in Hungary
Hungary's banks, most of which are foreign-owned, have suffered losses in the past two years after the government imposed a big windfall tax on the sector in 2010 and a new tax on financial transactions this year.
09/09/2013
French bank leaves 91-year-old in vault for 23 hours
The unnamed pensioner turned up at her local BNP-Paribas branch in Rennes
09/09/2013
Barclays to Spend 1.4 Billion Pounds in Retail Bank Overhaul
Barclays Plc (BARC) Chief Executive Officer Antony Jenkins said he expects to spend about 1.4 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) by 2015
09/08/2013
Branch fears over Barclays shake-up
We continuously look at the format that we have. I want to look at locations and the functionality on offer for the customers.
09/08/2013
TSB hit by IT failure on first day
TSB has suffered an embarrassing IT failure that left some of its millions of customers unable to access accounts online
09/03/2013
Unicredit CEO Says Is Not Interested In Buying Commerzbank
Unicredit Chief Executive Federico Ghizzoni said the Italian lender would not bid for German competitor Commerzbank
09/01/2013
Banks 'dump' thousands of loyal customers
A small but steady number of people, estimated to be in the low thousands each year, are “sacked” by their banks in precisely this way.
09/01/2013
Raiffeisen Bank Romania’s investments up to EUR 11 mln in first six months
Raiffeisen Bank Romania’s total investments amounted to EUR 11 million in the first half of the year.
08/28/2013
Co-op Bank Losses Reach £709m As It confirms 'Bail In' Plans
The Co-operative Bank has reported losses of £709m for the first half of the year as it presses ahead with controversial plans to plug its £1.5bn capital shortfall.
08/28/2013
Germany unwilling to sell Commerzbank stake cheap to Santander
The German government became Commerzbank’s largest shareholder when a 2009 bailout gave Berlin a 17% stake for about EUR18.2bn.
08/24/2013
Handelsbanken is Championing an Old Way of Doing New UK Business
Svenska Handelsbanken is not just a bank. To its admirers it is an entirely different way of doing business.
08/21/2013
Grey loses HSBC's UK retail business to JWT
The bank called a global review of its creative and media accounts, which were held by JWT and Mindshare respectively, in October last year.
08/21/2013
Raiffeisen Bank Int'l plans "painful" cost cuts-CEO
Against the backdrop of a still challenging environment, we are not dissatisfied with our results
08/21/2013
HSBC to expand business with German midsize firms
Parent company HSBC is willing to inject capital to help build the business, although a capital increase for the German unit HSBC Trinkaus is not necessary for now, Schmitz said.
08/21/2013
Rabobank Profit Drops as Bank Takes Charge for Libor Settlement
Rabobank expects that certain regulators and authorities will conclude their investigations this year