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Metro Bank announces £1bn small business support fund for 2017

Bank lent £544m to businesses over 2015 and £551m in the first three quarters of 2016 alone

Monese raises $10 mln for European launch

Investment into Monese represents Korea Investment Partners’ first investment in a European startup.

The European Union Is Bailing Out Banks Again

So it is solvent. Isn’t it?

Sale of small Italian banks to UBI delayed at Commission's request: sources

UBI has expressed an interest in buying three of the lenders

KBC Group acquires United Bulgarian Bank and Interlease

The acquisition will have a very limited impact on KBC’s solid capital position (-54 basis points), keeping the CET1 ratio (3Q16: 15.3%) well above regulatory minimum capital requirements.

One Nordea – New Legal Structure

The banking business in Denmark, Finland and Norway will be carried out in branches of Nordea Bank AB (publ).

RBS may reduce executive bonus awards

Plans will be discussed with RBS's largest shareholders in the new year and put into a form that can be eventually voted on at the lender's annual meeting.

RBS hit as Williams & Glyn sale faces more obstacles

It is understood that the Treasury is drawing up contingency options that it can put to the EC as back-up plans in case a sale falls through.

Poland expects more foreign owners to sell banks in 2017

The Polish government has been increasing its sway over the banking sector in what analysts have said is an attempt to gain more control over the slowing economy. Following the Pekao purchase by PZU and PFR, Polish capital now controls the country's

Lloyds to set up European arm if UK loses access to single market

Plans would ensure British bank can maintain its German and Dutch retail clients

Italy's teetering banking system could need almost £50billion to stave off collapse as its government prepares to rescue the world’s oldest lender.

The firm’s board was set to meet last night amid speculation that a government rescue could take up to three months to complete.

Societe Generale announces the sale of Splitska Banka

Central & Eastern Europe is a region where Societe Generale sees potential for future growth

BNP Paribas to cut 4 percent of retail banking staff in Italy over 2017-2020: unions

Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, the Italian unit of BNP Paribas, and another unit, BPI, which are at the center of the plan, employ around 13,190 staff overall.

Investors shun Italian bank Monte Paschi's share offer

Monte dei Paschi di Siena, recently judged the weakest of the euro zone's major banks, declined to comment.

Poland expects more foreign owners to sell banks in 2017

The Polish government has been increasing its sway over the banking sector in what analysts have said is an attempt to gain more control over the slowing economy.

Mega Branches Test Too-Big-to-Fail Oversight in Nordea Maneuver

Sweden’s FSA moves to reassure other Nordic regulators

Monte dei Paschi's new debt swap offer raises 500 million euros: source

Italy's third biggest bank reopened the debt swap

Banco Espirito Santo retail customers to get 60 pct of money back

The government's plan should remove one of the litigation risks that has complicated efforts to sell Novo Banco.

Italy approves a €20bn bailout plan for its banks

If the bank cannot arrange a successful private sector bailout, the Italian government will probably step in

Lloyds Buys Credit Card Business For GBP1.9 Billion

The acquisition of MBNA will increase Lloyds group revenue by GBP650.0 million per year

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