04/21/2017
UniCredit says Aabar is only investor with more than 5 pct
Abu Dhabi's investment fund Aabar has 5.038 percent stake
Retail Banking
04/21/2017
Lloyds and RBS results to further highlight differing fortunes
But shares in the troubled lender are now trading at less than half that price.
04/21/2017
Investor confidence in UK firms slides
This could suggest that investors remain relatively upbeat, especially when looking at opportunities around the world.
04/20/2017
Competition Begins To Boil For Challenger Banks
A new report by Burnmark is looking to make sense of an ever-crowding challenger bank ecosystem.
04/20/2017
Orange bank to go online across France on July 6
Orange said on Thursday customers would be able to use an instant, secure mobile payment service
04/19/2017
Lloyds £100m proposal doesn’t begin to cover HBOS fraud
Small business owners who lost livelihoods say scheme is poorly conceived
04/18/2017
Lloyds in reach of private ownership after 9 years
UK government poised to sell final 2% stake in pivotal moment for bailed-out lender
04/18/2017
Sberbank becomes most valuable Russian bank
He pays a lot of attention to branding his credit organization: more favourable lending rates, new products.
04/11/2017
Egyptian billionaire launches new bank in Europe
RiverBank is an independent Luxembourg based Pan-European lender that specialises in providing loans to small and medium-sized businesses.
04/10/2017
Challenger bank secures banking licence and £30m council investment
Securing a banking licence by the PRA and the FCA underlines the strength of our business model and the calibre of our experienced management team.
04/06/2017
Lloyds Bank to close a further 100 branches, with the loss of over 200 jobs in 2017
Unite the union representing staff said the loss of a further 100 local banks will be painful for high streets across the country to absorb.
04/06/2017
Co-op Group slumps to £132m loss after bank stake write-off
The Co-operative Bank has been put up for sale amid concerns over its balance sheet strength as it continues to suffer following its 2013 rescue after the discovery of a £1.5bn black hole in its finances.
04/05/2017
Lloyds to close scores of bank branches across UK
The continuous stream of branch closures announced by the UK’s retail bank branches appears to show no signs of ending.
04/03/2017
RBS rising from ruins as shadow of former self
RBS will shut its Capital Resolution division
04/02/2017
Portugal Sells Novo Banco to Lone Star
U.S. private-equity firm will inject $1.07 billion into bank for a 75% stake
04/02/2017
Virgin Money expected to bid for troubled Co-op Bank to dramatically expand its modest current account business
Whoever takes over the bank will have to shore up its finances with a capital injection of £750 million.
03/31/2017
Ukraine's Sberbank to be renamed Norvik Bank
Norvik Banka is the seventh largest bank in Latvia by assets with more than 150,000 customers.
03/31/2017
Gov't sells £11.8bn mortgage book to Pru and private equity firm
We are determined to return the financial assets we own to the private sector
03/29/2017
Barclays in talks to sell Zimbabwe bank
Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe has a market capitalisation of US$60 million
03/29/2017
Desmond Latvian bank eyes Irish move
Rietuma Banka to focus on lending here and the UK after scaling back its operations in the Russian bloc