11/01/2016
NatWest launches alternative lender panel
Capital Connections scheme is now available nationwide, giving us the opportunity to assist even more SME customers
Retail Banking
10/31/2016
A tale of two banks: Lloyds falters, with no end in sight for RBS
In the year that had passed since the Kiwi has spoken at the same event, much had happened at the taxpayer-owned lender.
10/28/2016
Bank of Ireland customer loan volumes down by €1.3bn
Fall in value of sterling helped widen deficit in bank’s defined benefit pension scheme
10/27/2016
Mergers between banks at a particular market level ‘not necessarily a bad thing’, says CMA
Lack of a level playing field in the retail banking market could result in challenger banks being swept up
10/26/2016
German bad bank moves asset admin to Dublin
FMS Wertmanagement had €20.3bn of UK assets at the end of 2015
10/26/2016
Clydesdale 'makes an offer to RBS for Williams & Glyn'
That order related to the bank's £45bn government bailout at the height of the financial crisis in 2008.
10/26/2016
Lloyds Bank takes another £1bn hit from PPI scandal
It was forced to take a further charge after the Financial Conduct Authority earlier this year proposed extending the deadline for PPI claims to June 2019.
10/25/2016
Swedbank Beats Estimates as Third-Quarter Profit Jumps 23%
Sweden’s biggest mortgage lender generated more revenue
10/25/2016
Atom Bank in top 10 of world's best innovators in finance
Durham firm has made the Fintech 100 for the second year running and is the UK's highest ranked business
10/24/2016
ABN Amro takeover talks have started, though Nordea says they'll be put on ice until after the Dutch elections
The Dutch government, which owns the majority of ABN Amro's shares, had previously dismissed the possibility of a takeover in the wake of the media reports.
10/21/2016
French banks, retailers team up to launch online payment app
Over time, they hope it will attract more.
10/20/2016
Monte Paschi Jumps as Board Presses Ahead With Business Plan
The bank, based in Siena, Italy, has said it’s readying a third share sale in two years
10/20/2016
Bank branches closing faster in Scotland than rest of UK
Over the same period, the number of branches in England fell by 5%
10/19/2016
Sweden's Handelsbanken profit beats forecasts
In this year’s capital assessment, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority deems that Handelsbanken’s requirement for common equity tier 1 capital at the end of 2016 corresponds to a common equity tier 1 ratio of 21.1%
10/17/2016
UniCredit to sell stake in Pekao
Poland's government is seeking to increase its control over the country's banking sector as part of its broader ambition of having more say in the economy.
10/12/2016
Scottish National Investment Bank could support 50,000 jobs and save billions
Economists and trade unionists have backed the idea, which it is claimed could be a major driver for jobs through long-term, low-interest loans for investment.
10/10/2016
Banif Bank could be just the beginning – Al Faisal managing director
This investment consists of the acquisition of Portuguese shares in the Malta branch
10/10/2016
Challenger banks to hold first post-Brexit Treasury talks
The bosses of smaller banks will meet the City Minister to discuss post-Brexit industry reforms
10/05/2016
Four bidders vying for UniCredit's asset manager Pioneer
UniCredit seeks to raise around 3 billion euros from the sale of Pioneer.
10/03/2016
Russia's Development Bank Plans to Expand Representative Office in China
Russia's Bank for Development plans to expand its representative office in China while making some layoff in some other missions abroad, VEB Chairman Sergey Gorkov said on Friday.