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Collapse of fashion chain Bank puts 200 retail jobs at risk

More than 200 Scottish retail jobs are at risk after loss-making fashion chain Bank entered administration

Lenders to respond to investment bank ring-fence plans

At least seven banks are submitting plans to the Bank of England over proposals to protect consumers

Campaigners condemn rural bank closures

Campaigners have condemned the rapid closure of banks in rural communities

James Moore: High and electrified, or low enough for a banker to jump?

The deadline for banks to submit their plans to ring-fence their retail operations is looming, and already there are signs of starkly differing approaches.

You may not know it, but you are paying for your bank

Three decades after its introduction, 'free banking' is at the centre of the latest inquiry into the banks. Would we be better off without it?

RBS Falls on Report That U.S. Mortgage Provision May Increase

The Edinburgh-based bank’s stock declined 2.4 percent to 385 pence at 10:40 a.m. local time, while the U.K. benchmark FTSE 100 Index was little changed.

Barclays ends its pain in Spain as it sells retail arm to CaixaBank - but at a £500m loss

Barclays has completed the sale of its Spanish arm – at a £500million loss.

Bradford & Bingley's 'Full Nationalization' Should Never Have Happened

For those who like a good yarn the saga of Bradford & Bingley, the UK bank that was hastily nationalized by the British Government in a transatlantic phone call, one would be hard pressed to beat years of obfuscation by the authorities – from wi

Novo Banco Has Four Potential Buyers

While Novo Banco wants to fully pay back the EUR4.9 billion ($6.01 billion) capital injection it received from a bailout fund, analysts consider it unlikely the bank will fetch that much.

National Australia Bank accelerates UK exit

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Hungary to buy Budapest Bank from GE Capital

Economy Minister Mihaly Varga said the transaction was expected to close by the end of July 2015.

ICICI Bank sells Russian subsidiary to Sovcombank

The board of country’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank on Friday approved sale of the bank’s shareholding in its Russian subsidiary ICICI Bank Eurasia, to a third party Sovcombank.

Russia Faced With 'Massive' Liquidity Problem Says Sberbank Chief

The head of Sberbank, Russia's largest lender, said Thursday that the banking sector was grappling with huge liquidity problems and warned that there was no easy money for Russian companies to be found in Asia, the Prime economic news agency reported

BofA-Owned MBNA Sells $570M of Card Assets to Virgin Money

The portfolio consisted of Virgin Money credit card assets, which MBNA has been marketing and distributing since 2002.

Hungary ready to buy more banks should they decide to exit - official

Hungary is ready to buy more banks should they decide to exit the country, a government official at the Economy Ministry told CNBC on Monday.

Commerzbank CEO sees mergers among smaller German banks

The chief executive of Commerzbank is predicting a wave of mergers among Germany's cooperative and savings banks.

Austria reopens Hypo sale

Hypo had agreed in principle to sell the asset to US private equity group Advent and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

The Banker awards RBI as Bank of the Year for the eighth time

RBI thereby receives all four important awards as best bank in CEE

Lone Star appoints HML to manage portfolio of 4,000 Irish residential loans

Loans were acquired from Lloyds and was previously managed by Certus

BayernLB deals setback to Austria over Hypo's Balkan unit sale

German bank BayernLB has objected to Austria's handling of the planned sale of Hypo Alpe Adria's Balkans network, dealing a setback to Vienna's campaign to wind down the bank it had to nationalise in 2009.

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