01/25/2015
Santander U.K. Plc has told the Bank of England new rules requiring banks to separate consumer-banking from trading activities could make it shift some operations out of the country
01/23/2015
The Edinburgh-based lender announced to staff Thursday that it would cut the positions from 54 locations across the U.K., the Unite union said in an e-mailed statement. RBS confirmed the cuts in a separate statement.
01/16/2015
Commerzbank AG will remove a level of management from its retail banking structure in a move to streamline operations as the number of branches in Germany falls
01/15/2015
The considerations are at a purely theoretical stage, the source said, and being undertaken in case regulators impose restrictions that erode incentives for a big investment bank like Deutsche to maintain full ownership of a retail chain.
01/13/2015
The British bank, in which the state holds an 81% stake following a £45-billion bailout in 2008 to remain afloat following the global financial crisis
01/12/2015
RBS took bids for its Coutts International private bank last month and raised $3 billion in September by selling shares in its US subsidiary, Citizens Financial Group Inc.
01/12/2015
A bank backed by authorities in Europe's most solvent economy should hardly be considered risky.
01/08/2015
The lion’s share of German exposure is held by the state-owned development bank KfW, with lending to the Greek state totalling €15bn, banking industry group BdB said.
01/07/2015
Savings Bank was cleared on Wednesday to start making loans and taking deposits as authorities try to encourage the formation of new banks to take on the dominant "big four".
01/06/2015
More than 200 Scottish retail jobs are at risk after loss-making fashion chain Bank entered administration
01/05/2015
At least seven banks are submitting plans to the Bank of England over proposals to protect consumers
01/05/2015
Campaigners have condemned the rapid closure of banks in rural communities
01/05/2015
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.
01/03/2015
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?
01/02/2015
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.
01/02/2015
Barclays has completed the sale of its Spanish arm – at a £500million loss.
12/30/2014
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
12/29/2014
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.
12/16/2014
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12/05/2014
Economy Minister Mihaly Varga said the transaction was expected to close by the end of July 2015.