03/25/2015
ANZ Bank Is Interested in RBS’s Asia-Pacific Assets
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. is interested in acquiring assets from Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc as the U.K. lender cuts back its operations in the Asia-Pacific region.
Retail Banking
03/24/2015
Caixabank Launches Holabank
The new customised service model features a network of 100 branches, staffed by specialist account managers and offering specific products and services to said group.
03/23/2015
German landesbanks relieve merger pressure through cooperation
A wave of burdensome financial regulation and rising competition seemed to make consolidation among Germany's five big regional public sector lenders inescapable
03/23/2015
Pair of German savings bank associations eye merger
If adopted, the plan would trigger talks aimed at creating Germany's largest regional mortgage bank, Stuttgarter Zeitung added.
03/23/2015
L&G boss says bank bashing will force lenders out of UK
Legal & General chief executive Nigel Wilson has warned banks will be forced to base themselves overseas if the bank levy continues to rise.
03/22/2015
Serbia, Turkey's Halkbank seal deal for Cacanska Banka
Serbia and Turkey's state-run Halkbank signed a 10.1 million euro deal for the sale of a 76.74 percent stake in local lender Cacanska Banka on Friday
03/22/2015
Deutsche Bank revamp plan to hit retail hardest
Deutsche Bank's retail operations will bear the brunt of its planned restructuring and will most likely be spun off in a stock market listing
03/22/2015
CEO of Top Lender Sberbank Says Worst Not Over for Russian Banks
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said this week that the worst was over for the Russian economy, which is suffering a sharp slowdown due to fallen oil prices and sanctions over the Ukraine conflict.
03/20/2015
TSB agrees £1.7bn takeover by Spain's Sabadell
Lloyds is selling its remaining 50% stake to Sabadell.
03/20/2015
Belarusbank named top national bank
The publication analyzed factors of profitability, strategy, customer service, assets, as well as their growth and competitiveness.
03/20/2015
Deutsche Bank shareholders push for sale of Postbank
Germany’s biggest lender is looking to bolster returns
03/19/2015
Societe Generale becomes shareholder in MCB Mozambique
Mauritius Commercial Bank Group and Société Générale signed an agreement on 18 March for Société Générale to become a shareholder in the Group’s Mozambique branch
03/18/2015
ICICI Bank exits Russia, sells subsidiary IBEL
The bank will cater to Russian clients through its subsidiaries in other countries
03/13/2015
Why Investors Want to Play in the Changing U.K. Bank Scene
It may be a sector beset by little but bad news, but there is a great deal of investor interest in U.K. retail and small business banking.
03/13/2015
Lloyds to bank £1.5bn if TSB sale to Banco Sabadell goes ahead
The giant bank was forced to sell off TSB under the terms of its 2008 bailout
03/13/2015
Forget your bank PIN: Halifax trials technology where customers are recognised by their heartbeat
Halifax is testing new biometric technology where customers will prove their ID through the unique rhythms of their heartbeats
03/13/2015
Bank customers unaware of account switching, says FCA
Consumers are unaware - and lack confidence - in the seven-day service for switching bank accounts, the regulator has found
03/12/2015
HVB says gets green light for German bank acquisitions
Germany's Hypovereinsbank said it had received the green light from its parent company, Italy's UniCredit, to make acquisitions in Germany
03/08/2015
CivilisedBank: There’s another new challenger bank on the scene with imminent UK launch plans
Another challenger bank has joined the scene alongside a growing number of upstarts trying to unseat the dominant high street banking institutions in the UK
03/06/2015
Hungary PM urges banks to lend more to boost growth
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday urged banks to lend more to the private sector to boost economic growth