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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.

ING Plans to Cut 1,700 Dutch Jobs After Repaying Bailout

The firm, which has 53,000 staff, said the cuts will occur over the next three years and lead to annual gross savings of about 270 million euros from 2018.

Yorkshire Bank set for £2 billion flotation as NAB looks for the exit

Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks are set for a £2 billion flotation, as their owner the National Australia Bank prepares to exit the UK.

Ulster Bank closing 24 branches throughout Ireland

Fourteen banks in the Republic among those being shut as fears grow for rural areas

Banks to float as owner quits UK

After years of trying to build a British franchise under the Yorkshire and Clydesdale brands, NAB said recently that its “absolute priority” was to quit the UK.

Spanish bank to raise stake in Turkish lender

Spanish bank BBVA is in advanced talks to raise its stake in Garanti

UK exit getting closer says Clydesdale Bank owner

The Australian owner of Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks says selling off the UK businesses is becoming more likely due to improving market conditions.

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