11/06/2013
Commerzbank's Painful Restructuring Gains Traction
The country's second-biggest lender of Deutsche Bank said net profit jumped by 15 percent to 77 million euros in the period from July to September.
Retail Banking
11/06/2013
France's BNP Joins Battle for Rabobank's Polish Arm
France's biggest lender said on Thursday it had made a non-binding bid for Bank BGZ BGZ.WA
11/04/2013
Banca Generali Q3 net profit rise 8 pct
Italian asset manager Banca Generali said on Tuesday its net profit rose 8 percent to 105.1 million euros in the third quarter of this year thanks to a significant rise in management fees.
11/03/2013
Banks Spruce Up Branches To Attract New Customers
Velizy, France - Installation art, interactive walls and a robot doorman; the flagship branches of the world’s top banks have come a long way from the iron grilles and potted plants of old.
11/03/2013
ABN Amro increases fees for business customers
The paper says the new charges make ABN Amro ‘by far’ the most expensive bank when it comes to basic bank charges.
11/02/2013
US debt fund among group taking control of the Co-op Bank
Co-operative Group to inject £400m into its banking arm as part of a detailed £1.5bn recapitalisation plan to be outlined on Monday
11/02/2013
China Construction Bank looks to Europe for deals
He wanted to expand operations to more European countries
10/31/2013
RBS avoids being split into 'good' and 'bad' banks
Royal Bank of Scotland has said it will not split into separate so-called good and bad banks, and also announced a loss for the third quarter of the year.
10/31/2013
Slovak Banking Industry Records Growing Net Income
In the first nine months of 2013, Slovakia´s banking sector recorded a total net profit of € 449m.
10/30/2013
Commerzbank's Polish arm BRE posts in-line net profit
BRE and other Polish banks have relied on retail loans
10/30/2013
Italian banks' cut plans too modest despite strike call
With Italy mired in its longest recession since the Second World War, the country's hard-pressed banks are cutting jobs, closing branches and infuriating unions, but the cuts are far too modest to achieve the profitability gains they need.
10/30/2013
Clydesdale Bank swings to profit following job cuts
Chief executive David Thorburn said: “The restructuring of our business over the past 18 months has been substantially completed a year ahead of schedule.
10/27/2013
Russia's Sovcombank to buy local GE Money Bank
Russia's mid-sized Sovcombank is buying the local unit of GE Money Bank, a subsidiary of U.S. conglomerate General Electric
10/27/2013
Lloyds Q3 profit up, but takes another PPI hit
"The outlook for the UK economy now looks more positive and the group's business model is well matched to the economic environment," the bank said in a statement.
10/23/2013
SEB Q3 Pp Profits, Credit Quality Beat Forecast
Swedish banking group SEB reported on Thursday a bigger-than-expected rise in third-quarter operating profits as it beat forecasts on most income lines and credit quality improved.
10/20/2013
76% of Global Retail Banks Becoming More Innovative - RESEARCH
This year’s study, which surveyed 148 banks in 66 countries, revealed that as the global economy recovers, retail banks across the world are increasingly investing in innovation as a means of generating revenue and controlling costs.
10/14/2013
Bank of Italy examines loan books of top two banks
The Bank of Italy is examining the loan books of the country's top lenders UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo
10/14/2013
Raiffeisen keeps options open in Ukraine
The fact is that we repeatedly get inquiries and offers given our strong position,
10/13/2013
Labour reps hold up Commerzbank's bid to trim board: sources
The labour representatives, which in Germany are entitled to half the supervisory board seats
10/12/2013
Canadians plot £8bn raid on RBS arm
Osborne plan to break up bailed-out lender stokes bidders’ interest in the American retail bank Citizens