08/19/2013
HSBC announces five further bank closures
The bank has closed more than 200 branches in the UK over the last three years
Retail Banking
08/19/2013
W&G Investments to Offer $2.4 Billion for RBS Branches
W&G Investments Plc, the investment vehicle led by former Tesco Plc Finance Director Andrew Higginson, plans to make a formal bid today of as much as 1.5 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) for 316 Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc branches.
08/13/2013
Lloyds prepares Australian sale
The lender is reported to have received bids for the units that value them together at more than A$1bn
08/11/2013
Asian Investors Keen on Icelandic Bank
The estimated price is ISK 115 billion
08/11/2013
Banks cut 5,500 branches across Europe in 2012
Consumer take-up of online and telephone banking services has accelerated the trend.
08/09/2013
RBS bank bidder reveals deal CEO
Former deputy chief executive of Lloyds TSB is named in bid documents handed to the state-backed bank this week.
08/07/2013
KBC Group Reports Q2 Profit
KBC ended the second quarter of 2013 with a net profit of 517 million euros
08/07/2013
RBS branch decision put back as bidders get more time - sources
State-backed Royal Bank of Scotland is unlikely to decide how it plans to sell more than 300 UK branches
08/06/2013
Commerzbank Quarterly Profit Falls 84%
Commerzbank, which increased capital for the fifth time in four years in May to repay the state aid from 2009, is grappling with souring loans in shipping and commercial real estate.
08/05/2013
Northern Rock owner repays £1.9bn to taxpayers
The main driver for this was lower arrears and, as such, a reduced loan impairment charge.
08/05/2013
Unicredit reports profit plunge
Italy's top bank, UniCredit, reported on Tuesday a net profit of 810 million euros in the first six months of 2013, down 25.2 percent from the outcome for the same period last year.
08/04/2013
Hedge funds threaten Co-op Bank rescue
Bondholders are key to the Co-op's rescue
08/04/2013
Barclays adds nine more banks to work on share sale
Barclays had appointed nine more banks to work on its 5.8 billion pound ($8.9 billion) share sale, taking the size of the total syndicate to 14.
08/04/2013
Italy's Banca IMI posts net profit of €271m - mid-year report
Intesa Sanpaolo Group's Banca IMI has posted total inflows of €685m in first half of 2013.
08/01/2013
RBS names McEwan as CEO after swinging to H1 profit
Royal Bank of Scotland said Ross McEwan will take over as its new chief executive in October, just over a year after he arrived to run its retail bank, as the state-backed bank reported a return to profit in the first half of the year.
07/31/2013
Lloyds Banking Group enjoys increase in underlying profit
Core underlying income was up 6 per cent with accelerated core loan book growth in second quarter.
07/31/2013
Allied Irish Banks trims H1 loss to 758 mln eur
Loan to deposit ratio fell to 106 percent at end-June, core tier 1 ratio 15.1 percent
07/31/2013
SocGen second-quarter profit more than doubles
Quarterly net income soared to 955 million euros (837.50 million pounds) from 436 million in the year-ago period, while revenue slipped 0.6 percent to 6.23 billion, the bank said on Thursday.
07/31/2013
Danske Bank's quarterly losses mount
Lloyds Banking Group said it expects to meet its targets on cost savings, capital strength and margins earlier than expected
07/30/2013
BNP Paribas eyes Germany push after earnings slip
French bank BNP Paribas unveiled a plan to boost its presence in relatively resilient Germany after fresh cost cuts failed to offset sliding earnings in markets like Italy in the second quarter.