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Commerzbank reaffirms upside potential of existing business strategy

Commerzbank currently sees no basis for a mutually agreed value-accretive transaction after interactions with UniCredit.

Jersey Barclays branch to close temporarily

It said customers would still be able to use alternative ATMs, or get cash-back from "participating outlets" while the refurbishment work was ongoing.

Gender pay gap widens at four of the UK’s biggest retail lenders

Campaigners warn that complex reporting structures may obscure the true scale of the problems as figures reveal women’s bonuses also lag behind those of men

The UK’s late payment reform leaves a hidden leverage loophole

Reverse factoring and ‘pay later’ tools allow firms to hide borrowing from lenders and investors

NatWest to offer embedded finance products to Sainsbury's customers

NatWest and Sainsbury’s will work together to offer tailored financial products designed to support customers’ needs.

Creditsafe expands into UK consumer credit reporting

Creditsafe sees an opportunity to improve how the market operates by placing higher‑quality data and modern, well‑governed data‑sharing frameworks at the centre of its approach.

Wise to Open Everyday Banking Accounts in UK in Deposit Push

The London-based money transfer company is launching an account that will hold money and pay out a 3.26% variable interest rate on balances

Lloyds Banking Group and University of Glasgow announce groundbreaking agentic AI research programme

As the partnership continues, the Group will develop and improve their understanding of how to harness the benefits of agentic AI.

2026 CaixaBank General Shareholders’ Meeting approves a final dividend of 2,320 million euros and increases total annual dividend to 3,500 million euros

This represents an increase of 15% in the annual gross dividend per share compared with 0.4352 euros gross per share in the previous year.

Lloyds IT glitch exposed data of nearly 450,000 customers, MPs told

More than 114,000 customers actively clicked on transactions that did not belong to them

Lloyds supports Trent & Dove with new £88m finance package

The finance package will help Trent & Dove continue its work maintaining high‑quality homes, developing new properties, and supporting neighbourhood projects.

Monument Bank to launch UK's first tokenised retail deposits programme

The project is being run in partnership with blockchain company Midnight, with Monument planning to tokenise up to £250 million of retail customer deposits in the first phase.

Clearhaus becomes Denmark's first acquirer to launch payment facilitator solution

They no longer need each merchant to sign up separately with a payment provider – a capability that has not previously been offered by Danish acquirers.

Metro Bank partners Equals Money for FX Forwards solution

The new service will enable Metro Bank commercial and corporate clients to better manage currency risk, and ensure greater predictability in cash flow and planning.

ProCredit group ends 2025 with strong loan growth and digital retail banking transformation in full momentum; financial results reflect strategic transition

The year-end result of EUR 83.5 million corresponded to a RoE of 7.8%.

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