08/08/2017
Ex Northern Rock boss who waltzed off with £750,000 to start claiming £304,000-a-year pension
He's still padding up for Sunderland Cricket Club, totting up a decent(ish) batting average so far this season of 28.5.
Retail Banking
08/07/2017
Latvian banks’ expenditure on managers' salaries grows by 39.1% in H1
The share of employees' wages, meanwhile, rose by 1.7 percentage points to 18.9%.
08/07/2017
Banks issue new sort codes in ringfencing of high street operations
Barclays is not alone in needing to issue new sort codes
08/07/2017
RBS is back in profit – should the government sell more of its stake?
The government has no business playing the stock market with taxpayers’ money.
08/07/2017
Bank of Cyprus set to go digital
One bank that is going through a digital transformation is the Bank of Cyprus.
08/04/2017
Mediobanca profit falls on one-off costs
Net profit for the whole fiscal year ending in June rose 24% to EUR750 million.
08/03/2017
Portugal Wants to Move on From Bank Collapse
Banco Espirito Santo collapsed under the weight of bad debts to companies held by the family-controlled Espirito Santo Group
08/03/2017
UniCredit Profit Beats Forecasts on Stronger Fees, Lower Loan Losses
The bank, which has operations in 17 countries, mostly in Europe, reported a net profit of 945 million euros
08/03/2017
Credit Agricole surprises with jump in profit
The bank's second-quarter earnings highlight a pickup in the eurozone economy after years of crisis and a slow recovery.
08/02/2017
Commerzbank swings to loss on cost of 9600 job cuts
The target is to reduce it to around €3 billion by the end of the year.
08/01/2017
Italian bank Intesa SanPaolo sees Q2 profits dip
The bank's core Tier 1 capital ratio, a key measure of the bank's strength, was 13 percent.
07/31/2017
BNP Paribas to expand further into UK property business with merger
Acquisition of property services firm Strutt & Parker will triple revenue and staff in Britain of banking group’s real estate arm
07/31/2017
Blackstone in exclusive talks with Banco Popular on property portfolio
The bailout was the first use of a stricter European Union regime to deal with failing banks.
07/31/2017
Credit Agricole Purchase of Italian Savings Banks Delayed to September
The deal was expected to be closed this week.
07/27/2017
Allied Irish Banks H1 Profit Down 25% - Quick Facts
The company said that it has returned a total of 10.2 billion euros to the State, including the proceeds from the recent IPO and 250 million euros ordinary dividend payment.
07/27/2017
Lloyds posts largest profit in eight years despite fresh spike in PPI costs
Britain's largest retail bank forced to set aside further £1.1bn to deal with PPI complaints.
07/26/2017
Metro Bank Raises Cash, Swings to H1 Profit
Britain's banking sector is dominated by the established might of Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Santander UK and Royal Bank of Scotland.
07/25/2017
Portuguese Challenger bank reaches profitability
BNI Europa is a living proof that banks are better off by opening its platform and embrace innovation rather than trying to build everything from within.
07/24/2017
Barclays apologises to furious customers
How much maintenance does one app need?!
07/20/2017
Danske Bank reports pre-tax profits of £56.5m for first half of 2017
The bank also reported that mortgage lending had increased 7% on last year.