10/12/2013
Unicredit may consider re-listing stake in German HVB
HVB said on Sunday it had no knowledge of any planned listing of the bank, while Unicredit declined to comment.
Retail Banking
10/10/2013
Bank of Cyprus €2.2 bln losses, recap to sustain future loan loss
The bank’s restructuring, imposed by the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers in March as part of a 10 bln euro bailout for bankrupt Cyprus
10/09/2013
Westpac Buys Lloyds Assets as Rules Encourage Retreat From Asia
The transaction allows Westpac, prevented from merging with its three biggest rivals, to broaden a business dominated by mortgages.
10/08/2013
British crowdfunding site wants to become a bank
The fundamental difference about what we are doing that would be different from other people with banking licences is transparency
10/01/2013
BNP Paribas CEO Says Not Interested in Buying Commerzbank
"We are going to grow organically," in Germany, he added.
10/01/2013
Intesa's ouster shows influence of old guard in Italy's banking
His departure highlights the enduring influence of these not-for-profit entities that were set up in the 1990s when the sector was privatised.
09/30/2013
Ex-Eurhythmic Dave Stewart and Former Credit Suisse CEO to Launch Global, Artist-Focused Bank
David Stewart, one half of the Eurhythmics, and former Credit Suisse Europe, Middle East and Africa chairman/CEO Michael Philipp have revealed their plans to launch a creative-focused banking services company, to be called First Artist Bank.
09/29/2013
Polish Bank Zachodni looks to buy local rivals -CEO
Bank Zachodni WBK, the Polish arm of Banco Santander, wants to continue taking an active role in the consolidation of Poland's financial sector after completing the purchase of rival Kredyt Bank
09/28/2013
RBS sells 314 bank branches to Corsair consortium
The business will eventually be sold as a stand-alone public company in 2015 at the earlies
09/28/2013
Polish banks should be smart in buying foreign-owned rivals: central bank
It is not about taking something from somebody
09/27/2013
Icelandic Bank Says It Cannot Meet £1.5bn Debt Repayment Schedule
New Landsbanki, the state-owned Icelandic bank forged in the midst of the 2008 Icesave scandal, has asked for more time to repay a £1.5bn bond that is threatening to destabilise Iceland's recovering economy.
09/25/2013
Raiffeisen to buy specialist units to cut more costs
The Austrian banking group said on Thursday the move would cut its capital adequacy ratio by 0.2 percentage points but save 25 million euros a year from 2017
09/23/2013
Intesa faces management struggle between CEO, board member: sources
Italy's biggest retail bank, Intesa Sanpaolo , is in the midst of a management struggle between its chief executive and a board member backed by an important shareholder
09/20/2013
Will Wall Street sink the Co-op?
The financial crisis has generally acted like weedkiller for most investment banks
09/18/2013
UniCredit to cut costs in Hungary
Hungary's banks, most of which are foreign-owned, have suffered losses in the past two years after the government imposed a big windfall tax on the sector in 2010 and a new tax on financial transactions this year.
09/09/2013
French bank leaves 91-year-old in vault for 23 hours
The unnamed pensioner turned up at her local BNP-Paribas branch in Rennes
09/09/2013
Barclays to Spend 1.4 Billion Pounds in Retail Bank Overhaul
Barclays Plc (BARC) Chief Executive Officer Antony Jenkins said he expects to spend about 1.4 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) by 2015
09/08/2013
Branch fears over Barclays shake-up
We continuously look at the format that we have. I want to look at locations and the functionality on offer for the customers.
09/08/2013
TSB hit by IT failure on first day
TSB has suffered an embarrassing IT failure that left some of its millions of customers unable to access accounts online
09/03/2013
Unicredit CEO Says Is Not Interested In Buying Commerzbank
Unicredit Chief Executive Federico Ghizzoni said the Italian lender would not bid for German competitor Commerzbank