03/15/2017
Private & Commercial Finance posts origination rise ahead of bank launch
The banking technology and infrastructure work streams have recently moved into the testing phase.
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03/15/2017
Nordea and Sweden come to blows over resolution fees
The spark has been the Social Democrat-led government’s attempt to force banks to contribute more to Sweden’s budget.
03/15/2017
Government stake in Lloyds Banking Group reduced to 2.95%
The Government has no longer been the bank's largest shareholder.
03/15/2017
Bank of China to set up Irish branch as trade links grow
The bank intends to set up here under the EU financial services passporting arrangements.
03/14/2017
Lloyds in £1.3bn tech outsourcing deal with IBM
LTU claims less than 200 of the staff would continue working on the Lloyds contract after four years
03/14/2017
Small business challenger banks: the best of the best
We’ve rounded up some of the best.
03/13/2017
NatWest to launch intermediary solutions in Northern Ireland
This is a positive move for brokers in Northern Ireland as we are well placed to support the future growth and sustainability of mortgage lending in the province.
03/13/2017
Portugal's CGD bank seeks to sell Spanish, S.African operations
It planned to maintain operations in markets with Portuguese affinity.
03/09/2017
Co-operative Bank reports £477m annual loss
The result is slightly better than the £611m loss it made in 2015.
03/09/2017
Co-op Bank reports loss of £477m in 2016 as sale looms
The troubled lender is engaging with potential bidders after putting itself up for sale last month
03/08/2017
HSBC Sells US Residential Mortgage Loan Portfolio For USD1.50 Billion
HSBC said the sale was part of an ongoing reduction of its US consumer mortgage loan business, in line with its strategy to sell "substantially all" of HSBC Finance Corp's residential mortgage loans.
03/07/2017
Santander Could Cut Workforce, Branches In Germany In 2017
The Santander Group had an efficiency ratio of 48.1% in 2016
03/07/2017
Russian businessman Kim could sell his Expobank in Latvia
A single economic area and European Union regulations offer optimum conditions for merging European businesses.
03/07/2017
Shawbrook rejects £825m takeover offer from private equity firms
The private equity firm currently holds just under 40 per cent of the bank.
03/07/2017
Intesa Sanpaolo sells Allfunds Bank stake for 900 million euros
Intesa Sanpaolo was advised by Bofa Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
03/06/2017
Bank ABC adopts new management structure to accelerate growth and expansion
He will also leverage the synergies in our business between the Europe and America.
03/06/2017
Nordea's Mega-Bank Branches Set Off Regulatory Finger Pointing
Nordea says Sweden’s proposal is both surprising and unfair, and is trying to persuade lawmakers to back away from the plan.
03/03/2017
Challenger banks are taking the UK by storm – but can they really compete?
In the wake of the financial crisis, savers confidence in the UK banking system hit rock bottom.
03/02/2017
BNP Paribas Wants to Innovate Smarter and Harder
Startups don’t have the data we have, and for them it is pretty expensive.
03/01/2017
Harrods Bank implements Temenos T24 core banking system
Harrods decided to replace it with FIS’s Profile core banking system.