01/04/2016
Natwest and RBS customers hit by another banking glitch
Customers report debit cards being declined in stores and pins blocked on New Year’s Day in latest embarrassment for banking group
Retail Banking
12/30/2015
Are Britain's banks fixed yet?
Seven years on from the financial crisis and regulators are still working on Britain's big banks
12/29/2015
VTB Bank named "The Best Bank of Armenia in 2015"
Bank VTB (Armenia) is entirely owned by Russian VTB Group.
12/29/2015
Portugal’s BPI bank proposes separation of banking assets in Africa
Portuguese bank BPI has delivered draft terms of a project to hive off operations in Africa to the Commercial Register, the bank said in a statement issued Monday through the Portuguese Securities and Exchange Commission (CMVM).
12/28/2015
Nine UK banks launch fee-free accounts
Nine High Street banks and building societies in the UK are to launch basic bank accounts which will not charge a fee for missed payments.
12/28/2015
NAB's Clydesdale Bank flags rapid growth on UK listing
Analysts told the newspaper Clydesdale could struggle to compete effectively with the big banks, because it would have to tempt customers away from the giants with lower prices
12/28/2015
BNP Paribas considering strategic options for FHB
This announcement is being made pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135 under the Securities Act of 1933.
12/27/2015
Britain's biggest banks closing more than 12 branches A WEEK leaving customers stranded
Many account holders now have to travel several miles to use counter services as online and mobile banking becomes more widespread
12/26/2015
Clydesdale boss David Duffy hits back at 'lazy' critics as bank prepares to float
The bank plans to go it alone in February, and chief exec David Duffy says its critics have failed to realise just how fast it is growing
12/24/2015
Atom Is First UK Mobile-Only Bank To Receive License
Its chairman, Anthony Thompson, headed up the launch of London’s Metro Bank, the UK’s first new bank in at least 25 years.
12/22/2015
Erste Hungaryʼs acquisition of Citibank retail business approved
Erste announced in September that it was buying the Hungarian retail business of Citibank.
12/18/2015
HSBC and Halifax lead high-street online fightback, but specialists still dominate
An increased focus on encouraging competition is also opening the door for alternative and ‘disrupter’ brands
12/18/2015
Co-operative banking under attack in Europe
The original plan was for BRC to be bailed out with funds from Italy’s Deposit Guarantee Insurance Fund, thus ensuring that retail bondholders would not have to take losses.
12/17/2015
Swedbank humanises customer service with artificial intelligence platform
For the last year, Swedbank has managed to deflect 80 percent of transactional calls with the help of Nuance's virtual assistant platform, Nina.
12/16/2015
Singapore’s DBS Group, IDFC Bank looking to bid for RBS’s India-based assets
RBS’s India-based assets comprise a balance sheet of $2.8 billion
12/15/2015
Clydesdale Bank to Pursue I.P.O. as Part of Spinoff
The company operates under the Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank brands in Britain and is one of Britain’s largest midsize banks.
12/15/2015
New digital bank planned by UK private equity firm
It is understood that the new entity has a code name ‘Abacus’.
12/15/2015
RBS Said to Receive Interest for 2016 Sale of Consumer Bank
A sale of Williams & Glyn would follow the March disposal of TSB Banking Group Plc, a former Lloyds Banking Group Plc unit, to Spain’s Banco de Sabadell SA for 1.7 billion pounds.
12/13/2015
Italy Plans Fund to Help Savers of Four Rescued Banks
The fund may be worth 100 million euros and cover about a third of the savers’ losses
12/10/2015
RBI sells Raiffeisen Bank in Slovenia
This will be booked in the fourth quarter of 2015