02/18/2016
BRED was part of a $50 million syndicated loan to Acleda announced yesterday by the International Finance Corporation to be used to boost lending to small and medium enterprises, especially women-owned businesses
02/17/2016
Dozens of Metro Bank staff will miss out on a share bonanza worth nearly £4m after market turmoil forced bosses to slash the price of the lender's forthcoming listing.
02/15/2016
About 400 staff in its business division have been warned that the state-owned bank is cutting staff at local branches and is also replacing dozens of call centres with just four sites.
02/15/2016
Tie-up follows government reform aimed at consolidating fragmented cooperative banking sector
02/15/2016
£1.7bn flotation is bold move for a lender which needs to secure more customers and lower its costs
02/04/2016
Bank is looking to lower costs as it prepares for privatisation, despite George Osborne delaying sale of remaining shares to public
02/03/2016
Italy holds the largest stock of NPLs at €161 billion, or 18% of the stock – with SME loans making up 78% of Italy’s NPLs.
01/29/2016
The bank is expected to begin the operations in the first quarter of this year.
01/28/2016
It comes as Santander announced its return to the investment advice market earlier this month, and as raft of of banks are said to be eyeing the development of robo-advice services.
01/27/2016
Metro Bank's board met on Tuesday to discuss its progress towards a flotation
01/27/2016
The long-suffering bank’s woes could be close to an end, according to a new report from UBS, allowing its share price to rise at long last
01/27/2016
The move to withdraw causes a divide in the industry as both Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland remain members of the body.
01/27/2016
National Australia Bank shareholders overwhelmingly back proposal to demerge 75% of troubled British bank
01/25/2016
Charter Court Financial Services, whose main business is buy-to-let loans, is being sold by Elliott Associates
01/21/2016
Start-up banks launching in the UK are to be given special support under plans by City watchdogs to boost competition in Britain's banking sector.
01/21/2016
Italian lenders extended declines in Milan trading
01/19/2016
The ship financier's owners have collected pitches from investment banks vying for roles in the privatisation by a Monday deadline
01/18/2016
Sberbank CEO says views idea of selling stake in bank positively
The Russian government controls a 50 percent plus 1 share in Sberbank.
01/18/2016
Big price cut looms for Clydesdale float
Investors have said that the price will have to come down by several hundred million pounds.
01/18/2016
After that, "no other sales are foreseen