02/15/2015
Hungary to pay GE up to 615 mn euros for Budapest Bank
Hungary will pay US giant General Electric Capital Group (GE) up to 615 million euros ($700 million) to buy Budapest Bank, the country's eighth largest lender
Retail Banking
02/15/2015
Italy's state will not be an active investor in Monte Paschi-chairman
A government stake in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena does not mean a bailout of the Italian lender and the state is not expected to become an active shareholder
02/13/2015
KBC Bank Ireland to create 100 new jobs in retail move
Chief executive says lender is on track to return to profit by 2016
02/12/2015
Raiffeisen Bank Int'l says no merger plans with RZB
RZB is the majority shareholder of RBI and counts Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberoesterreich AG (RLB OOe) as a major shareholder.
02/11/2015
Intesa May Consider IPO of Asset Management Unit, CEO Says
Intesa is seeking to expand its asset management, private bank and insurance businesses
02/09/2015
Permanent TSB puts UK mortgage business up for sale
Several parties in discussions to acquire Capital Home Loans
02/09/2015
Five banks interested in Citi's Czech retail operations -report
Citigroup Inc said in October it was pulling out of consumer banking in 11 markets, including the Czech Republic.
02/05/2015
RBS Said to Firm Up Plan to Exit Asia Corporate Banking Business
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc has firmed up plans to sell or wind down its Asian corporate banking business within months, according to a person familiar with the process.
02/04/2015
Principal Insurance secures funding from Yorkshire Bank
Loan will be used to meet expansion targets.
02/03/2015
Expat rates: Clydesdale accounts are gradually being closed down
For savers looking for a new home for their money, the top two-year fixed rate available is just 2.03pc
01/30/2015
RBS Exiting Corporate Debt, DCM Business in Middle East
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, the U.K.’s largest taxpayer-owned lender, is exiting its corporate loans and debt capital markets business in the Middle East and Africa.
01/27/2015
Post Office delivers rebrand for all financial products
Post Office Money seeks to assert itself as one of the UK’s biggest financial services providers by the end of the decade
01/25/2015
Santander U.K. Said to Consider Moving Units Abroad on BOE Rules
Santander U.K. Plc has told the Bank of England new rules requiring banks to separate consumer-banking from trading activities could make it shift some operations out of the country
01/23/2015
RBS Said to Cut 160 U.K. Commercial Banking Jobs, Hire in India
The Edinburgh-based lender announced to staff Thursday that it would cut the positions from 54 locations across the U.K., the Unite union said in an e-mailed statement. RBS confirmed the cuts in a separate statement.
01/16/2015
Commerzbank revamps retail management in streamlining move
Commerzbank AG will remove a level of management from its retail banking structure in a move to streamline operations as the number of branches in Germany falls
01/15/2015
Deutsche Bank mulls retail float, tie with foreign banks - source
The considerations are at a purely theoretical stage, the source said, and being undertaken in case regulators impose restrictions that erode incentives for a big investment bank like Deutsche to maintain full ownership of a retail chain.
01/13/2015
RBS likely to scale down its presence in India, to focus on growth in UK
The British bank, in which the state holds an 81% stake following a £45-billion bailout in 2008 to remain afloat following the global financial crisis
01/12/2015
RBS mulls sale of Asian corporate banking biz: Source
RBS took bids for its Coutts International private bank last month and raised $3 billion in September by selling shares in its US subsidiary, Citizens Financial Group Inc.
01/12/2015
The 7 German Banks That Survived The Financial Crisis Are Still A Mess
A bank backed by authorities in Europe's most solvent economy should hardly be considered risky.
01/08/2015
Greece owes German banks €23.5bn
The lion’s share of German exposure is held by the state-owned development bank KfW, with lending to the Greek state totalling €15bn, banking industry group BdB said.