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Richard Branson's Bank to List on London Stock Exchange to Tune of £2bn

Virgin Money is poised for floatation as early as October

KEB eyes expansion in Europe, Middle East

Korea Exchange Bank has set its eyes on overseas markets, particularly Europe and the Middle East, in an effort to sharpen its competency and future growth.

Rafidain Bank plans to open its branch in London

Rafidain Bank announced on Saturday, its intention to re-open its branch and resumption of its activity in the British capital London after the settlement of all debts incurred on the bank to the United Kingdom.

Job fears in Barclays office closure in central Cardiff

Fears of jobs losses have been raised over the possible closure of a city centre Barclays office in Cardiff.

Italy’s Top Banks Seeking Up to $36 Billion From ECB

Italy’s seven biggest banks are seeking to borrow as much as 30.3 billion euros in the European Central Bank’s first auction of cheap cash designed to boost loans to companies and individuals,

BGZ Bank Jumps to Record as BNP Starts $1.4 Billion Bid

The bid by France’s biggest bank is subject to regulatory approval.

German lender Helaba confident on ECB bank health check

German public-sector lender Helaba said it was confident of its strong capital base ahead of health checks of the banking sector by the European Central Bank and European Banking Authority in the coming weeks.

UniCredit to Sell Riskiest Bank Debt as Borrowing Costs Fall

UniCredit is reopening the market as the European Central Bank completes a review of bank assets before results of stress tests are published in October

Secure Trust Bank eyes SME opportunities

As names go, Secure Trust Bank is a hard one to beat for a banking organisation.

Corpbank looks to Oman for restructuring

The Bulgarian National Bank is in a state of total passivity on the case of Corpbank

Russia approves pumping $6.6bn into state banks

The Russian government has approved injecting 239 billion rubles ($6.6 billion, 5 billion euros) into two of the country's largest, state-controlled banks that have been hit with Western sanctions.

BayernLB says is well prepared for ECB stress tests

The lender nevertheless said the sale of banking subsidiary MKB in Hungary would contribute to a consolidated loss for the full year

Sale of German mortgage bank Westimmo enters next phase

Blackstone, KKR and Apollo have also expressed their interest in the mortgage bank

Berlin will not consider Commerzbank stake sale until 2016 -magazine

Commerzbank was one of the highest-profile casualties of the global financial crisis, with the German government spending around 18 billion euros ($24 billion) to bail it out.

United Arab Emirates to open bank in Serbia

This is the first green field investment in Serbia’s banking sector since 2008

Challenger bank Aldermore gearing up for float

Fast-growing retail lender set to break the summertime lull for listings with stock market flotation in coming weeks

Cambridge University's bank lending local businesses soars into profit

The bank predicts that its profit performance will accelerate

RBS Hands Millions of Pounds in Shares to Top Executives as EU Bonus Cap Looms

Under new EU rules, due to come into force in 2015, banks will only be able to pay out annual bonuses worth the equivalent of a year's salary of the employee receiving one

Rate Hikes Spur Competition For Offshore Savings

For the rest, rates stay the same.

Secure Trust eyes four-fold bank expansion

Challenger bank Secure Trust is looking to more than quadruple in size over the next five years, chief executive Paul Latham says.

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