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Lloyds Banking Group lines up part-sale of TSB

TSB is set to return to the stock market after a 19-year absence

UniCredit Tiriac Bank profit up 18 pct in Q1

The consolidated net profits on minority interests of UniCredit Tiriac Bank and UniCredit Consumer Financing have advanced by 18 percent over the first quarter of 2014 compared to Q1 of 2013, to 72.1 million lei

UK lenders facing regulatory crackdown as BoE prepares to pop London housing bubble

With Barclays and Santander among those that could see lending curbed

We don’t have a target for closures, says Barclays. Oh yes you do, say villagers as 20 branches are quietly culled

Barclays says: ‘There is no target for bank closures.’ It is a claim the bank is making while embarking on a quiet cull of branches up and down the country.

Dormant bridging lender gets long-awaited buyout

B&C also understands, that Associate Director, Simon Atherton, has left voluntarily as a result

Barclays sounding out buyers for Spanish retail bank: sources

It will park its retail banking operations in Spain, Italy, France and Portugal in a "bad bank", and these will be sold, separated or floated.

Lloyds Banking Group cuts 645 more jobs

Lloyds says that following today’s announcement, it has now made 13,055 of those job cuts.

BRF merger affects Jyske Bank's record expectations of the first six months.

Jyske Bank has announced its expectations of the coming financial statements for the first six months of the year pointing to a record pre-tax profit of DKK 3bn.

KBC reports Good start to the year: close to 400 million euros profit

KBC ended the first quarter of 2014 with a net profit of 397 million euros, compared with a loss of 294 million euros in the last quarter of 2013 and a profit of 520 million euros in the first quarter of 2013.

Intesa Sanpaolo Posts Higher First-Quarter Profit

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA on Thursday reported a surge in first-quarter profit, mainly driven by higher commission income and lower provisions for loans gone sour.

Dexia loss swollen by derivative value adjustments

The bank, 94 percent owned by the Belgian and French states, said its net result from recurring items was a negative 88 million euros, an improvement of 72 million euros from the final quarter of 2013 as funding costs reduced.

National Bank of Greece to Sell Stake in Turkey’s Finansbank

Foreign lenders are snapping up Turkish banking assets, as the effects of a December corruption probe which wiped as much as 6.1 percent off the Turkish banking index dissipate.

UniCredit swings back to profit, bad loans fall

UniCredit , Italy's biggest bank by assets, returned to profit in the first quarter of 2014 thanks to lower loan loss charges after last year's massive balance-sheet clean up, it said on Monday.

European Union Approves Amended Lloyds Banking Group Restructuring Plan

The European Union approved an amended plan by U.K. authorities for the divestment of Lloyds Banking Group's retail business, as part of the British bank's restructuring plan.

Virgin Money on path to £2bn flotation

Bank majority owned by Sir Richard Branson close to appointing advisers for stock market listing

Italy's Banca Generali net profit up 10 pct in Q1

Net interest income was 106.8 million euros

OneSavings Bank to raise £41m in IPO

Former Kent Reliance company has 142,000 savings customers and focuses on specialist areas of the mortgage market

Commerzbank Posts Profit as Overhaul Charges Not Repeated

Commerzbank AG, Germany’s second-biggest bank, swung to a profit in the first quarter after a charge for reducing staff and other restructuring wasn’t repeated.

Crédit Agricole profit nearly doubles

French bank Crédit Agricole SA said Wednesday that first-quarter net profit was nearly doubled by tighter costs and lower provisions against bad loans as Europe's economy slowly recovers.

Co-operative Bank and Britannia merger a mistake, says report

The merger completed in August 2009 and saddled Co-op with a large, high-risk commercial loan book, created major implications for its IT platform and brought with it many staff who “lacked experience.

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