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Lloyds confirms summer float for TSB

Bank to list 632-branch business before end of June as first-quarter profits slide

RBS in talks on Ulster Bank investment

RBS is preparing an approach to a number of private equity firms

Female Banker Jumps to her Death from Office Window after Clash with Bosses

The bank circulated an email confirming the suicide, adding it was a "very painful moment for the company."

Bank Customers Report a Decline in Positive Customer Experiences for First Time in Three Years, Largely Driven by Gen Y

More than one-quarter of the countries in the WRBR’s Voice of the Customer survey reported a decrease of more than 10 percent in the share of customers with positive experiences

Corrected- Credit Agricole to sell 50 pct stake in Belgian bank Crelan

French bank Credit Agricole said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its 50 percent stake in Belgian bank Crelan, Belgium's seventh-largest banking group, to Belgian cooperative banks.

BNP Banker, His Wife And Nephew Murdered In Belgium

In the beginning it was banker suicides. Then about two weeks ago, suicides were replaced by outright murders after the execution-style killing of the CEO of a bank in otherwise sleepy Lichtenstein by a disgruntled client.

Credit Agricole shuts down its Crimea operations

French bank Credit Agricole has closed its central branch in Crimea, the last one in the Black Sea peninsula that was still operating, a local call centre employee told Reuters as foreign banks withdraw from the Black Sea peninsula following Russia's

Italian Banks Seen Selling About $69 Billion of Bad Loans

They are considering pooling bad loans into separate units

Investec's Australian sale could boost UK business

Numis Securities says the sale is twice the book value of the Australian business

Ex-Metro Bank boss Anthony Thomson launches rival but holds on to shares

Anthony Thomson, the co-founder of Metro Bank, has said he will hold on to his shares in the group despite unveiling plans last week to launch a rival.

Metro Bank founder launches branch-free digital bank

The bank, called Atom, will be the UK’s first truly digital bank and is expected to open for business in 2015. It will be headquartered in the North East.

Bank of Cyprus gets revised offer to offload Ukraine unit

The sale is part of the liquidity-strapped group's strategy of focusing on core businesses and markets, and disposing of other operations.

Intesa Sanpaolo is looking for a buyer of non-performing loans

Rome. Italy’s second largest bank by assets Intesa SanPaolo opened talks with several leading distress debt investors for the sale of part of its non-performing loans worth EUR 27 billion, CEO Carlo Messina announced

Russia’s Sberbank’s 2013 profit growth misses target

Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, posted a 4.1 per cent rise in full-year earnings, falling short of its own target as it increased provisions for loan-losses in a deteriorating economy.

DeAWM targets UK retail market with platform push

Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management to list exchange traded funds (ETFs) and systematic Croci funds on platforms as part of UK retail expansio

Over half of retail banking executives think non-traditional financial services providers are a threat to traditional banks - PwC

The remainder (46%) see smaller banks capturing share through increasing differentiation. Executives are also divided as to the threat posed by non-traditional new players: while 55% believe they pose a threat to traditional banks, 31% believe they presen

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