But these robust earnings came before the latest skirmish in the trade war between the US and China — and that is a problem for boutique banks. A greater percentage of their revenues comes from M&A ...

Spain’s competition authority has approved BBVA’s €11bn hostile takeover bid for its smaller domestic rival Banco Sabadell, paving the way for an acquisition that could become one of the largest ...

Concerns have resurfaced about sales practices at Wells Fargo almost a decade after the bank was embroiled in a fake account ...

He said that while Santander does not expect a recession in the US this year, the bank is observing signs of an economic slowdown. He also said that customer performance in its US car finance business ...

Mark Carney’s anti-Trump platform saw him pull off a remarkable turnaround for Canada’s Liberal party in the vote to elect a ...

Deutsche Bank reported a 39 per cent rise in first-quarter pre-tax profit to €2.8bn on Tuesday, exceeding analyst ...

Outside the top end of the table, the biggest movers up the top 30 Nordic rankings, included Norway’s SpareBank 1 Ostlandet, ...

Among the top 10 Nordic banks ranked by Tier 1 capital and total assets, Finland’s OP Pohjola Group was the only bank that improved its position, moving from seventh to sixth spot, pushing Sweden’s ...

The climate transition plans of Europe’s 20 biggest banks are “not fit for purpose”, with only two banks scoring above 50 out ...

UK banks may need to conduct more stringent due diligence when onboarding customers, experts have warned, in response to new ...

Blended finance is one of the best ways to channel capital into emerging markets for tackling climate change and alleviating poverty, but it is currently “underutilised”, says a report by British ...