UniCredit in September acquired a 9 per cent stake in Commerzbank, leading to speculation about a potential tie-up. The bank ...

The Trump-Vance administration will usher in a significant shift in federal financial regulatory policy. I should know: I ...

Taken as a whole, the 240 banks represented in The Banker’s Top Islamic Financial Institutions for 2024 registered a 9 per ...

In The Banker exchange’s final episode for 2024, Aliya Shibli sits down with Barbara Pianese, Farah Khalique and Antonia Mannweiler to discuss the results of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s ...

Promoting a CRO to chief executive also conveys to watchdogs that a troubled company wants to get back on track. Geary, the author of How to be a Chief Operating Officer, says it “sends a message to ...

CIBC’s interest in Luxembourg’s public sector business grew from a desire to extend its long-standing sovereign, supranational and agency expertise to a broader set of clients in Europe and Asia. The ...

The Dominican Republic’s economy is rebounding from a lacklustre 2023, with key sectors such as tourism, services, manufacturing and construction thriving thanks to falling interest rates, easing ...

Those countries are facing a triple crisis. The economic and social impacts of climate change are becoming more frequent and more severe. The loss of nature and biodiversity are approaching dangerous ...

Italy’s UniCredit has closed its acquisition of a 90.1 per cent stake in Alpha Bank Romania from Greece’s Alpha International Holdings. The transaction, valued at approximately €255mn ($277.76mn), ...

The region has seen bright banking spots despite strong inflation, subdued global trade and the impact of tighter monetary policies aimed at curbing inflation ...

Spanish bank Sabadell concluded its €365mn lawsuit against US private equity group Cerberus on Monday in London’s High Court. As reported by the Financial Times, the case stems from Cerberus’s alleged ...

Taken as a whole, the 240 banks represented in The Banker’s Top Islamic Financial Institutions for 2024 registered a 9 per cent increase in sharia-compliant assets for 2023, compared with 5.4 per cent ...