UniCredit has raised its stake in Greece’s Alpha Bank to around 26 per cent, the Italian lender said on Thursday. The move raises UniCredit’s shareholding in the bank by an additional 5 per cent just ...

While French banks may have to pay a “risk premium” if political uncertainty in France deteriorates significantly, lenders ...

Because AI systems are trained on large volumes of data, taking steps to keep underlying datasets error free and well ...

Raiffeisen was the biggest foreign contributor to the Kremlin’s tax coffers last year, paying $402mn in taxes on profits, according to new research by civil society body B4Ukrai ...

Regulators are paying attention. The FCA recently published the results of a review into communications that take place ...

The chancellor’s comments mark a striking shift in tone now that the dark cloud of the 2008 financial crisis seems to have finally dissipated; NatWest is once more a private bank and Tom Hayes, of ...

Criticising the NZBA’s latest proposition, Lucie Pinson, founder and director of non-profit Reclaim Finance, said the new ...

Let us take a moment to spotlight the regulators that are getting tougher on banks. While the US is “unleashing prosperity ...

P.S. The whole Banker team will take a day off on Monday because of a UK national holiday, but we will make sure to serve you ...

Management consultancy Kearney found that the UK has closed the third-highest proportion of branches in Europe, behind only ...

Even the criticism of marketing investments like stadium-naming rights is misplaced. These initiatives are approved by member ...

However, the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets interest rates, also includes five regional bank presidents who are ...