Banking

From risk‑management practices to competitive positioning, the Banking section delivers detailed articles and opinion pieces on global banks and financial institutions. It examines regulatory shifts, digital transformation and the evolving role of banks in the wider economy.

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What Banks Can Look Like In 2022: Top 4 Key Areas

By Arvind Swami, Director, Financial Services, Red Hat Asia Pacific There’s a growing need to democr...

28th December, 2021

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Tech and healthcare help European shares above one-month highs

By Anisha Sircar (Reuters) -European shares ended higher in thin trading on Monday, led by gains in...

28th December, 2021

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World stock prices gain on strong U.S. holiday sales

By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Global stock markets rose on Monday and oil prices eased as...

28th December, 2021

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Staff at BNP’s Italian bank stage first strike since 1990s

MILAN (Reuters) -Workers at BNL, the Italian arm of French banking group BNP Paribas, went on strike...

28th December, 2021

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Asia stocks, crude oil retreat as Omicron worries weigh

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks weakened with crude oil in holiday-thinned tr...

27th December, 2021

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UniCredit chairman says banking M&A needs European focus -La Stampa

MILAN (Reuters) –Banking mergers should be aimed at European expansion, UniCredit Chairman Pie...

27th December, 2021

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Dollar slips as risk sentiment improves, Aussie outperforms

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The euro, Australian dollar and other currencies recove...

23rd December, 2021

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Sterling rises against dollar despite signs of UK economic slowdown

LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling rose against the dollar and edged up on the euro on Wednesday, despite of...

23rd December, 2021

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UK economy grew more slowly than thought before Omicron hit

(Refiles to correct date in dateline) LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy grew more slo...

23rd December, 2021

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Norway wealth fund divests from China’s Yunnan Baiyao over pangolins

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s $1.4 trillion wealth fund has divested from Chinese pharmaceutical fi...

23rd December, 2021

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2022 – the year ‘future payment trends’ become reality?

The payment world today is unrecognisable from the beginning of last year. Consumers are so much mor...

21st December, 2021

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2022 Predictions for an ever evolving Payments Ecosystem

By the latter stages of 2021, a semblance of normality had returned to the purchasing behaviours of...

21st December, 2021