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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German growth could miss Bundesbank forecast this year

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Economic growth in Germany could miss projections this year and the resu...

24th August, 2021

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Traveling Abroad? Tips for Opening an International Bank Account

By Luigi Wewege, the Senior Vice President, and Head of Private Banking, Caye International Bank in...

23rd August, 2021

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ECB’s new guidance can boost inflation expectations, Lane says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s new policy guidance can boost inflatio...

23rd August, 2021

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For bank regulators, tech giants are now too big to fail

By Iain Withers and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – More than a decade on from the financial cris...

23rd August, 2021

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Iran urges Japan to release billions in blocked funds amid U.S. sanctions

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi called on Japan to release Iranian fund...

23rd August, 2021

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Timeline: Decline and near fall of Italy’s Monte dei Paschi, the world’s oldest bank

MILAN (Reuters) – Four years after spending 5.4 billion euros ($6.3 billion) to rescue it, Rom...

20th August, 2021

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Sri Lanka becomes first in Asia to tighten policy in pandemic-era

By Swati Bhat and Chris Thomas MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) became...

20th August, 2021

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Goldman Sachs to buy Dutch asset manager NNIP for around $2 billion

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said on Thursday it will buy Dutch insure...

20th August, 2021

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Exclusive-Activist hedge fund Starboard hires analyst from BlackRock’s stewardship team

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) – Activist investor Starboard Value LP poached an anal...

20th August, 2021

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Banking’s identity problem

Here David Chadwick from Crossword Cybersecurity, outlines how the W3C Verifiable Credentials standa...

19th August, 2021

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All eyes on the contact centre: how banks can get customer experiences right with IT visibility

By Ian Waters, Senior Director of EMEA Marketing at Cisco ThousandEyes Speak to any financial servic...

19th August, 2021

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Digital transformation & social responsibility: Two sides of the same coin

By Ian Bradbury, CTO for financial services at Fujitsu UK & Ireland Throughout history the finan...

19th August, 2021