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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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

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Dollar stands tall as COVID stalks kiwi

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar hit a nine-month high against the euro and h...

19th August, 2021

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Top earning bankers moved to EU from Britain ahead of Brexit – report

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly a hundred highly paid bankers left Britain ahead of its...

19th August, 2021

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Italy’s problem bank casts shadow over Draghi’s summer break

By Silvia Ognibene, Valentina Za and Gavin Jones SIENA (Reuters) – When Italian Prime Minister...

18th August, 2021

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Saudi Aramco aims to raise at least $17 billion from gas pipeline -sources

By Saeed Azhar and Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Aramco is looking to raise at least $17 b...

18th August, 2021

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Afghan central bank chief flees Kabul, blaming Ghani for chaos

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The head of Afghanistan’s central bank has fled Kabul, questioned...

18th August, 2021

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New Zealand holds rates at record low as fresh COVID-19 outbreak stokes uncertainty

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s central bank on Wednesday left int...

18th August, 2021

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Swedish inflation inches up in July, little worry for Riksbank

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Headline inflation in Sweden ticked up marginally in July, data publishe...

17th August, 2021