October 08, 2019
Germany: Banks in €260B merger talks
Germany’s fragmented savings banks took a fresh step toward consolidation as two large regional lenders were set to open talks about a tie-up, reported The Financial Times. The decision to...
July 03, 2019
EU Nominates IMF’s Lagarde To Become President Of ECB
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde is poised to become the first woman to run the European Central Bank (ECB). While Lagarde doesn’t carry a pedigree in central banking...
May 28, 2019
Spain’s Central Bank Calls For Deposit Insurance Scheme
The Bank of Spain wants eurozone countries to complete their banking alliance by creating a deposit insurance scheme and a stabilization fund. Reuters, citing the Bank of Spain, reported that...
February 15, 2019
Berkshire’s Munger Weighs In On ‘Stupid’ Tax Policies … And...
To paraphrase an old investment ad campaign: “When Charlie Munger speaks, people listen.” After all, Munger has had a storied career spanning decades with Warren Buffett, is a billionaire and...
September 18, 2018
A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation
Necessity is the mother of invention. Invention can become necessity. And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has...
September 13, 2018
Ten Years On, Banking’s Post-Crisis Evolution
A decade is a favorite demarcation point in taking stock and looking forward, in looking at where something has been, where it is and where it is headed. Business is...
April 18, 2018
Accounting Scandals Lead UK To Review Watchdog Powers
A slew of accounting scandals in the U.K. has led the government to launch an inquiry into the powers of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the government watchdog aimed at overseeing...
April 13, 2018
EU Banks Losing Profits, Lending Ability Because Of Reforms, Report...
The Association for Financial Markets (AFME) in Europe wants regulators to curb the development of aggressive bank regulation, according to Reuters reports on Thursday (April 12). The bank lobby has...