The European Central Bank has published the results of its 2025 EU-wide stress test, confirming that banks across the region remain resilient even under a severe hypothetical economic downturn.

Shares in Lloyds Banking Group rose 7.5 per cent, Close Brothers surged 21 per cent and Barclays’ rose 2.2 per cent this morning. It is the first day of trading since the UK’s highest court ruled ...

UBS, which acquired Credit Suisse in a state-backed rescue in 2023, said the new agreement would “resolve all of Credit Suisse’s outstanding consumer relief obligations under the 2017 settlement by ...

“Frankly, if I find an amazing way of spending more money that gives the best returns for shareholders. I’ll do that instead, ...

Law enforcement authorities in Switzerland and France are investigating HSBC’s Swiss private bank in relation to alleged ...

Financial inclusion, when treated as a design challenge rather than a compliance issue, becomes a competitive advantage. The ...

The UK’s highest court has largely sided with lenders in a case that could have cost banks billions in redress ...

And the UK Supreme Court has partially overturned a previous judgment on the auto finance scandal, in what has reasonably been described (including by us, here at The Banker) as a win for banks; this ...

The emerging markets-focused lender, which generates the bulk of its income in Asia and Africa, outpaced a $3.8bn average forecast from 15 analysts compiled by the bank. The result compares with ...

Such a supervisory sandbox would allow officials to develop leading indicators of qualitative risk, such as those that flow from poor governance and control environments undermined by destructive ...

Barclays reported attributable profits of £1.7bn in the second quarter, up by a third over the same period a year ago, as it announced a further £1bn share buyback. This brings the UK-headquartered ...

Australia’s ANZ and Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group have been accused of failing to conduct adequate human rights checks and contributing to ...