“UK financial services M&A activity reached its highest annual volume in more than a decade in 2024, as material signs of economic recovery lifted market confidence, valuations rose and inbound deals ...

Italy’s small and medium-sized enterprises banking market could be shaken up by Banca Ifis’s surprise €298mn bid for Illimity.

The Bank of England’s deputy governor Sam Woods has urged caution against lowering financial regulation standards, warning of the risks of a “race to the bottom” as the US signals potential regulatory ...

Is the UN-convened initiative dead in the water, or is the departure by US lenders an opportunity to strengthen the climate ...

Economic data, geopolitics and CBDC developments point to a future fragmented system no longer dominated by the US dollar ...