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

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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 ...

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The CEO of Citizens Financial Group, Bruce Van Saun, talks to The Banker about expanding the lender’s consumer base in New York and its beefed-up middle market proposition, gained after a series of ...

European investors were more receptive to the bonds, though the thin equity backing made the deal harder to sell into the loan market. The secured ratings included an investment grade BBB– from Fitch, ...

“Our business is changing … we need more scale,” says BBVA chief executive Onur Genç about the bank’s hostile bid for Banco Sabadell.

Italian lender Banca Ifis has launched a €298mn tender offer to acquire its domestic rival Illimity Bank. The offer, launched ...

CaixaBank CEO Gonzalo Gortázar on European banking consolidation, Spain’s booming economy and why London is still the place ...

UK lender Close Brothers announced on Tuesday that chief executive Adrian Sainsbury has stepped down to focus on his health ...