Fintech M&A Shifts Toward Banking Infrastructure
Consolidation in fintech is moving away from consumer-facing apps and towards the infrastructure that banks and payment companies rely on. Recent deal activity suggests investors and strategic buyers are placing greater value on core banking systems, payments rails, compliance tools and orchestration layers than on front-end products that can be...
Scottish State Bank Reports £138mn Loss
Scotland’s state-backed development bank has reported a £138 million net loss, bringing fresh scrutiny to how public capital is used when governments...
UK Lenders Could Gain £270 Billion Balance Sheet Boost
The Bank of England’s plan to ease capital rules for UK lenders could give banks more room to support borrowing, investment and market activity. The...
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European Lenders Face Four-Month AI Cyber Deadline
European banks are being pushed to move faster on cyber security as regulators warn that frontier artificial intelligence could make attacks on...
Stablecoin Networks Become Banking’s Next Battleground
Stablecoins are moving from the edge of crypto into the centre of institutional finance. For global banks, the question is no longer whether...
Inside Umoja Coin’s Bet on African Payments Infrastructure
In much of Sub-Saharan Africa, the language of digital finance has moved faster than the infrastructure beneath it. Payments are meant to be instant,...
US Banks Clear Federal Reserve Stress Tests
The United States' largest banks have cleared the Federal Reserve's latest annual stress tests, demonstrating sufficient capital strength to...
Rate Hold Highlights New Banking Reality
The Bank of England’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged underscores a growing challenge for the banking sector: navigating an environment...
Japanese Rate Shift Boosts Banking Margins
The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate to 1%, a move that would take borrowing costs to their highest level since 1995...
Fraud Challenge Tests Financial Sector Resilience
The UK financial services industry is confronting a rapidly evolving fraud landscape as criminals deploy increasingly sophisticated tactics to target...
Banking Access Probe Raises Governance Questions
A widening US investigation into alleged “debanking” practices at some of the country’s largest financial institutions is placing governance,...
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Singapore Pushes Banks To Cut Onboarding Delays
Singapore is pressing private banks to shorten account-opening times for wealthy clients, aiming to bring the median process below one month by the...
UK SME Lending Falls As Banks Retreat
Bank lending to UK businesses has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 30 years, intensifying concern over how effectively the financial system is...
Sanctions Tests Bank Compliance Controls
Deutsche Bank’s London branch has been fined £165,000 by the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation after processing payments that...
Stablecoin Rules Signal Faster Market Modernisation
The Bank of England is preparing to publish draft rules for systemic stablecoins in June, as policymakers move towards a year-end regulatory...
Brussels Banking Rules Test Financial Reset
Brussels is facing mounting concern from City figures over planned banking rules that could disrupt lenders, complicate the UK-EU relationship and...
Europe’s Central Banks Face Rate Decisions
Inflation concerns are intensifying as energy prices rise following the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, prompting speculation that Europe’s central...
RBI Policy Shift Deepens Rupee Market Disruption
The Indian rupee market is bracing for further turbulence after a major intervention by the Reserve Bank of India triggered an accelerated unwinding...
Banks Explore Fee Models Amid Pressure
Traditional banks face mounting pressure to adapt to the evolving financial services landscape, with digital challengers like Revolut successfully...
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Paris Attack Probe Deepens Around Bank
French authorities have widened their investigation into the attempted attack on Bank of America’s Paris offices, adding two more suspects to a case...
Client freeze deepens Bank of London crisis
The Bank of London has agreed with the UK financial watchdog to stop taking on new customers, adding a fresh regulatory constraint to the lossmaking...
Bank of England proposes liquidity stress reforms
The Bank of England has outlined a new framework aimed at strengthening how banks manage liquidity during periods of financial stress, reflecting...
US Federal Reserve Moves To Ease Bank Capital
The US Federal Reserve is preparing to loosen capital requirements for large banks, signalling a shift in regulatory policy that could alter how...
Bank app glitch exposes customer account data
Customers of three major UK banks briefly gained access to other people’s financial information through mobile banking applications, raising concerns...
Open banking expansion promises major UK gains
Wider adoption of open banking could generate up to £43bn in annual economic benefits for the UK, according to new research published as regulators...
Standard Chartered Targets Chinese Wealth In Singapore
Standard Chartered plans to expand its private banking operations in Singapore by doubling the number of bankers serving wealthy Chinese clients,...
US Banks Challenge Crypto Licensing Framework
Leading US banks are considering legal action against federal regulators over new licensing rules that could allow cryptocurrency and fintech...