France’s financial sector has limited exposure to the escalating Middle East crisis, according to Banque de France governor François Villeroy de Galhau, who also cautioned against reactive monetary policy shifts driven by
The Bank of Russia has initiated legal proceedings against the European Union over the indefinite freeze of assets imposed in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, marking the first such challenge by
UK high street banks are at a strategic crossroads as they seek to balance the need to boost fee-based income with the long-standing imperative of disciplined growth models. After delivering robust financial
Newly released documents have revealed that senior bankers at JPMorgan Chase maintained professional interactions with Jeffrey Epstein after the bank formally terminated him as a client in 2013, raising renewed scrutiny over
Top British lenders are pushing back against a regulatory initiative from the Bank of England that aims to bolster lending by lowering capital buffers, highlighting tensions between financial stability and credit growth
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Malaysia are emerging as leading centres in Islamic fintech as global transaction volumes are projected to reach $341bn by 2029, according to a new industry report highlighting
Two US financial institutions, State Bank of Texas and BankCherokee, have gone live with a new digital banking platform provided by Alkami Technology, extending the vendor’s footprint among community and regional lenders.
The introduction of a digital euro could impose implementation costs of between €4 billion and €6 billion on European banks over four years, according to estimates presented by a senior European Central
UK banks are entering a new phase of mortgage risk as accelerating flood damage increasingly threatens property finance and the stability of housing loans. Lenders are under growing pressure to reassess exposure
Senior UK banking executives are examining the creation of a domestic payments company to reduce reliance on US card networks Visa and Mastercard, amid concerns that geopolitical tensions could expose vulnerabilities in
