The first quarter results for both banks are in, but the value of what UBS has acquired remains to be seen.
HSBC hosts Singapore fintech companies as part of UK Fintech Week.
Crypto opportunities and greater UK-focused regulation lie ahead as the UK Financial Services and Markets Bill clears the last hurdles.
The German electricity transmission system operator navigated a volatile market environment to launch a €1.8bn green bond, the first of its kind for the company.
Italy is in the midst of a payments revolution. Joy Macknight gets the lowdown from CBI CEO Liliana Fratini Passi.
Credit Suisse had bumper years, particularly during the dotcom boom, and it weathered the 2008 financial crisis reasonably better than UBS. But trouble was never far from the bank’s door.
The sale of Credit Suisse to UBS may have preserved market stability for now, but economists warn we are not out of the woods yet.
Robust cloud-based payments systems are seen as a crucial way for incumbent banks to compete more effectively with fintech start-ups.
A year in, how are the sanctions imposed by the West on Russian entities, goods, assets and individuals taking shape?
The central bank of Turkey’s macroprudential adjustments has made the operating environment for the country’s banks increasingly complex.
Now is an opportune time to consider introducing UK regulatory investigation time limits in order to achieve better fairness and proportionality.
Despite gains at the boardroom level, women are still largely absent from the executive level within European banks. So, what will move the needle?
We should err on the side of caution when risk-weighting climate-exposed assets, but delaying action in its regulation is making a difficult problem worse.
With a multitude of open avenues for litigation, here are the key areas that banks should keep tabs on in the coming year.
The anti-fraud duty has gained recent prominence as upcoming legal challenges threaten to increase banks’ responsibilities in the context of increasingly sophisticated fraud.
With AML compliance at the top of the FCA’s enforcement agenda for this year, we highlight important focus points for banks and other regulated firms operating in the UK.
In the race for ‘turbocharged’ economic growth, is the UK putting its reputation for gold-plated financial services rules, which kept risky behaviours in check, on the line?
Financial services have undergone a deep transformation in the last few years, one such change being the rise of banking-as-a-service – or BaaS – which was particularly prominent in Europe in 2022.
The gilt market spiral in September, which created a material risk to UK financial stability, has brought defined benefit pension schemes under greater regulatory scrutiny.
Prioritising customer support, more face-to-face interactions and sustainable practices are among the key 2023 predictions for the retail banking industry in Europe.