Italy has no plans to strengthen its “golden power” legislation for mergers and takeovers in the financial sector, economy minister Giancarlo Giorgetti confirmed on Wednesday.

The rules allow Italy’s government to block or set conditions on foreign and domestic corporate takeovers in strategic ...

The US economy is in a “fragile place”, Goldman Sachs chief executive David Solomon warned on Tuesday, pointing to the ...

A UK fintech body has warned against complacency in the industry amid a backdrop of falling investment worldwide and growing ...

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

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

Neo-incumbents, burdened by size, often miss emerging opportunities. The next wave of digital banking innovation lies in ...

Fair access’ rulemaking intended to prevent politically motivated denial of services is expected to see a resurgence under ...

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

Following the introduction of the first stage of the Single Euro Payments Area’s Instant Credit Transfer Scheme within the EU ...

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

Among the many questions that banks have ahead of Donald Trump’s second inauguration next week, the identity of Michael Barr’s replacement as the top bank supervisor at the Federal Reserve is surely ...