Industrial and Commercial Bank of China retains its first place in the ranking, with Tier 1 capital of $541bn. It is followed by China Construction Bank with $455bn and Agricultural Bank of China with ...

President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act [see Regulation Tracker] into law on July 18, creating a regulatory regime for stablecoins in the US which will come into force in January 2027. Until then ...

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China retains its first place in the ranking, with Tier 1 capital of $541bn. It is followed ...

NatWest launches £750mn share buyback after strong Q2. NatWest has announced a £750mn share buyback and raised its full-year guidance after reporting stronger than expected seco ...

By embedding banking services, the Malaysia-based group converted 80% of its e-wallet users into bank customers ...

Lloyds Banking Group chief executive Charlie Nunn has urged UK chancellor Rachel Reeves not to raise taxes on the financial sector, warning that doing so could undermine the government’s ambition to ...

Central banks globally show no sign of slowing their advance into gold, with the political and economic turbulence created by Donald Trump’s foreign policies stoking demand for the precious metal.

UniCredit has withdrawn its €10bn takeover offer for smaller rival Banco BPM, citing continued uncertainty over Italy’s “golden power” rules and strong opposition from Giorgia Meloni’s government. The ...

The Banker talks to the CEO of JPMorgan’s UK retail arm about everything from five-day office weeks to Chase’s next steps in Europe ...

Central banks must increasingly account for disruptions to workforces as climate change and the transition to low-carbon economies reshape the world’s labour markets, with only a handful of ...

Prudential regulation should focus on mitigating risks, regardless of the underlying technology. However, the proposed BCBS Cryptoasset Standard imposes punitive capital requirements on many types of ...

Corporate loan demand across the Eurozone increased in the second quarter according to the European Central Bank’s latest quarterly survey of 155 major lenders. “Loan demand was supported by declining ...