Private equity firm Pollen Street Capital has approached UK retail bank Metro Bank about a takeover bid, according to a report by Sky News on Saturday. Pollen Street, which is also a major shareholder ...

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s “voluntary” framework for disclosing financial-related climate risks on banks’ balance sheets is a “serious step backwards” and a likely concession to the ...

Barclays is preparing to cut more than 200 jobs in its investment banking business in the coming days, according to a ...

The Swiss authorities said they would allow UBS to reduce its AT1 bond holdings by around $8bn, leaving it with an $18bn net ...

Citi rolled out the platform in Norway and Denmark and extended it to its operations in Ukraine earlier this year, and Sweden ...

This week, the world gathers for the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, and its precursor the Blue Economy Finance Forum in ...

Like the factories of the Industrial Revolution that once powered the UK’s economic success, today the financial networks are a key engine of growth. The government’s National Payments Vision (NPV) ...

Austria’s central bank is installing up to 120 ATMs in “cashless” rural areas as EU lawmakers continue to delay legislation securing the status of physical money, while other countries, including the ...

A term used in astrophysics and now AI, singularity should help guide regulators as they tackle information gaps ...

The EU is set to impose sanctions on two Chinese banks accused of facilitating prohibited trade with Russia, representing the first time Brussels has targeted a third-country lender for supporting ...

Hong Kong enters the stablecoin space as the sector shows sustained growth. The global market capitalisation of stablecoins hit $238bn in April 2025, according to CoinDesk Data, after 19 consecutive ...

On a cumulative basis since 2006, the US ended the first quarter almost 20 per cent ahead of China. However, Climate Bonds anticipates China will close the gap as US issuers “shy away” from labelling ...