Swiss National Bank (SNB) Vice Chairman Martin Schlegel said Friday (Feb. 23) that physical cash will never disappear from use in Switzerland, despite the popularity of payment apps. Speaking at an event, Schlegel emphasized the importance of cash for a large part of the population,...
Barclays reportedly laid off about 5,000 workers in 2023 as part of a cost-cutting campaign. A spokesperson for the British bank told Reuters Monday (Jan. 8) that most of those cuts happened in Barclays Execution Services, the company’s support unit. “Barclays removed approximately 5,000 headcount globally through...
Santander, Spain’s largest bank, is set to expand its corporate banking presence in the United States. Speaking Thursday (Nov. 9) at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York, Banco Santander Executive Chair Ana Botin said the bank’s strategy will focus on renewable finance, auto lending and wealth...
Barclays Plc plans to cut hundreds of jobs, following many other financial institutions that have done the same. CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan told CNBC Monday (Sept. 11) that these workforce plans are in line with the broader financial industry, emphasizing that what is happening at Barclays is no...
March 23, 2023
European real-time payments have seen historic growth in recent years. In fact, some European countries like the U.K., Sweden and Finland have even gone a step further to develop internal payment systems to supplement the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer scheme, a pan-European initiative launched in 2017 that enables ultra-fast euro payments […]
February 17, 2022
A recent spate of high-profile money laundering cases involving big banks in Europe has shone a spotlight on just how thieves are making off with the cash — literally. Annegret...
February 09, 2022
Amid the cryptocurrency surges, the wallets coupled and decoupled — in short, the digital revolution in financial services — it seems that the fraudsters would go all-in on high-tech schemes....
May 14, 2024
BNP Paribas CEO Jean-Laurent Bonnafé reportedly expressed skepticism about the potential for a revival of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in European banking. Speaking Tuesday (May 14) at a shareholder meeting, Bonnafé highlighted the economic challenges of cross-border and domestic deals in the industry, dampening hopes for increased consolidation, Reuters reported Tuesday. Bonnafé’s comments come […]
February 23, 2024
Swiss National Bank (SNB) Vice Chairman Martin Schlegel said Friday (Feb. 23) that physical cash will never disappear from use in Switzerland, despite the popularity of payment apps. Speaking at...
January 08, 2024
Barclays reportedly laid off about 5,000 workers in 2023 as part of a cost-cutting campaign. A spokesperson for the British bank told Reuters Monday (Jan. 8) that most of those cuts...
November 09, 2023
Santander, Spain’s largest bank, is set to expand its corporate banking presence in the United States. Speaking Thursday (Nov. 9) at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York, Banco Santander Executive...
