Banking and Finance

Global stocks were marginally higher on Friday, eyeing a sixth day of gains as European markets rose, while weak euro zone business activity data hit the euro and weighed on ...

Ukraine’s central bank devalued the hryvnia currency by 25% against the U.S. dollar on Thursday to help the country cope with the growing economic impact of the war with ...

The Belarusian finance ministry said Western sanctions that have limited Minsk’s ability to deal in foreign currencies are pushing the country into default despite Minsk being able to service ...

The European Central Bank will raise interest rates for the first time in 11 years on Thursday with a bigger-than-flagged move seen as increasingly likely as policymakers fear losing control of ...

Importers of technology products from China paid over $32 billion worth of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump between mid-2018 to the end of 2021, a new trade group report showed on ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday said deeper trade ties among allies could help fight inflation and thwart China’s “unfair trade practices,” vowing to impose harsh consequences ...

The European Central Bank is set to deliver its first interest-rate hike since 2011 this week, yet markets are already fast-forwarding to focus on the path for higher rates beyond Thursday ...

Asian share markets rallied on Monday following a much-needed bounce on Wall Street, though nerves were stretched ahead of a near-certain interest rate hike in Europe and another round of ...

Traditional debt crisis signs of crashing currencies, 1,000 basis point bond spreads and burned FX reserves point to a record number of developing nations now in trouble. Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Russia, ...

Cyprus’ non-performing loan (NPL) ratio rose to 11.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report released this week by the Central Bank of Cyprus. The NPL ratio ...

Russia’s central bank is resisting domestic calls to take over the running of foreign lenders’ local businesses, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, concerned in ...

The euro’s tumble below $1 for the first time in two decades puts it on course for one of the worst years in its history, especially if the energy price ...

Europe’s single currency has dropped below parity against the dollar for the first time in almost 20 years, battered by growing recession fears in the euro area. On Wednesday, it ...

By Robert Street In recent years Cyprus has significantly enhanced its fund legislation to position itself as a flexible and cost-effective jurisdiction for funds and fund managers within the European ...

The total value of assets under management (AUM) by Collective Funds declined by 3.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 over the previous quarter, while Management Companies and Undertakings of ...

The European Union’s body for dismantling failed banks said on Wednesday it would ratchet up pressure on lenders over the coming months to bolster their defences so that none ...

The euro was hovering just above parity with the US dollar on Wednesday while traders focused on US data due later in the session that is expected to show inflation ...

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Monday it would propose “robust” global rules for cryptocurrencies in October, following recent turmoil in markets that has highlighted the need to regulate ...

The euro bounced from near-parity versus the dollar on Tuesday and pushed into positive territory in volatile London trading. Against the greenback, the euro rose 0.2 per cent to $1.0057 after falling 0.4 ...

Hellenic Bank on Monday announced that it has successfully launched and priced the issuance of €100 million Senior Preferred Notes, under its €1.5 billion Medium Term Note Programme (EMTN). According to the ...

The biggest single pipeline carrying Russian gas to Germany starts annual maintenance on Monday with flows expected to stop for ten days. Markets fear the shutdown might be extended due ...

Russia’s dominant lender Sberbank (SBER.MM) on Saturday said it had carried out the first digital financial asset transaction on its own platform, with its subsidiary SberFactoring executing a 1...

The Bank of Spain has registered the local unit of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance as a virtual currency platform with procedures in place against money laundering and ...

By Maria Demertzis France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, has compared crypto markets to the wild west. At the end of last week, in the last moments of France’...