(IN BRIEF) SEB, a leading Nordic bank, has been rated as the best foreign exchange (FX) bank in the region according to Prospera’s survey, Foreign Exchange Nordics 2023. SEB’s top ranking reflects its dedication, proactivity, and strong customer focus. Despite … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Clearstream has launched a new bank called Clearstream Fund Centre S.A. in Luxembourg, which will provide services to institutional fund investors. The new entity operates under a commercial banking license and will be an important part of Deutsche … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management, News
Tagged bank, Clearstream, Clearstream Fund Centre S.A., Deutsche Börse, Institutional Fund Investors, Luxembourg, Philippe Seyll, Vestima
(PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT, 2-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA (ETR: PCZ), a German company that is the parent company of the ProCredit group, which consists of commercial banks for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has announced … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Management
Tagged appointment, bank, Christian Dagrosa, Dr Gabriel Schor, Hubert Spechtenhauser, leadership, Management, ProCredit Holding
EBRD provides €43 million loan for the construction of two wind farms in Croatia New windfarms to have 111MW of total installed grid capacity Investment to boost electricity generation from renewables by more than 10 per cent (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 16-Aug-2022 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Croatia, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged bank, clean energy, COP26, CROATIA, EBRD, electricity generation, ENCRO Kunovac d.o.o., grid, Grzegorz Zieliński, Iljko Ćurić, Kai Rintala, Kunovac d.o.o., loan, onshore windfarms, renewables subsidy scheme, SolarWind II Funds, Taaleri Energia, Taaleri Group, wind farms, Zadar, Zagrebačka banka
La BERS fornisce un prestito di 43 milioni di euro per la costruzione di due parchi eolici in Croazia Nuovi parchi eolici per avere 111 MW di capacità di rete installata totale Investimenti per aumentare di oltre il 10 per … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Croatia, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged banca, bank, BERS, clean energy, COP26, CROATIA, Croazia, EBRD, electricity generation, ENCRO Kunovac d.o.o., energia pulita, Fondi SolarWind II, generazione di elettricità, grid, Gruppo Taaleri, Grzegorz Zielinski, Iljko Ćurić, Kai Rintala, Kunovac d.o.o., loan, onshore windfarms, parchi eolici, parchi eolici onshore, prestito, regime di sussidio per le energie rinnovabili, renewables subsidy scheme, rete, SolarWind II Funds, Taaleri Energia, Taaleri Group, wind farms, Zadar, Zagrebacka Banka, Zara
(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) HELSINKI, 28-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Aktia Bank Plc (HEL: AKTIA), ein finnischer Vermögensverwalter, eine Bank und ein Lebensversicherer, hat bekannt gegeben, dass sie als Finnlands beste Bank ausgewählt wurde Fondshaus für Rentenfonds sowie für die Gesamtauswahl im heute veröffentlichten … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 28-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Aktia Bank Plc (HEL: AKTIA), a Finnish asset manager, bank and life insurer, has announced that it has been selected as Finland’s best fund house for fixed-income funds as well as for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Financial, Finland, Insurance, Investment, Management
Tagged Aktia, asset manager, bank, fixed-income funds, fund, fund houses, Katja Korsinkin, life insurer, Morningstar, Morningstar Awards 2022, Perttu Purhonen, wealth managers
(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) BRUSSELS, 23-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN), ein globales Dienstleistungsunternehmen mit führende Fähigkeiten in den Bereichen Digital, Cloud und Sicherheit, hat bekannt gegeben, dass es von der Crelan Bank ausgewählt wurde, um die Post-Merger-Integration der AXA Bank Belgium … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Management, Technology
Tagged Accenture, AXA Bank Belgien, bank, Banken, Crelan Bank, CrelanCo, Investitionen, Katia de Vos, Phillippe Voisin, Stijn Goossens, Versicherungen
(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 23-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security, has announced it has been selected by Crelan Bank to lead the post-merger integration of AXA Bank … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Accenture, AXA Bank Belgium, bank, BANKING, Crelan Bank, CrelanCo, insurance, investments, Katia de Vos, Phillippe Voisin, Stijn Goossens
Stripping out the capital gain from Línea Directa, recurring net profit stands at 437.4 million euros, up 37.9% from 2020. Operating income tops 1,000 million euros for the first time, rising 13.9 % from the year before. A year of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, News, Spain
Tagged bank, bank in Spain, Bankinter, Bankinter Group, earnings, EBA, economic recovery, European Banking Authority, financial results, financial soundness, Línea Directa, profit, Return on equity, RoE
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 11-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Barclays (LON: BARC), a British multinational universal bank, has announced the appointment of Angela Liu as Country CEO, China. As Barclays continues to reinforce its Asia Pacific franchise the leadership change will strengthen … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Angela Liu, appointment, Asia Pacific, bank, BANKING, Barclays, Carrie Chen, CEO, CHINA, CIB, Corporate and Investment Bank, Ee-Ching Tay, Evonne Tan, Florent Rodier, Girish Mithran, Grace Kuo, Jaideep Khanna, Kelvin Teo, Mani Joseph, Song Jiang, Sung-Min Chung, Yehong Ji, Yuhiko Yano
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 1-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Orange S.A. (EPA: ORA), a French multinational telecommunications group, has announced it will invest EUR 230 million in its bank (Orange Bank) to increase the capital and speed up the growth projects envisaged … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged bank, BANKING, consumer credit, credit, Groupama, insurance, Orange, Orange Bank, Paul de Leusse, Thierry Martel, Younited
BIS will open its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland to the public for an exhibition marking 90 years since its establishment. BIS 90 Years exhibition will showcase the Bank’s past, present and future role in promoting global monetary and financial stability. Open … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Banks, Financial, Management, News, Switzerland
Tagged Agustín Carstens, anniversary, bank, berger + Co., BIS, exhibition, Financial Stability, global financial system, international financial organisation, Open Week, Swiss Museums Association, The Bank for International Settlements, The BIS 90 Years exhibition
2X Challenge plans to raise US$ 15 billion by end-2022 Enhancing women’s access to entrepreneurship and leadership opportunities (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 9-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announces that it has joined the 2X … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Small Business, Society
Tagged 2X Challenge, Austrian Development Bank, bank, Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries, bio, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, CDC Group, coronavirus pandemic, Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries, DEG, Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, EBRD, EIB, empowerment of women, Enda Tamweel, Entrepreneurship, European Investment Bank, FinDev Canada, FinnFund, FMO, G7, gender equality, gender finance target, German Development Finance Institution, IFC, IFU, initiative, International Finance Corporation, investments, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Jessica Espinoza, leadership opportunities, Odile Renaud-Basso, OeEB, PEG Africa, policy engagement, Proparco, quality jobs, support for women, Sustainable Development Goals, Swedfund, Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United States International Development Finance Corporation, WOMEN
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 31-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Finnish Aktia Life Insurance, part of Aktia Bank (HEL: AKTIA), has announced it will have a new CEO beginning of 1 September, 2020. The insurer’s current Director of Business Development and Board member … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Finland, Insurance, Investment, Management, News
Tagged Aktia Bank, Aktia Life Insurance, appointment, assets management, bank, BANKING, CEO, Finnish asset manager, insurer, Juha Hammarén, life insurance, life insurer, Mandatum Life, Riikka Luukko, Seppo Sibakov
(PRESS RELEASE) MAINZ, 3-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Mit einer weiteren Investitionsmaßnahme in ihr Automatennetz kommt die Sparkasse Mainz dem veränderten Nutzungsverhalten ihrer Kundinnen und Kunden entgegen. Ab dem 14. April ergänzt sie dazu das Selbstbedienungsfoyer des Beratungscenters Nieder-Olm. Nach Ende … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Germany, News, Technology
Tagged Auszahlen, bank, Ein, Geldautomaten, Michael Weil, Sparkasse Mainz, Sven Mörsch
The bank will not call its USD 1.25 billion (~EUR 1,1 billion) 6.25% Additional Tier 1 Notes (PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 11-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Global multinational financial group Deutsche Bank said it will redeem its USD 800 million … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Investment, News
Tagged Additional Tier 1 Notes, bank, capital instruments, cost of funding, Deutsche Bank AG, investors, ISIN: US25153X2080, ISIN: XS1071551474, market conditions, Redemption Notice, regulatory value, Trust Preferred Securities of Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust II
(PRESS RELEASE) SINGAPORE, 21-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Michael Spiegel has been nominated global Chief Trade Officer by Standard Chartered effective 2 January, 2020. He will be based Singapore and will report to Lisa Robins, Global Head of Transaction Banking. Michael … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 13-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — EBRD announced it is lending up €100 million to the third-largest bank in Croatia Erste Bank Croatia (EBC), part of Erste Group, in support of the tourism industry in Croatia and Montenegro. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Croatia, Financial, Investment, Montenegro, News, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Axel Reiserer, bank, Christoph Schoefboeck, Croatia tourism industry, EBRD, Erste Bank, Erste Bank AD. Podgorica, Erste Bank Croatia, hotels, Montenegro tourism industry, Suma Chakrabarti, sustainable growth, TOURISM, WeBSEFF
(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 20-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — ABN AMRO has announced that its ABN AMRO Private Banking Belgium and Société Générale Belgium have now been officially merged. The deal, originally announced back in July 2018 as a form of acquisition … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 16-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Bank of Scotland has announced it is reopening its completely overhauled Argyle Street branch following multi-million pound renovation. The branch in Glasgow has been designed to meet the changing needs of high street … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, News, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged Argyle Street branch, bank, Bank of Scotland, Glasgow, Lloyds Banking Group, Social Bite, St Enoch’s Square, Tara Foley
(PRESS RELEASE) MADRID, 5-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — UK based Ebury, which is the best-in-class trade and foreign exchange facilitator for small and medium-sized companies has received €400 million (~£350 million) strategic investment from Banco Santander. Santander’s investment in Ebury will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, News, Small Business, Spain, United Kingdom
Tagged Ana Botín, Banco Santander, bank, currencies, Ebury, fintech, foreign exchange, FX, Juan Lobato, Salvador García, Santander, Sergio Rial, SMEs, trading
(PRESS RELEASE) ATHENS, 26-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Theodore Gnardellis has just been promoted to the role of Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Piraeus Bank. Gnardellis will also join Piraeus Bank Executive Committee. The appointment will be in effect from … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 12-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Bank Research has observed a statistical trend during the general elections in India that almost all the time plays out in a similar manner. According to the bank’s researchers, India’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Financial, Germany, Government, Investment, News, Politics
Tagged 2019 Indian general election, bank, currency, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank Research, equities, foreign institutional investor, foreign investors, general elections, INDIA, India’s general elections, Kaushik Das, Loksabha Election 2019, rupee, voting
(PRESS RELEASE) HAMBURG/KIEL, 13-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Hamburg Commercial Bank participates in EUR 100 million financing for the Spanish company Adamo Telecom Iberia S.A.U. The allocated resource by the bank is EUR 30 million taking part in the deal as a lead arranger … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Internet & Online, Investment, News, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged ADAMO, ADAMO TELECOM IBERIA S.A.U., Anastasia Peres, bank, broadband, broadband network operator, Dr Marcus Kleiner, EQT, funding, Hamburg Commercial Bank, HSH Nordbank, ING, investment, loan, optic fibre, Santander
Resilience of the financial system will remain a key focus for the Central Bank over the next three years A hard Brexit will be damaging for Ireland, but short-term ‘cliff-edge’ stability risks to the financial system are manageable Legislation is … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Financial, Government, Ireland, Politics
Tagged bank, Brexit, Central Bank of Ireland, economy, Ed Sibley, Financial System, Ireland, risks, stability
(PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, 16-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Statement with reference to recent media reporting on the non-binding recommendation of the ECB to all banks directly supervised by the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) regarding the coverage of the secured and unsecured NPL … Read the full press release
Confederation and cantons to receive distribution of CHF 2 billion (PRESS RELEASE) ZURICH, 09-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — According to provisional calculations, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will report a loss in the order of CHF 15 billion for the 2018 financial … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Switzerland
Tagged bank, CHF, Financial, foreign currency, FY2018, gold, SNB, Swiss National Bank
(PRESS RELEASE) SINGAPORE, 07-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Gone are the days where cash was king in China. According to China Tech Insights’ report last year, 74 percent of Chinese consumers said they could live for more than a month with only 100 RMB … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Netherlands, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Amex, bank, CHINA, contactless cards, Contactless Payment, digital payment, Gemalto, ICBC, JCB, Mastercard, UnionPay, VISA
(PRESS RELEASE) HAMBURG/ KIEL, 20-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — HSH Nordbank will provide international investment managers First State Investments (FSI) as the mandated lead arranger (MLA) with € 75 million as part of an acquisition loan totalling € 364 million. FSI will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Estonia, Financial, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged acquisition, bank, Dr Marcus Kleiner, Estonia, First State Investments, FSI, heating, HSH Nordbank, infrastructure, investment, loan, utilities
All Deutsche Bank customers can use Apple Pay with “Deutsche Bank Card Virtual” or add their existing credit and debit cards Virtual card integrated in the Deutsche Bank Mobile app incurs no monthly fee and is available to all customers … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Internet & Online, Technology
Tagged Apple Pay, applepay, bank, Deutsche Bank, mobile payments, Philipp Gossow
STOCKHOLM, 20-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The IT Young Professional Programme, ITYPP, started 2008 to attract new competences to SEB. Today the program is still going strong and can proudly celebrate a decade of having over 100 skilled and engaged IT professionals … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Internet & Online, Management, Sweden, Technology
Tagged bank, IT professionals, IT Young Professional Programme, ITYPP, Kerstin Rickardt, SEB
Today, September 14th 2018 in Ljubljana NLB d.d. signed a purchase and sales agreement with Zavarovalnica Triglav d.d. for the sale of 9,102 shares of Skupna pokojninska družba d.d., representing 28.13% of company’s share capital. Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — NLB d.d. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Investment, Management, Slovenia
Tagged bank, NLB d.d., PE, shareholder, shares, Skupna pokojninska družba d.d, stake, Zavarovalnica Triglav d.d.
UniCredit Bank Serbia receives Din 600 million loan for boosting energy efficiency. Programme to support investments in private homes to improve energy performance and generate savings. Finance provided under EBRD €85 million Green Economy Financing Facility for the Western Balkans. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Serbia
Tagged bank, EBRD, energy efficiency, Feza Tan, loans, SERBIA, UNICREDIT, Zsuzsanna Hargitai
Frankfurt am Main, 17-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Bank began business in Belgium in Brussels and Antwerp, with both branches opening on August 16, 1978. In the beginning there were 50 employees – 32 in Brussels and 18 in Antwerp. Together … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Financial
Tagged anniversary, Antwerp, bank, Belgium, Brussels, Deutsche Bank
PRAGUE, 25-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading exporters have chosen LBBW as the best bank for export financing in the EMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa) economic area. Yesterday in Prague, LBBW received the 2017 Regional Exporters’ Choice Award from well-known specialized information service … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Czech Republic, Financial, Germany, United Kingdom
Tagged Award, bank, EMEA, export financing, exporters, export_financing, Jonathan Bell, LBBW
• In his closing remarks the Spanish Ambassador in Italy, Jesús Gracia, highlighted the Spanish government’s commitment to promoting equal treatment and opportunities among women and men • The participants shared their personal and professional experiences, reflecting on the importance … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Italy, Society
Tagged bank, CaixaBank, Claudina Farré, Cristina Scocchia, diversity, Diversity Talks, event, gender_diversity, Jesús Gracia, leadership, Maria Elena Cappello, Nicole Della Vedova, Silvia Marinari, WOMEN
Allianz Group sells 8.4 percent stake in Banco BPI to CaixaBank Allianz and CaixaBank agree to reorganize terms of insurance distribution cooperation in Portugal Allianz Group aims to extend and deepen insurance partnership in Portugal with Banco BPI, subject to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Germany, Insurance, Investment, Portugal, Spain
Tagged Allianz Group, Banco BPI, bank, CaixaBank, cooperation, insurance, PORTUGAL
WALLDORF, 04-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced that Sberbank, Russia’s largest banking and financial services company, has deployed SAP SuccessFactors solutions to manage its workforce of 230,000 employees, marking the largest completed cloud project in Russia. Sberbank plans … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Management, Russia, Technology
Tagged bank, Cloud, Financial, HR, SAP SuccessFactors solutions, Sberbank, software, Yulia Chupina
LONDON, 02-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Standard Chartered is launching a global campaign that takes its ‘Here for good’ brand promise and poses a new tougher challenge: ‘Good enough will never change the world’. Launched in 2010, ‘Here for good’ showed how … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Marketing, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged advertising, bank, brand, brand campaign, Emma Sheller, hereforgood, marketing, Olympic champion, Standard Chartered, Usain Bolt
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