(IN BRIEF) SIX has named André Helfenstein as its next Chairman, taking over from Thomas Wellauer on 1 January 2026. Wellauer, who has served as Chairman since 2020, will continue as a Board member until the 2026 Annual General Meeting … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 2026 appointment, AGM 2026, André Helfenstein, Board of Directors, Boston Consulting Group, Chairmanship transition, corporate governance, Credit Suisse Switzerland, financial services leadership, SIX, SIX Confirms André Helfenstein as Incoming Chairman with Transition Concluding in 2026, Swiss financial market, Thomas Wellauer, University of St. Gallen
(IN BRIEF) BBVA has once again been named ‘Best Bank in Latin America’ by The Banker, marking its second consecutive win and recognizing its leadership in innovation, sustainability and digital banking. The bank also received Best Bank awards for its … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Spain, Technology
Tagged Anselmo Andrade, banking recognition, BBVA, Best Bank in Argentina, Best Bank in Latin America, Best Bank in Peru, digital banking, Fernando Eguiluz, financial awards, financial inclusion, Financial Times Group, gender social bond, green finance, INNOVATION, Jorge Bledel, Jorge Sáenz-Azcúnaga, Latin America banking, Pablo Barriuso, Peru housing facility, Silvia Pavoni, sustainability finance, sustainable financing program, The Banker, The Banker Honors BBVA with Regional and National Awards Highlighting Innovation and Sustainability
(IN BRIEF) SIX Swiss Exchange has added Columbia Threadneedle Investments as its newest ETF issuer, marking the launch of two actively managed equity ETFs with multicurrency trading options. The funds provide long-term exposure to European and U.S. equities, committing at … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged active ETFs, active management, asset management, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Columbia Threadneedle strengthens Swiss ETF landscape with launch of two active equity ETFs on SIX, Danielle Reischuk, ETF listings, ETF marketplace, ETFs, European equity ETF, Eva Maria Hintner, MSCI Europe, multicurrency ETF, Russell 1000, SIX Swiss Exchange, Swiss market, U.S. equity ETF, Virtu Financial Ireland
(IN BRIEF) EIB is providing up to €37.5 million in venture debt to Xeltis as part of a new €50 million financing package that will help bring aXess, the company’s regenerative vascular access conduit, to market. The investment follows excellent … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Healthcare, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Netherlands, News, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged Alexander Goemans, aXess, commercialization funding, EIB, Eliane Schutte, end stage renal disease, Endogenous Tissue Restoration, EQT Life Sciences, ETR platform, EU pivotal trial, European Investment Bank, hemodialysis, Invest-NL, InvestEU, LSP Health Economics Fund 2, MedTech innovation, PFAS free polymer technology, regenerative implants, Robert de Groot, US pivotal trial, vascular access conduit, venture-debt financing, Xabg, Xeltis, Xeltis Advances Regenerative Implant Portfolio with Strong Backing from EIB and Existing Investors
(IN BRIEF) BNP Paribas has become the tenth member of a European banking consortium developing a MiCAR-compliant euro-backed stablecoin through a newly created Netherlands-based entity, Qivalis. The initiative aims to strengthen Europe’s digital payment capabilities, provide a secure on-chain alternative … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Banca Sella, blockchain payments, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, digital assets, digital payments, digital transaction ecosystems, Dutch Central Bank, electronic money license, EU financial innovation, euro stablecoin, Europe strategic autonomy, European banks, European Banks Strengthen Digital Payments Strategy with BNP Paribas Joining Euro Stablecoin Development Effort, ING, KBC, MiCAR, programmable payments, Qivalis, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, stablecoin launch 2026, UNICREDIT
(IN BRIEF) Cabo Verde has inaugurated new wind turbines and a major battery storage system as part of the expansion of the long-established Cabeólica renewable energy project. Supported by more than €39 million in new financing from the European Investment … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, News
Tagged AfDB, African Development Bank, Ambroise Fayolle, Ayotunde Anjorin, battery storage, Cabeólica, Cabo Verde, clean electricity, EIB, EIB Global, energy security, energy transition, EU guarantees, European Investment Bank, Global Gateway initiative, Public Private Partnership, renewable energy, Santiago, sub-Saharan Africa, Sylvie Millot, Upgraded Cabeólica Wind and Storage Facilities Strengthen Cabo Verde’s Energy Security and Reduce Dependence on Fossil Imports, Vestas, Wale Shonibare, wind farm expansion, wind power, WinPower
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has committed €600 million to the 390 MW BC-Wind offshore wind farm developed by Ocean Winds, becoming the project’s largest lender and reinforcing its deep involvement in Poland’s renewable energy expansion. Scheduled to begin … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Poland
Tagged 15 MW turbines, 26 turbines, 390 MW offshore wind farm, Baltic Sea, Baltica 2, Baltyk 2, Baltyk 3, Bautista Rodriguez, BC Wind, clean electricity, EDPR, EIB, energy security, ENGIE, European Investment Bank, InvestEU, Major Offshore Investment by EIB Supports BC-Wind Construction and Reinforces Poland’s Growing Baltic Wind Industry, Ocean Winds, offshore wind financing, Poland energy transition, Poland renewable energy, REPowerEU, TechEU, Teresa Czerwinska, €2 billion financing, €600 million loan
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank and Crédit Agricole CIB have signed a major risk-sharing agreement to boost wind energy investment across the European Union. The EIB will provide a €500 million counter-guarantee that will enable Crédit Agricole CIB to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Small Business
Tagged 32 GW wind capacity, Ambroise Fayolle, clean energy investment, Crédit Agricole CIB, EIB, energy resilience, EU renewable targets, European Investment Bank, European Wind Power Package, green transition, InvestEU, Jean François Balaÿ, New EIB–Crédit Agricole CIB Partnership Strengthens Financing Capacity for European Wind Projects and Supports Green Transition, strategic autonomy, wind energy financing, wind sector growth, €1 billion bank guarantees, €500 million counter guarantee, €8 billion investments
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has approved a €300 million financing package for Prysmian, with the first €200 million tranche now signed, to support the company’s European R&D activities from 2025 to 2028. The funding will accelerate development of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, News
Tagged cable innovation, digital transformation, EIB, EIB Partnership Strengthens Prysmian’s R&D Ambitions and Supports Europe’s Energy Transition and Digital Transformation, energy transition, European Investment Bank, European laboratories, France, Gelsomina Vigliotti, Germany, Giovanni Zancan, high tech infrastructure, Italy, low-emission technologies, Netherlands, Prysmian, R&D funding, REPowerEU, Spain, Srinivas Siripurapu, sustainable solutions, TechEU, €200 million tranche, €300 million financing
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has signed a €40 million loan agreement with Prodrive Technologies to boost the Dutch company’s research and development efforts in electronics for semiconductors, medical technology, energy systems, and automotive applications. The investment will help … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Electronics & Machinery, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged automotive electronics, decarbonisation, EIB, energy systems, EU Chips Act, European Innovation, European Investment Bank, EV charging infrastructure, high-tech manufacturing, hydrogen electrolysis, medical electronics, New €40 Million EIB Partnership Supports Prodrive Technologies’ Growth in High-Tech Manufacturing and European Competitiveness, Pieter Janssen, Prodrive Technologies, Robert de Groot, semiconductor R&D, strategic autonomy, €40 million loan
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank and Angelini Ventures have signed a €150 million funding agreement to support early- and growth-stage European startups in biotechnology, medical technology, and digital health. Each partner will invest €75 million over six years in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Healthcare, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, News, Small Business
Tagged ADCs, Adcytherix, Angelini Industries, Angelini Ventures, antibody-drug conjugates, biotechnology, corporate venture capital, deeptech, digital health, EIB, EIB Partners with Angelini Ventures to Back High-Impact Healthcare Startups and Boost Europe’s Technological Competitiveness, EU competitiveness, European Innovation, European venture capital, Gelsomina Vigliotti, life sciences, medtech, Paolo Di Giorgio, scale-up, Sergio Marullo di Condojanni, startup financing, TechEU, €150 million investment
(IN BRIEF) Groupe BPCE has signed a 20-year Corporate Power Purchase Agreement with renewable energy producer H2air for electricity from the seven-turbine Bleuets wind farm in Hauts-de-France. Beginning January 1, 2026, the agreement will supply an estimated 49 GWh of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged 20 year contract, 49 GWh, bank branches, Bleuets wind farm, Camille Vandenbeuck, corporate power purchase agreement, CPPA, data centers, energy transition, Groupe BPCE, Groupe BPCE Secures Second Major CPPA of the Year with H2air to Support Regional Energy Transition Efforts, H2air, Hauts-de-France, Laurent Benatar, long term energy procurement, onshore wind, regional decarbonisation, renewable electricity, Saint Aubin Montenoy, Vision 2030, wind energy
(IN BRIEF) Lloyds Banking Group has completed a £116 million refurbishment of its Halifax headquarters, creating a future-focused workspace for 3,500 employees while preserving one of the region’s most recognisable buildings. The Trinity Road site, first opened in 1974 by … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 3, 500 colleagues, Apprenticeships, Calderdale, Calderdale Council, graduate placements, Halifax, Halifax Trinity Road headquarters reopens after major Lloyds Banking Group redevelopment supporting 3, heat pump system, heritage preservation, living roofs, Lloyds Banking Group, Rainwater harvesting, renewable electricity, Scott Camp, Sharon Doherty, sustainable workplace, T-level students, Tracy Brabin, Trinity Road office, Wates, Yorkshire talent, zero carbon heating, £116 million refurbishment
Europe is entering a new phase of digital transformation where trust, not just digitisation, is becoming the core metric of success. The EU is shifting from policy and regulatory design to real deployment, with identity wallets, data spaces, and privacy-preserving … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Belgium, Business, European Union, France, Germany, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Italy, Luxembourg, Management, News, Politics, Security & Safety, Society, Spain, Technology, Telecom, Turkey
Tagged advisory board members Ignacio Alamillo, AI Act, Alberto Pedrouzo, attribute-based verification, auditability, BDVA, Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Coimbra, citizen adoption, citizen-controlled identity, cloud federation, connector protocols, consent management, cybersecurity research, Cybersocial Lab, Data Act, Data Governance, data sovereignty, Data sovereignty becomes operational as the EU transitions from frameworks to functional infrastructure, data spaces, Data Spaces Business Alliance DSBA, Data Spaces Support Centre DSSC, deepfake detection, differential privacy, digital identity, digital identity wallet, Digital Public Services, digital rights, digital transformation, eIDAS 2.0, eIDAS2, EU data sovereignty, EU digital transformation, EU digital trust architecture enters its implementation era — from regulation to deployment, EU identity strategy, EUDI Wallet, EUDI Wallets, Europe begins building a trusted digital infrastructure grounded in data sovereignty and citizen identity control, Europe digital trust, Europe tests whether privacy-first digital ecosystems can scale beyond policy into everyday use, European Data Spaces, European data spaces move closer to reality as TrustED activates pilot rollout and UI testing, European Digital Identity, European privacy, federated data collaboration, federated learning, FIWARE Foundation, Fondazione Mondo Digitale, Fraunhofer AISEC, Fraunhofer ISST, From design to deployment TrustED advances toward EU-scale testing of citizen-controlled digital identity, Fundación Cibervoluntarios, Gaia-X, Gaia-X Association, GDPR, Gradiant, homomorphic encryption, Horizon Europe, Identity wallets data-space pilots and privacy-tech form the backbone of Europe’s emerging digital trust framework, Infocert SPA, International Data Spaces Association IDSA, interoperability, KPMG European privacy report, KPMG privacy statistic, metadata standards, pan-European identity framework, pets, Pietro Bartoccioni, pilot deployment, privacy risk mitigation, privacy-enhancing technologies, privacy-preserving technologies, Promptly, prototype wallet testing, public privacy concerns, public trust, Recovery and Resilience Facility, Rome meeting, Rome meeting marks turning point as TrustED prepares live SSI and privacy pilots across Europe, secure authentication, secure data exchange, secure multi-party computation, selective disclosure, self-sovereign identity, SESTEK, Sovereign Cloud, sovereign data infrastructure, SSI, SSI self-sovereign identity, traceability, transparent data sharing, Tree Technology, TrustED, trusted computation, trusted digital ecosystems, trusted infrastructure, TrustED project, UI prototype testing, usage control, user-centric design, verifiable credentials, voice biometrics, volunteer focus groups, zero knowledge proofs, ZKPs, €53 billion EU digital investment, €53bn digital investment
(IN BRIEF) Indico Capital Partners has launched Indico VC Fund III with a targeted size of €125 million, supported by a €30 million anchor investment from the European Investment Fund. The new fund will back early-stage enterprise SaaS, AI, deep-tech, … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Small Business, Spain, Technology
Tagged AI, blue economy, deep tech, digitalisation, early stage investment, EIF, enterprise SaaS, European Investment Bank Group, Indico Capital Partners, Indico VC Fund III, InvestEU, Italy, Marjut Falkstedt, New Indico VC fund aims to drive enterprise technology growth in Portugal, oceantech, PORTUGAL, Portugal Blue, SME funding, Southern Europe, spacetech, Spain, Spain and Italy with support from EIF and InvestEU, Stephan de Moraes, Technology Innovation, venture capital
(NEWS) VIGO, Spain, 27-Nov-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s move toward secure, citizen-controlled digital identity took a definitive step forward in Rome, where TrustED consortium members gathered for a two-day meeting marking the project’s transition from research and development into real-world … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, European Union, Healthcare, Industrial, Security & Safety, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AI Act, auditability, Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Coimbra, consent management, cybersecurity research, Cybersocial Lab, Data Governance, data sovereignty, data spaces, deepfake detection, digital identity wallet, eIDAS2, EU digital transformation, EUDI Wallet, European data spaces move closer to reality as TrustED activates pilot rollout and UI testing, European privacy, federated learning, Fondazione Mondo Digitale, Fraunhofer AISEC, Fraunhofer ISST, From design to deployment TrustED advances toward EU-scale testing of citizen-controlled digital identity, Fundación Cibervoluntarios, GDPR, Gradiant, homomorphic encryption, Horizon Europe, Infocert SPA, interoperability, KPMG privacy statistic, online public services, pets, pilot deployment, privacy-preserving technologies, Promptly, public trust, Rome meeting, Rome meeting marks turning point as TrustED prepares live SSI and privacy pilots across Europe, secure authentication, selective disclosure, self-sovereign identity, SESTEK, SSI, Tree Technology, TrustED, TrustED steps into real-world identity pilots after Rome consortium aligns roadmap, TrustED — A multi-country effort to prove privacy-first digital identity can work at scale, TrustED — Europe’s self-sovereign identity and data trust architecture enters pilot phase, TrustED — The Horizon Europe project bringing SSI and privacy technologies into real-world environments, UI prototype testing, user-centric design, voice biometrics, volunteer focus groups, zero knowledge proofs, €53bn digital investment
(IN BRIEF) Standard Chartered has launched a major health-focused wealth proposition through new strategic partnerships with Bupa Global and WHOOP, offering affluent clients a combined ecosystem of international medical insurance and wearable-driven wellness insights. Backed by research from 800 customers … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Healthcare, Insurance, Management, Small Business, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Anthony Cabrelli, Bupa Global, Global Virtual Care, health and prevention, holistic wealth, Hong Kong, INDIA, international health insurance, IPMI, Priority Banking, Priority Private, private banking clients, Samir Subberwal, Singapore, Standard Chartered, Standard Chartered expands wealth proposition with global healthcare coverage and real-time health technology, Todd Stiefler, wealth management innovation, wearable performance insights, wellness technology, WHOOP
Consortium partners meet in Rome to align on project advances, pilot deployment and next steps towards trustworthy European data spaces. The project moves from design to real-world implementation, validating privacy-preserving and self-sovereign identity solutions. (IN BRIEF) TrustED has reached a … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Germany, Healthcare, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Security & Safety, Spain, Switzerland, Technology, Telecom, Turkey
Tagged 5G, 6G, Alberto Pedrouzo, artificial intelligence, Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Coimbra, Cybersecurity, Cybersocial Lab, data, data controllers, data ecosystems, Data Governance, data sovereignty, data spaces, data standards, digital trust, Drones, EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, European Digital Identity Framework, European Strategy for Data, European Union, federated learning, Fondazione Mondo Digitale, Fraunhofer, Fraunhofer AISEC, Fraunhofer ISST, Fundación Cibervoluntarios, Gradiant, Horizon Europe, ICT technology, identity, Ignacio Alamillo, Infocert SPA, KPMG, photonic technologies, Pietro Bartoccioni, privacy, privacy-preserving technologies, Promptly, quantum technologies, SECURITY, self-sovereign identity, SESTEK, smart industry, SSI, SSI technologies, transparency, Tree Technology, TrustED
(IN BRIEF) UniCredit Bank Austria has returned to the SRT market with Project ARTS Belvedere 2025, a new transaction under the UniCredit ARTS programme aimed at improving capital efficiency and increasing lending capacity across the real economy. The deal, carried … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Financial, Management, Society
Tagged ARTS Morava, ARTS programme, ARTS Silver-2, capital efficiency, CEE region, corporate lending, Hélène Buffin, Luca Paonessa, New ARTS Belvedere 2025 deal boosts UniCredit’s capital strategy and lending capacity across CEE markets, PFZW, PGGM, Project ARTS Belvedere 2025, risk management, significant risk transfer, SME Lending, SRT market, Stefano Chiarlone, UNICREDIT, UniCredit Bank Austria, €1.945 billion portfolio
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund has committed €70 million to Alantra’s Klima Energy Fund II, a growth-stage investment vehicle focused on scaling cleantech companies essential to Europe’s energy transition. Building on the successful track record of Klima1, the new … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Alantra, Article 9 fund, Bastien Gambini, clean energy generation, cleantech, Climate Action, decarbonization, EIB Group, EIF, EIF Backs Klima2 to Scale High-Growth Cleantech Companies Supporting Europe’s Decarbonization Efforts, energy efficiency, energy storage, energy transition, European Innovation, European Investment Fund, growth equity, Klima Energy Fund II, Klima1, Klima2, low carbon economy, Marco Marrone, Mid-Caps, REPowerEU, SFDR, SMEs, sustainable transport, TechEU, €70 million investment
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