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SEB Outperforms Competitors to Become No. 1 FX Bank in the Nordics

(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

Clearstream Launches New Bank in Luxembourg for Institutional Fund Investors

(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

ProCredit General Partner AG Welcomes Christian Dagrosa to Management Board, Thanks Dr Gabriel Schor for his Service

(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

EBRD to finance the construction of two wind farms in Croatia

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

BERS finanzierà la costruzione di due parchi eolici in Croazia

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

Aktia wurde im Vergleich der Morningstar Awards 2022 als Finnlands bestes Fondshaus für festverzinsliche Wertpapiere ausgezeichnet

(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

Aktia named Finland’s best fund house for fixed-income in the Morningstar Awards 2022 comparison

(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

Accenture unterstützt Crelan Bank bei der Post-Merger-Integration der AXA Bank Belgien

(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

Accenture to help Crelan Bank with the post-merger integration of AXA Bank Belgium

(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

Bankinter announces record 2021 financial results in a year of economic recovery

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

Angela Liu to lead Barclays China

(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

Orange to increase the capital of its bank with EUR 230 million; buys Groupama’s stake

(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

Exhibition at the Bank for International Settlements headquarters in Basel, Switzerland to mark the organisation’s 90th anniversary

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

EBRD highlights its strong commitment to promoting gender equality by joining initiative to step up women empowerment

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

Aktia Life Insurance’s Director of Business Development Riikka Luukko becomes the insurer’s new CEO

(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

Sparkasse Mainz ergänzt sie dazu das Selbstbedienungsfoyer des Beratungscenters Nieder-Olm mit neuer Geldautomaten mit Einzahlfunktion

(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

Deutsche Bank to redeem its USD 800 million 6.55% Trust Preferred Securities of Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust II

Deutsche Bank to redeem its USD 800 million 6.55% Trust Preferred Securities of Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust II

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

Michael Spiegel joins Standard Chartered from Deutsche Bank to strengthen its position as a leading transaction bank

Michael Spiegel joins Standard Chartered from Deutsche Bank

(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

The 3rd largest bank in Croatia Erste Bank Croatia gets €100 million from EBRD to finance tourism industry in Croatia and Montenegro

Suma Chakrabarti, EBRD President and Christoph Schoefboeck, President of the Management Board of EBC

(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

ABN AMRO Private Banking Belgium and Société Générale Belgium have now administratively and legally merged

ABN AMRO Private Banking Belgium and Société Générale Belgium have now administratively and legally merged

(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