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ING Group Announces €2.5 Billion Share Buyback Program for CET1 Ratio Optimization

(IN BRIEF) ING Group has initiated a €2.5 billion share buyback program to enhance its Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1)…

6 months ago

ING Launches Share Repurchase Programme to Support Share-Based Compensation Plans

(IN BRIEF) ING has announced a share repurchase programme, under which it plans to repurchase ordinary shares of ING Groep…

1 year ago

ING initiates the repurchase of ordinary shares of ING Groep as part of €1.7 billion share buyback programme

(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 1-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — ING (AMS: INGA), a Dutch multinational banking and financial services group, has announced…

3 years ago

European Central Bank announces the proposed appointment of Frank Elderson as Vice-Chair of its Supervisory Board

EU Council to give final approval after parliamentary vote (PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT, 18-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The Governing Council of…

3 years ago

COVID-19: Dutch banking and financial group Rabobank postpones dividend payments until at least Oct 2020

(PRESS RELEASE) UTRECHT, 30-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Dutch multinational banking and financial group Rabobank has announced it will not make…

4 years ago

UniCredit’s Core bank NPE ratio was 4.3% in Q3 2018, in line with its EBA sample peers

(PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, 16-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Statement with reference to recent media reporting on the non-binding recommendation of the ECB…

5 years ago

High-level conference on ‘Investment, Technological Transformation and Skills’, Luxembourg, 28 – 29 November 2018

Interview and briefing opportunities with EIB Vice-President Andrew McDowell, EIB Director of Economics Debora Revoltella,  Director of the Center on…

5 years ago

ECB’s SREP: Groupe BPCE is positioned well above the prudential capital requirements applicable in 2018

THE ECB HAS COMMUNICATED TO GROUPE BPCE ITS PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS FOR 2018: PILLAR 2 "REQUIREMENT" REMAINS UNCHANGED PARIS, 28-Dec-2017…

6 years ago

ECB appointments: Hans-Joachim Klöckers as Director General Economic Developments; Massimo Rostagno as Director General Monetary Policy

Hans-Joachim Klöckers becomes Director General Economic Developments Massimo Rostagno becomes Director General Monetary Policy Appointments effective as of 1 August…

7 years ago

ECB: 331,000 counterfeit euro banknotes withdrawn from circulation in 1H 2017

331,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the first half of 2017 Around 85% of the counterfeits were…

7 years ago

ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) for Q3 2017: inflation of 1.5%, 1.4% and 1.6% in 2017, 2018 and 2019

HICP inflation expectations have been revised downwards for 2017, 2018 and 2019. Longer-term HICP inflation expectations remain unchanged at 1.8%.…

7 years ago

Intesa Sanpaolo meets ECB’s capital requirement

TURIN/MILAN, 13-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Intesa Sanpaolo has received notification of the ECB’s final decision concerning the capital requirement that the…

7 years ago

European Central Bank (ECB): Unchanged credit standards on loans to enterprises reported by Euro area banks in 3Q2016

Loan demand continued to increase across all loan categories, while credit supply conditions remained unchanged for enterprises and improved for…

8 years ago

European Central Bank (ECB) makes euro banknotes even more secure; unveils new €50 banknote

New €50 banknote will start circulating on 4 April 2017 €50 is the most widely used euro banknote New secure…

8 years ago

Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) to permanently stop producing the €500 banknote and to exclude it from the Europa series

ECB has decided to discontinue production and issuance of €500 banknote Europa series of euro banknotes will not include the…

8 years ago

European Central Bank (ECB): 445,000 counterfeit euro banknotes withdrawn from circulation in the second half of 2015

445,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the second half of 2015. 83% of the counterfeits were €20…

8 years ago

ECB: Credit standards for all loan categories eased in the third quarter of 2014 according to the October bank lending survey (BLS)

Net easing of credit standards continued for all loan categories in Q3 2014, although risk concerns re-emerged. Demand for loans…

10 years ago

EU residents can discover the new €10 banknote’s security features in competition launched by ECB

Prior to the unveiling of the new €10 in January 2014, European Union residents can discover the note’s security features…

10 years ago

EU and ECB to help National Bank of Serbia (NBS) prepare to join the European System of Central Banks (ESCB)

Frankfurt, Germany, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — National Bank of Serbia, the European Union (EU) Delegation to Serbia and the European Central Bank…

10 years ago

The European Central Bank (ECB) published its report on October 2013 euro area bank lending survey results

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 30-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ —  The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of…

11 years ago

The European Central Bank to double share of women in management by end of 2019

02-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to introduce gender targets with the aim…

11 years ago

The European Central Bank released its July 2013 euro area bank lending survey

30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of the July 2013 euro…

11 years ago

ECB and Republic of Macedonia National Bank complete EU-funded cooperation programme

11-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) and the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia (NBRM) today completed…

11 years ago

ECB President Mario Draghi to Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs: Low interest rates will drive recovery

9-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The reasons for the ECB's low long-term interest rate announcement last week, ways to boost lending to…

11 years ago

EC, ECB on the conclusion of the third review of the financial assistance programme for Spain

Brussels, 4-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  A delegation from the European Commission, in liaison with the European Central Bank, the European Stability…

11 years ago

Cyprus bailout debate with Olli Rehn & Jorg Asmussen

MEPs dissect Cyprus bailout with Messrs Rehn and Asmussen 13-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The confusion and delay that surrounded decisions on…

11 years ago

EC, ECB and IMF on the Tenth Review Mission to Ireland

Brussels, 9-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited…

11 years ago

ECB: Marketable debt instruments issued or fully guaranteed by Cypriot government again eligible collateral for the purposes of Eurosystem credit operations

Frankfurt am Main, 8-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Marketable debt instruments issued or fully guaranteed by the Republic of Cyprus and fulfilling…

11 years ago

European Central Bank details of refinancing operations with settlement in the period from 10 July 2013 to 8 July 2014

7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has today decided to continue conducting its main…

11 years ago

ECB Monetary policy decisions

3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At today’s meeting, which was held in Bratislava, the Governing Council of the ECB took the following…

11 years ago

New €5 banknote started to circulate in the euro area countries

Eurosystem introduces Europa Series €5 banknote 2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A new €5 banknote, the first one in the Europa series,…

11 years ago

ECB report on the SMEs access to finance in the euro area – October 2012 to March 2013

2-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is today publishing its eighth report on the results of the “Survey…

11 years ago

ECB: Signs of improved financial market integration in second half of 2012

29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — An improvement in financial market integration was observed in the second half of 2012, after a further…

11 years ago

MEPs quizzed ECB Vice-President Vitor Constancio on credit flow to businesses and households

29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — MEPs quizzed European Central Bank Vice-President Vitor Constancio on what more can be done to help credit…

11 years ago

The European Investment Bank will step up its annual lending by more than 40 percent, to around EUR 70bn

29-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EIB is one of “five major building blocks” for economic recovery and sustainability according to an editorial…

11 years ago

ECB report on the results of the April 2013 euro area bank lending survey

24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing its report on the results of the April 2013…

11 years ago

Joint OeNB-ECB high-level Vienna conference discussed the preparations for the launch of the new Europa series of euro banknotes

Vienna , 24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Before the new €5 banknotes of the Europa series start to circulate on 2 May, the…

11 years ago

Joint Statement by the EC, the ECB, and the IMF on Portugal

Lisbon, 23-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A joint mission comprising staff teams from European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International…

11 years ago