MEXICO CITY, June 10 - Mexico's biggest banks bolstered their balance sheets in April as loan defaults and a deep recession weighed on their businesses, the country's bank regulator said on Wednesday. Leading Mexican bank...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country's biggest lender, will get a license to open in Malaysia when Chinese President Hu Jintao visits on Nov. 10-11 and a raft...
China Construction Bank Corp<601939><939>, the world's second largest bank by market value, is reportedly considering setting up a joint venture (JV) with Banco Santander, the largest bank in Spain, to tap the Chinese rural market, foreign media reported on Thursday....
TOKYO, March 8 - Chief executives of leading Japanese, European and U.S. banks will meet in London to discuss the future of the financial system, the Nikkei newspaper reported, as the global financial crisis prompts...
Feb 5 - Western banks dominate emerging Europe's banking sector. Following is a ranking of the international banks with cross-border holdings, listed by emerging European assets. BANK HOME CTRY ASSETS IN E.EUROPE IN BLN EUR...
"With insufficient liquidity to meet its obligations, WaMu was in an unsafe and unsound condition to transact business," the OTS said...
LONDON, Sept 15 - Bank of America's planned takeover of Merrill Lynch would take it from the world's fourth to second-largest bank, after the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). The following are the...
NEW YORK, March 26 - Planned U.S. regulatory reforms may strain profits at the biggest banks during good times, but will likely boost profits during difficult times, which could ultimately help stock valuations in the...
LONDON, June 24 - JPMorgan tops a list of the world's strongest banks, while Royal Bank of Scotland suffered the biggest loss of any lender last year, according to new industry rankings on Wednesday. RBS's...
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc, the U.K.'s third- biggest bank, will acquire the North American investment-banking business of bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. for...