Tag: EU banking system

• Wednesday, August 10th 2016 - 05:42 UTC

  Stress tests expose weakness of EU banks, particularly Deutsche Bank

  

  Germany's Deutsche Bank had the highest potential capital shortfall, 19 billion Euros in a study of 51 European banks using U.S. Federal Reserve stress test methods, German economic research institute ZEW said.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 05:34 UTC

  Santander keeps growing: absorbs Banesto and Banif and will close 700 branches

  

  Banking giant Santander said on Monday that it will absorb two of its Spanish offshoots, closing 700 branches in the latest stage of Spain's great banking shake-up. The biggest bank in the Euro zone by market value, said it could save 520 million Euros a year by absorbing the offshoots, Banesto and Banif.

• Thursday, July 12th 2012 - 22:35 UTC

  ECB zero deposit-rate shakes EU banking system and forces to look for alternatives

  

  European Central Bank's new zero deposit rate had an instant impact as it came into force, with banks more than halving the amount of cash parked there overnight and one ECB policymaker saying he expected the move to increase banks' lending.