Saturday Interview: Consolidating the Banks of Europe
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Alessandro Profumo, chief executive of UniCredit, spoke about the European banking market and the recent merger wave.
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Comings and goings in the banking indurstry.
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The BBC News website explains what the Schengen Agreement consists of and how it came about.
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Â· French president headed for showdown in Brussels  Â· He will demand greater political control over euro
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The 2004 Finance Forum is focusing on the theme: âThe bank of the future - strategies for increasingly competitive marketsâ. The event comes at a time when Europeâs major banks are exploring the idea
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Banca d'Italia, possibili ulteriori consolidamenti
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PORTO, Portugal  - European Union finance ministers and central bankers agreed on Saturday to step up co-operation among themselves to improve their handling of cross-border financial crises.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on the rising stars in the European firmament and the delicate political dance around the EU constitution.
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The move by the countryâs $200 billion wealth fund comes as the government nears the end of a decade-long reorganization of the banking industry.
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Danske Bank chief executive Peter Straarup said he planned to expand NIBâs branch network in the Republic. âThe economy of the Republic of Ireland continues to outperform other European economies, and
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Did you see Alan Greenspan on 60 Minutes tonight?  What a revelation, one of the most powerful political and economic forces, but until now, basically silent. There were so many interesting things in the interview, but one of them left me with an urgent action item. Lesley Stahl, the interviewer, asked what currency he got the advance on his book in? He said it didn't matter, because he could convert to whatever currency he wanted, begging the question. She pressed, and he volunteered that the best choice is to be diversified. Which of course is a conclusion every money manager would reach on their own, it's just like stocks and bonds, you never want to have all your eggs in one basket, the best strategy is to be diversified.  I've wanted to be diversified in currency for quite some time, but have found it's not so easy. I have an investment account and a checking account, both are in US dollars, and neither offers the option of anything other than that. I just spent a couple of hours with Google trying to figure out where I could open an account that would allow me to keep cash in euros, yen, yuan, dollars (Canadian, US, Australian or New Zealand), pounds, or... ? I found that I could become a currency trader, which is absolutely not what I want. What I'd like is something like a mutual fund for currency. Or failing that, a certificate of deposit that allowed me to specify what currency it would be in.  So I thought I'd ask the smartest people I know, the readers of this blog. Do you keep your savings in more than one currency? Is there an online bank that does this well, one that a US citizen can use (that is, it sends 1099's to the IRS). Any ideas would be much appreciated.
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The public owners of the two biggest German public sector banks have begun talks that could lead to a new banking giant in Europe, press reports said Monday.
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Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker takes the helm of the 12-nation eurogroup this week aiming to tighten management of Europe's single currency, but the task is clouded by its record exchange market surge.
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Deutsche Bank is considering relocating its headquarters from Germany as part of an intensive restructuring, Rolf Breuer, chairman of the bank's supervisory board, reveals today.
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The events in Ukraine have revealed serious problems in relations between Russia and the European Union. It has become obvious that declarations about building a single European home, about unified spaces
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Per fusione e incorporazione dell'istituto bancario isolano
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European Union finance  ministers and central bankers agreed on Saturday to step up  co-operation among themselves to improve their handling of  cross-border financial crises.