Western Europe

Banking

BBVA’s Sabadell bid shows difficulty of hostile regional bank M&A

Banking

A quarter century later, did ING Direct live up to the hype?

Corporate banking

Instant payments will necessitate European infrastructure overhaul

Banking

Airwallex takes pain and cost out of international payments

Banking

BBVA/Banco Sabadell: the benefit of hindsight

Banking

Noel Quinn will be a hard act to follow at HSBC

Capital markets

T+1 settlement: CLS sticks to its guns but argues impact is limited

Banking

Deutsche/Barclays: two contrasting IB stories

Banking

How worried should we be about private credit?

Capital markets

UK CFOs remain cautious but optimistic, Deloitte finds

Capital markets

Fintechs fret about lack of scale-up funding

Corporate banking

Instant payments will take time in Europe