European banks are recording the lowest profitability in history but the number of bankers earning more than EUR1m is growing at an unprecedented rate. In 2015, there were more than 5,000 of them, up by 33 per cent compared with...
Global banks using London for their operations in Europe are currently facing a huge problem – how to conduct their operations in the European Union when the United Kingdom leaves the community.
The package of prudential reforms for banks, known as Basel IV, is at a standstill due to the strong impact that it could have on the entire sector. The EU fears that the increase in the capital requirements could weaken the...
PZU's takeover of Bank Pekao SA could have become a catalyst for a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the Polish banking sector. It seems that this will have to wait until all the problems associated with the CHF denominated...
In its strategy for 2017-2020 the EBA will focus on the introduction of a leverage ratio and liquidity, evaluation of the banks' internal models, preparation of recovery plans, convergence of supervisory measures, consumer...
Market competition, technological innovation, customer comfort and safety – these four headwords summarize the objectives of the EU Directive regulating payment services known as PSD 2.
Poland was one of the last countries in the European Union which introduced the regime of orderly liquidation of banks, known as 'resolution'.
A year after announcing its plan, the European Commission has promised to accelerate the implementation of the capital markets union project. It is more and more clear that it has no alternative and Brexit may only foster this...
Europe needs productivity growth, said Hans Peter Lankes, Managing Director for corporate strategy at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
A decrease in profitability and an increase in costs caused, among others, by the banking tax mean that the Polish banks are speeding up the restructuring of their networks and employment.