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Euro zone business lending unexpectedly surges in June

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Lending to euro zone companies accelerated in June, confounding fears that ban...

27th July, 2022

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Explainer-Nord Stream’s turbine tussle puts spotlight on equipment

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The bickering over a turbine Moscow says is to blame for a reduction of gas flows...

26th July, 2022

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In the Black: How FinTechs are helping businesses with liquidity

By Ian Duffy, CEO of Accelerated Payments Not since the early 1980s has the UK faced the inflation r...

26th July, 2022

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Back to the future: Forward thinking banks putting SMEs back at the heart of business

By Marijke Koninckx, Chief Product Officer at BankiFi, explores how SMEs have been left behind for t...

28th June, 2022

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Credit Agricole sees profit topping 6 billion euros in 2025, growth in Italy

By Matthieu Protard PARIS (Reuters) -French bank Credit Agricole is targeting a net profit of more t...

22nd June, 2022

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Italy business and consumer morale rise in May but manufacturing still downbeat

ROME, May 26 (Reuters) – Morale amongst Italian businesses and consumers rose in May, data showed on...

26th May, 2022

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Soccer – Chelsea need to ‘over-perform’ to close gap on top two, says Tuchel

(Reuters) – Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel believes the club’s misfiring forward line must “over-perf...

22nd May, 2022

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Rate of bank loan defaults set to rise across the eurozone, while growth in lending slows from the pandemic peak

► Loan losses are forecast to rise from 2.2% in 2021 to a peak of 3.9% in 2023, ahead of 2019’s 3.2%...

20th May, 2022

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Hungary’s OTP to step up lending to farmers in war-torn Ukraine

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – OTP Bank will step up lending to Ukraine’s farmers this year...

20th May, 2022

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JPMorgan targets more of Germany’s Mittelstand economic engine

By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to make further inroads in Germany by ta...

20th May, 2022

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Tokyo COVID curbs declared illegal in “Kill Bill” restaurant case

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s “Kill Bill” restaurant operator prevailed in a court case o...

16th May, 2022

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Stepping out in front: how innovative climate benefits are giving banks a competitive advantage in a crowded marketplace

By Emma Kisby, UK & Europe CEO of Cogo Since COP26 in Glasgow last November, the pressure on banks t...

12th May, 2022