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Nationwide Cuts Fixed Mortgage Rates and Offers £500 Cashback for First-Time Buyers

Falling swap rates have given lenders room to trim prices, a move that could prompt rivals to follow and lower borrowing costs for some borrowers.

Unicredit Says It Holds Nearly 40% of Commerzbank as Offer Runs to July 3

Badenoch Proposes Scrapping Ring‑Fencing, Cutting Bank Capital and Replacing Ombudsman

Heirs Approve Stake Transfer That Makes Leonardo Maria Delfin’s Largest Shareholder

Ireland to Sell Permanent TSB to BAWAG for €1.6 Billion

JPMorgan Launches American Dream Initiative With $80 Billion Small‑Business Lending Plan

Trump's 10% Credit-Card Rate Push Faces Firm Industry Opposition and Long Odds

JPMorgan Lifts 2026 Expense Outlook by $9 Billion as Dimon Defends Tech Push

Bessent Reorients FSOC for Growth, Forms AI and Resilience Working Groups

ECB Rebukes Italy’s Gold-Reserves Amendment as Giorgetti Sends Clarifications

Bank of Russia Announces Death of Former Chief Sergei Dubinin

MPS Reopens Mediobanca Bid After Securing Majority Control

Berlin Blocks Sale as UniCredit Lifts Commerzbank Stake Toward Takeover Threshold

Bailey Blocks Reeves’s Meeting to Fast-Track Revolut Banking Approval

UniCredit Becomes Commerzbank’s Top Shareholder With 20% Stake

Lee Jae-myung Orders 'One Strike' Crackdown and Dividend Overhaul as KOSPI Hits Three-Year High

Commerzbank Reports Record €834M Q1 Profit, Strengthening Defense Against UniCredit Takeover

UK Chancellor Advocates Deregulation to Spur Economic Growth

Commerzbank Announces Nearly 4,000 Job Cuts Despite Record Profits

German Investment Funds Reach Record €4.47 Trillion in 2024