Barclays

At Wells Fargo, executives push for interim CEO to keep job

05/06/19

The board has promised to hire an outsider, but senior executives are lobbying for acting CEO C. Allen Parker to lead the company.

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Bramson gets his moment; Where Deutsche-Commerzbank talks went wrong

05/02/19

Activist concedes he doesn't have the votes to join Barclays' board; How an "inevitable" deal fell through and where the banks go from here.

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A busy month for fintech funding

05/01/19

Here are seven startups that received multimillion-dollar venture capital investments in recent weeks to accelerate the development of banking products and services.

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Big banks chase Schwab; Bramson readies Barclays fight

04/29/19

Wall Street moves to compete with the low-fee financial services giant; activist investor has an uphill climb for a seat at this week’s annual meeting.

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Big investors welcomed by Fed; Morgan Stanley shifts top woman executive

04/24/19

The Fed wants to make it easier for investors to own big stakes in banks without triggering oversight; Shelley O’Connor has been named head of the firm's two regulated bank entities.

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U.S. Bank hires its first chief digital officer

04/15/19

Derek White, an alumnus of BBVA and Barclays, will oversee digital innovation across all lines of business at the bank.

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World's top banks increased fossil-fuel financing in 2018

03/20/19

U.S. banks accounted for nearly 40% of the financing worldwide to such firms, according to a report by Rainforest Action Network.

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HSBC plans global banking overhaul; Merkel to sit out merger talks

03/20/19

The bank aims to revitalize with internal promotions; German chancellor will let the country’s two biggest banks work things out themselves.

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Money keeps flowing to fintechs

03/14/19

Chime, Chart IQ, Starling Bank and several other startups have raised millions of dollars from venture capital and private-equity firms this year. Here's what they plan to do with their haul.

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Banks battle fintechs over installment sales; Barclays deck cleared

03/07/19

Banks moving past traditional card lending to compete on POS; ; five board members plan to leave before the bank’s May meeting.

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