Banks

Lloyds Banking Group plc (LSE:LLOY) has agreed to sell 632 of its branches, including the TSB and Cheltenham & Gloucester brands, to the Co-operative Group plc for £350 million.  The deal will make The Co-operative Group a major competitor in British banking, as it will represent 7% of the UK banking network with about 4.8 […]

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), one of the largest regional banks in the U.S., reported an 18% increase in its second quarter profit. The bank lowered its credit costs and posted robust revenue growth in the second quarter of 2012.

Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) today reported an 11% decline in its second-quarter profit as investment banking revenue fell due to a slowdown in M&A activity.

Bank stocks rose sharply in trading on Friday after JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) reported solid second-quarter financial results.

Barclays’ (LSE:BARC) Chief Executive Officer Bob Diamond finally gave in and tendered his resignation with immediate effect a day before a parliamentary inquiry probes into the interest rate manipulation scandal the bank was accused of last week. Calls for his resignation were heard from the top officials of the British Government, including the Prime Minister […]

Four major British banks have found themselves in the middle of another scandal as UK’s Financial Service Authority (FSA) discovered “serious failings” in the sale of hedging products designed to cover small and medium sized businesses from interest rate fluctuations. The financial watchdog named Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE:RBS), HSBC (LSE:HSBA), Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY), […]

Barclays plc (LSE:BARC) Chief Executive Officer Bob Diamond is now facing mounting pressures from shareholders and authorities following the LIBOR rate manipulation scandal that caused the British bank to pay £290 million in penalties and hurt its market value in London trading today. Strong statements were heard from British Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor […]

Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE:RBS) shares were on the upswing today, 27 June 2012, after losing ground daily since 22 June when a “computer glitch” brought the bank to its operational knees along with subsidiaries, NatWest and Ulster Bank.  RBS share price plunged from 243.20 on 22 June to 227.70 on 26 June.  The Bank […]

The beleaguered RBS Group (LSE:RBS) came out swinging this morning in a sharply-worded statement, criticising Moody’s latest ratings released last evening.  Although the group’s share price dropped slightly following the opening bell this morning, it quickly recovered and was at 243.00 pence by 1:00 p.m. UTC.  Given the banks woes over the past year, and […]

Fifteen major global financial institutions were downgraded by Moody’s late last night, reflecting losses the ratings agency says are likely due to the current, ongoing volatile state of capital markets. Affected lenders included British banking giants Barclays, HSBC, RBS and Lloyds as well as Credit Suisse. The Swiss institution was dealt the harshest and most unexpected blow as...