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The Latest Breaking News on Financial Services

Rise in mortage lending lifts NatWest profits

Shares fall as publically owned lender leaves annual profit guidance on hold

Evening Standard

NatWest sees profit surge 50% on last year and beat predictions

Lender has not seen a rise in customers falling into arrears despite cost of living crisis

Birmingham Post

Aldermore agrees deal to move London HQ to Broadgate Tower

Aldermore Bank has inked a deal for a larger London headquarters in the City, in a move set to encourage more staff into the office post-pandemic.

Evening Standard

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The Co-operative Bank 'confident' for the future after possible sale or IPO reports

Operating expenditure increased by 20% to £101.5m due to an increase in staff costs following cost-of-living payments as well as salary rises and higher recruitment

Birmingham Post

NatWest profit surge beats expectations

Operating profits before tax came in 50% higher than the figure recorded this time last year

Insider UK

Scottish business confidence dips, but remains upbeat

Business confidence in Scotland fell seven points during April to 31%

Insider UK

Fed's review of role in Silicon Valley Bank collapse due out

The Federal Reserve is scheduled Friday to release a highly-anticipated review of its supervision of Silicon Valley Bank, the go-to bank for venture capital firms and technology start-ups that failed spectacularly in March, setting off a crisis of confidence for the banking industry

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Asian stocks rise after big gains on Wall Street

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian stocks were up on Friday, tracking big gains on Wall Street fuelled by strong tech earnings and mixed, but manageable, macroeconomic data.

AFP

SCB aims to use joint venture for growth

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) plans to expand its wealth management customer base by 12% per year for the next 3-5 years, hoping to raise its fee-based income.

Bangkok Post

Paul Keating warns treasurer not to remove government's power to override RBA decisions

Former prime minister Paul Keating says it would be an error for the Parliament to remove a power that allows the government to overrule the Reserve Bank's actions.

ABC News

US growth cools in first quarter as recession fears deepen

Washington (AFP) - US economic growth lost steam in the first quarter as gloomier business investment countered a rise in consumer spending, the Commerce Department said Thursday, while the possibility of a mild recession brews.

AFP

Scottish National Investment Bank names new chief executive

The search for a new leader has taken more than a year

Insider UK

UK economy not ‘out of the woods’, says Barclays boss after bank’s record profit

Venkatakrishnan says bank remains cautious about months ahead despite first-quarter profit of £2.6bn

The Guardian - UK

Nationwide, Barclays, HSBC, Santander: Best and worst banks based on switches this year

The latest current account switch data is in from Pay.UK - but where are people switching to, and which banks are being ditched? See the full list below and tell us what you think

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Evening Standard

Impairments top £500 million at Barclays as consumers turn to credit cards to cover essentials

Credit impairments at Barclays have almost quadrupled to top £500 million in fresh signs more and more consumers are getting into deeper credit card debt amid cost-of-living pressures.

AFP

UK bank Barclays profits from rising interest rates

London (AFP) - British bank Barclays said Thursday that net profit jumped 27 percent in the first quarter, boosted by rising interest rates and non-repetition of exceptional charges.

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.67% on Thursday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.28%

France 24

First Republic Bank stock plunges nearly 60% in a week

First Republic Bank's stock continued to sink Wednesday, an ongoing rout that has erased 60% of its value just this week on concerns about the bank's financial health in the wake of two other bank collapses.

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The Independent UK

73% surge in current account switching numbers in first three months of 2023

Some 341,075 switches took place between January and March 2023, figures from the Current Account Switch Service show.

ABC News

ASX falls, Japan's Kirin to buy Blackmores for $2 billion, Wall St eases as First Republic banking crisis outweighs tech profits — as it happened

The Australian share market has fallen for the fifth session in a row, and vitamins firm Blackmores has soared after Japan's Kirin Holdings announced it would buy the natural health company for nearly $2 billion.

Al Jazeera

First Republic’s market value plunges below $1bn from $40bn peak

Reports show US govt may not intervene in rescue process and regulators may downgrade bank’s score, compounding stress.

Bangkok Post

Banks eye yuan-baht trade payments

The Bank of Thailand is in discussions with China's central bank over supporting the use of yuan-baht settlement to mitigate foreign exchange risk amid ongoing US dollar volatility.

Chronicle Live

Full list of all banks closing in the North East this year - including The Galleries, Washington

Latest closures announced by Barclays means there will be a total of 15 banks closing in the North East this year so far

Kiplinger

Did Tweets Help Crash Silicon Valley Bank? Paper Shows New Social Media Risks

A new study on Silicon Valley Bank's demise links depositor flight and stock crash with Twitter mentions.

Caixin Global

ING Sues ICBC for $171 Million in Copper Deal Losses

Dutch banking giant alleges breach of contract by China’s largest bank in transactions involving copper trader Maike Metals

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