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Vince Cable, the U.K.’s business secretary, is recommending that the government break up the Royal Bank of Scotland and to create from it a British Business Bank to expand lending to businesses.
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Major European banks such as Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group have borrowed funds through the European Central Bank’s Long-Term Refinancing Operation through their subsidiaries in other countries to make them more financially self-sufficient and reduce their exposure to these units in the event local economies worsen.
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Credit Suisse has announced that it plans to repurchase about CHF 4 billion ($4.38 billion) in outstanding securities to meet tougher capital requirements imposed both by the Swiss government and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
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Germany’s Commerzbank says it plans to raise its core Tier 1 capital by EUR776 million ($1.02 billion) in the first half of the year by exchanging an estimated 361 million new shares for debt securities that have an aggregate principal amount of EUR965 million ($1.32 billion).
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HSBC Holdings stands to lose £18 billion ($28.57 billion) of its value, thanks to a new U.K. levy imposed on banks and legislation that would force banks to ring-fence their retail banking operations, according to Stuart Gulliver, new group ceo.
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ING DiBa AG, ING Groep’s direct and retail banking unit in Austria and Germany, plans to launch a benchmark-size seven-year covered bond denominated in euros, in the near future, depending on market conditions.
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David Tibbals, the longtime head of Citigroup’s commercial mortgage lending business, has joined New York-based broker-dealer Amherst Securities as senior managing director, according to sister publication Real Estate Finance Intelligence.
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Barclays borrowed EUR8.2 billion ($10.82 billion) from the European Central Bank through its long-term refinancing operation, the first time the U.K. bank did so after passing up the initial round in December.
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JPMorgan Chase confirmed that the bank, like Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo, has received a Wells notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating a possible enforcement action against it relating to mortgage-backed securities.