The European Central Bank stepped up warnings against weakening capital requirements at lenders in the region, with its top oversight official saying such a move may fuel investor payouts rather than support the economy.
The European Central Bank stepped up warnings against weakening capital requirements at lenders in the region, with its top oversight official saying such a move may fuel investor payouts rather than support the economy.
The European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt.
Europe’s top banks have set aside hundreds of millions of euros to shield against a financial impact from the Iran war, highlighting how the economic risks for the region are on the rise.
Europe’s top banks have set aside hundreds of millions of euros to shield against a financial impact from the Iran war, highlighting how the economic risks for the region are on the rise.
Banks including Societe Generale disclosed they made provisions in the first-quarter to brace for a potential downturn.
The European Central Bank is convening a call with the chief risk officers of eurozone lenders to discuss the potential threats from Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence model, as officials look to understand the technology’s potential to exploit vulnerabilities in financial systems.
The European Central Bank is convening a call with the chief risk officers of eurozone lenders to discuss the potential threats from Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence model, as officials look to understand the technology’s potential to exploit vulnerabilities in financial systems.
The European Central Bank is convening a call with the chief risk officers of eurozone lenders to discuss the potential threats from Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence model, as officials look to understand the technology’s potential to exploit vulnerabilities in financial systems.
The European Central Bank is convening a call with the chief risk officers of eurozone lenders to discuss the potential threats from Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence model, as officials look to understand the technology’s potential to exploit vulnerabilities in financial systems.
The Netherlands’ financial markets regulator warned of further turmoil in the $1.8 trillion private credit market after turmoil at some direct lenders.
The Netherlands’ financial markets regulator warned of further turmoil in the $1.8 trillion private credit market after turmoil at some direct lenders.
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - DECEMBER 17: A skyline of administrative and residential high-rises emerges from the dunes on December 17, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. South Holland has been identified as the most polluted province in the Netherlands for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), according to the 2024 National Groundwater Quality Report. Tests taken near The Hague's Zuiderstrand reveal dangerously high PFAS concentrations in the groundwater between beach exits 7 and 8, exceeding European safety standards by more than a factor of ten. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
The European Central Bank will begin a fresh round of checks on banks that it supervises as concerns intensify over loan quality in the private credit sector, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Central Bank will begin a fresh round of checks on banks that it supervises as concerns intensify over loan quality in the private credit sector, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Central Bank is probing to what extent banks are financing investments in significant risk transfers, highlighting how the region’s top regulator is growing increasingly wary about a potentially circular effect of the deals.
The European Central Bank is probing to what extent banks are financing investments in significant risk transfers, highlighting how the region’s top regulator is growing increasingly wary about a potentially circular effect of the deals.
French banks had about €60.8 billion ($69.9 billion) in direct exposures to counterparties located in the Middle East at the end of last year, according to the European Union’s banking regulator.
French banks had about €60.8 billion ($69.9 billion) in direct exposures to counterparties located in the Middle East at the end of last year, according to the European Union’s banking regulator.
The European Central Bank is asking lenders about fallout from the Iran war on their operations and clients, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Central Bank is asking lenders about fallout from the Iran war on their operations and clients, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Central Bank is asking lenders about fallout from the Iran war on their operations and clients, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Central Bank is asking lenders about fallout from the Iran war on their operations and clients, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Central Bank is probing the use of leverage underpinning banks’ fast-growing significant risk transfer market, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Central Bank is probing the use of leverage underpinning banks’ fast-growing significant risk transfer market, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Central Bank is probing the use of leverage underpinning banks’ fast-growing significant risk transfer market, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Central Bank is probing the use of leverage underpinning banks’ fast-growing significant risk transfer market, according to people familiar with the matter.
Germany’s government dismissed a potential hostile takeover of Commerzbank AG by UniCredit SpA as “unacceptable” after the Italian lender made a €35 billion ($40 billion) bid for the Frankfurt-based bank.
Germany’s government dismissed a potential hostile takeover of Commerzbank AG by UniCredit SpA as “unacceptable” after the Italian lender made a €35 billion ($40 billion) bid for the Frankfurt-based bank.
The Commerzbank AG headquarters, near the Euro sculpture in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Commerzbank is taking the precautionary move ahead of its engagement with UniCredit SpA, according to people familiar with the matter.
European Central Bank staff added their support to a controversial call for more centralized supervision of the European Union’s largest asset managers as the bloc seeks to deepen its capital markets.
European Central Bank staff added their support to a controversial call for more centralized supervision of the European Union’s largest asset managers as the bloc seeks to deepen its capital markets.
The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB), in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Europe’s central bankers are stepping beyond their traditional role as guardians of price stability.
The European Union’s drive for deeper capital markets needs to look beyond discussions of potential mergers between exchanges, said a top Deutsche Boerse AG executive.
The European Union’s drive for deeper capital markets needs to look beyond discussions of potential mergers between exchanges, said a top Deutsche Boerse AG executive.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the reform of the European Union’s capital markets is key to reviving the bloc’s ability to compete with other parts of the world.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the reform of the European Union’s capital markets is key to reviving the bloc’s ability to compete with other parts of the world.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a speech at the annual reception of the stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse in Eschborn, Germany, on Feb. 2. Photographer: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images
Europe’s top markets regulator said she is trying to ease the cost and effort required for hedge funds and private credit firms to comply with new rules which will require them to hand over more data to authorities.
Europe’s top markets regulator said she is trying to ease the cost and effort required for hedge funds and private credit firms to comply with new rules which will require them to hand over more data to authorities.
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