Rate of infections, containment measures, unwinding of support measures and weak recovery heighten risks to banking system.

CaixaBank-Bankia union will create country's biggest bank with 20 million customers and 24% market share in deposits.

Top 250 European Banks ranking shows modest growth across region, despite ongoing difficulties around profitability.

Incumbent banks' tendency to prioritise larger clients has created a gap in the market during Covid-19 crisis.

Despite the uncertain political climate, London has emerged as a hub for Chinese finance – but Brexit could yet throw a spanner in the works. 

Rapid uptake of online services because of pandemic has created new risks that are tricky to monitor, admits EU banking watchdog.

Covid-19 has accelerated retail and business banking customers’ adoption of digital financial services, driving banks to speed up their European transformation programmes. 

Société Générale's Claire Calmejane outlines how French bank approaches digital transformation via a single platform.

Gianfranco Bisagni and Niccolò Ubertalli of UniCredit explain how the bank’s digital strategy aims to deliver a simple omnichannel solution.

Rise in carry trades could reinforce trend that contributed to European sovereign debt crisis, warns Fitch.