Programme encourages whistleblowers from anywhere in the world to provide info about money laundering to relevant authorities.

Merger set to create Spain’s fifth largest bank and follows approval of union between Bankia and CaixaBank.

Finance and business executives condemn violence that left four people dead and urge peaceful transition of power.

Additional lockdown measures will add negative pressure to banks' profitability, says Moody’s.

G-SIBs can afford core capital ratios to fall by 5 percentage points before eating into capital buffers, according to Capital Economics.

Public confidence collapsed after the global financial crisis but has been steadily climbing, according to Gallup.

Individual shocks could still result in investors suffering losses similar to 1994 or 2013-2014.

Surge in mergers and acquisitions could reduce number of banks in the US over next decade, according to report. 

Lenders' profitability set to weaken on the back of higher impairments and lower net interest margins.

Lenders seek secure system to share info about shadowy entities behind dirty money deals.