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Grim scenario for bank stress tests, says EU watchdog
The European Banking Authority has launched its third wave of stress tests conducted on 48 European banks. EURACTIV's partner La Tribune reports.
UK banks could cope with ‘disorderly’ Brexit, Bank of England says
Britain’s banks could cope with a “disorderly” Brexit without needing to curb lending or be bailed out by taxpayers, the Bank of England said today (28 November) after carrying out its annual health check on lenders.
ECB fails 25 banks in health check, 9 in Italy
Roughly one in five of the eurozone's top banks failed landmark health checks at the end of last year, with nine Italian lenders falling shorts in a comprehensive assessment released on Sunday (26 October) by the European Central Bank.
Credibility meets compromise in Europe’s bank stress test
When Europe announced its latest health check of top banks early last year it promised a "comprehensive assessment" of how well prepared they were to withstand another financial crisis.
ECB stress tests to challenge Germany’s Landesbanken
For the first time since the financial crisis struck in 2008, the European Union is carrying out stress tests that could force change at banks with strong political connections, such as Germany's regional banks - the "Landesbanken".
Athens wants ECB stress tests to factor in banks’ restructuring plans
Greece wants the European Central Bank's health checks on its four biggest banks later this year to take account of their new restructuring plans rather than being based on last year's balance sheet data alone, a Greek finance ministry official said on Monday (28 July).
Europe’s bank stress tests were unreliable, EU auditors say
The European Union’s banking supervisor did not have the staff or powers to successfully stress-test EU banks’ resilience to financial shocks, according to a European Court of Auditors’ report published yesterday (2 July).
Top bankers expect EU stress tests to reignite mergers
Bankers expect a thorough European Central Bank (ECB) health check of the euro zone's largest banks to reignite domestic and cross-border merger activity by rebuilding confidence among lenders. VideoPromoted content
Eurozone ministers to say who pays for banks’ clean up
Eurozone countries will consider today (14 October) how to pay for the repair of their broken banks after health checks next year, which are expected to uncover problems that have festered since the financial crisis.
Eurozone ministers to say who pays for banks’ clean up
Eurozone countries will consider today (14 October) how to pay for the repair of their broken banks after health checks next year, which are expected to uncover problems that have festered since the financial crisis.