Posts Tagged ‘results’
EU stress test results due today
The European Banking Authority (EBA) will reveal the results of stress tests of 90 banks across Europe later today. The latest round of tests arose after last year’s failed to reveal the weakness among banks in Ireland and have been conducted to ensure banks have enough capital to cope with difficult economic situations, such as [...]
HSBC unveils cost-cutting measures
HSBC has today revealed it will embark on a massive cost-cutting exercise, just two days after it unveiled its first quarter results. The bank, which is Europe’s largest, is looking to save up to $3.5 billion (£2 billion) by streamlining its IT operations and cutting back on its wealth management and retail divisions. However, the [...]