The European Commission once again attacked telecom companies today for the charges they impose on customers who use their mobile phones in different countries... more
Neelie Kroes has defended herself against criticisms from state-supported banks, including Royal Bank of Scotland, which she is forcing to make big disposals ... more
Are we any further down the road to recovery in the banking industry? Ask me that question in a year’s time, when we’ve finally come to realise the shape of this recession and I will give you the answer... more
Are we any further down the road to recovery in the banking industry? Ask me that question in a year's time, when we've finally come to realise the shape of this recession, and I will give you the answer. ... more
Banking analysis: The Government wants to create three new High Street banks to increase competition in the UK - and today it finally became clear what these banks might look like... more
Government hopes of selling Northern Rock before the general election looked doomed amid signs potential bidders will wait until after polling day ... more
Royal Bank of Scotland is closing in on a deal with the European Commission which will see it hive off 312 English and Welsh branches under the RBS fascia to pass Europe’s state aid rules ... more
Rebuilding Britain's banks: On the anniversary of the bailout of Britain's banks, we begin a six-part series on how the industry changed - and reforms that are urgently needed... more
One year ago today, the news broke that Lloyds TSB was going to take over HBOS in a £12.2 billion all-share deal. With the benefit of hindsight, it is still staggering to read the press release issued to the Stock Exchange the following morning, 18 September... more
Pressure was mounting on Lloyds Banking Group chief executive Eric Daniels, as regulators in Brussels consider forcing the part-nationalised bank to offload mortgage lender Halifax... more
The £4.5bn takeover of Sun Microsystems by Oracle was put on hold after European regulators launched an in-depth investigation two weeks after their US counterparts approved the deal... more
Two of Britain's leading energy companies have together been fined more than €1.1 billion (£950 million) for illegally carving up their own domestic markets on the Continent... more
European Union competition watchdogs fined microchipmaker Intel a record 1.06 billion (£955 million) for acting to ensure most European computers had “Intel Inside”... more
The European Commission approved a British mortgage support scheme aimed at reducing the number of repossessions likely to occur as a result of the economic downturn... more
The European Union's executive arm dropped its case against MasterCard transaction fees, ending a battle that helped sow confusion among banks building a new pan-EU payments system.... more
Britain's plan to offer banks £10 billion of loan guarantees to encourage them to start lending again has won approval from the European Commission... more
Banking: A European Union threat to force troubled German bank WestLB to pay back billions in bailout money could tip it into extinction — and Europe’s biggest economy into recession... more
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