French banks warm to election financing in potential boost for Le Pen
Lenders signal willingness to offer campaign loans if government guarantees are in place
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026Wall Street learns to love blockchain
Financial companies hope to modernise markets with the technology but systemic risks remain
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026Monte dei Paschi explores Banco BPM takeover after ‘merger of equals’ talks collapse
MPS chief executive weighs approach to Banco BPM’s largest shareholder, Crédit Agricole
Posted on Sunday August 02, 2026Walter insurers paid millions of dollars to credit rating provider Egan-Jones
Billionaire investor faces wide-ranging probe into the private credit holdings of insurers he controls
Posted on Sunday August 02, 2026Morgan Stanley’s IPO after-party: a wealth management bonanza
Bank’s underwriting of SpaceX and other new issues generates $74bn second-quarter haul in wealth management assets
Posted on Sunday August 02, 2026Reform UK promises large-scale ‘military operation’ to block small boat crossings
Rightwing party’s policy announcement comes as Reform drops behind Labour in polls
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026Oil slides after Trump says talks with Iran will resume
Tehran says a deal with Oman to reopen Strait of Hormuz to shipping was close
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026AstraZeneca holds talks with Bristol Myers Squibb over $400bn tie-up
Deal would create world’s fourth-largest drugmaker by market value
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026Japan vows further yen intervention with US if needed
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama confirms joint action with Washington to counter ‘disorderly movements’
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026A puzzling intervention
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026