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, 2026

Wall Street learns to love blockchain

Financial companies hope to modernise markets with the technology but systemic risks remain

Posted on Monday August 03, 2026

Monte 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, 2026

Walter 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, 2026

Morgan 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, 2026

Reform 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, 2026

Oil 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, 2026

AstraZeneca 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, 2026

Japan 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, 2026

Team America: Yen police

A puzzling intervention

Posted on Monday August 03, 2026