According to exclusive data from The Banker, the number of staff employed by banks in Britain dropped by 32,000 in 2024 ...

The 2025 list hasn’t yet fully seen the effects of US President Donald Trump’s trade disagreements, but fragmentation of ...

The sharp depreciation of the Mexican peso over the course of 2024, due to a mix of domestic and international political ...

Investec retains its crown as the best-performing bank in the UK, boosted by a high return on assets. The bank, which is dual listed in London and Johannesburg, South Africa, posted a 1.23 per cent ...

JPMorgan’s board approved a $50bn share repurchase plan, while Morgan Stanley reauthorised a multiyear buyback programme of up to $20bn with no set expiry. Last week’s stress test was a departure from ...

Santander is set to acquire TSB Bank from Banco Sabadell in a £2.65bn deal that will see the Spanish lender become the third-largest bank in the UK by personal current account balances and ...

Compare growth and profitability metrics, drill into drivers behind performance, and benchmark banks by region, peer group, or custom lists. Track trends over time and gain deeper insights into ...

Europe was home to around half of the bank mergers and acquisitions involving Top 1000 lenders in 2024. The largest European banking merger of 2024 was Nationwide’s acquisition of Virgin Money in the ...

Sharia-compliant Alinma Bank is crowned Saudi Arabia’s best-performing bank. This success stems from the lender’s leading position in the soundness category, as well as second place in the leverage ...

Leading scores for operational efficiency and asset quality helped KB Financial Group take the top place in South Korea’s best-performing ranking. Second places for growth, profitability and return on ...

More broadly, UAE banks have outperformed most of their GCC peers in the latest Top 1000 World Banks ranking. All five lenders in the best-performing table increased their core capital positions over ...

Kuwaiti lenders have, in almost all instances, performed commendably in the Top 1000 World Banks ranking, with most institutions posting robust gains across key performance metrics. All five of the ...