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The acquisition of Bank of the West by Bank of Montreal is complementary and affordable, argues BMO’s chief executive Darryl White.

Bond markets must quickly adapt to a likely much earlier and faster reduction of central bank balance sheets.

A spat among directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has led to the resignation of its chair and thrown the prospects for domestic bank M&A into murky waters.

In the face of fierce regulatory pressure in Washington and Beijing, it is hard to see many, or any, Chinese firms going public in New York next year.

Asset managers are following the well-trodden route of bankers in shifting from finance to politics.

Donald Trump tried to launch a special purpose acquisition company just before the 2008 financial crisis, but hold-ups derailed the deal. A current attempt faces fresh challenges.

Chief executive Brian Moynihan will be hoping that a management reshuffle has set the bank on track to finally make good on the promise of its sprawling reach.

Consent orders provide a perfect excuse to shareholders for spending on the better risk management and controls that Citi’s businesses need.

After setting ambitious targets in its 2020 investor day, Goldman Sachs has been making good on its promises across all areas of the firm.

Royal Bank of Canada reckons it is in a good position to capitalize on opportunities in a rising rate environment – and has room to grow in investment banking.

The bank hopes to profit from the normalization it expected in 2021, if borrowing picks up and rates rise in 2022.

More than five years after succumbing to one of the biggest consumer abuse scandals in history, Wells Fargo still faces significant regulatory challenges.

The firm’s old businesses shone in 2021, but what was once the ballast to stabilize their volatile earnings is now the growth story.

The transition of most of the global financial markets away from Libor and the adoption of risk-free rates is finally upon us. As the clock counts down to the demise of Libor for all new contracts, the focus is firmly on where the sticking points remain: the ‘tough legacy contracts’ and the US dollar loan market.

OTC Markets shows that both medium-size domestic companies and large overseas ones can be publicly quoted in the US without exchange listings.

Chief executive of commercial banking Doug Petno says advanced payments technology rather than lending is the key to winning mid-market clients.

A new venture capital investment firm targeting private technology companies is deploying a multi-directional strategy that it hopes will make money from start-ups that are overvalued as well those on the rise.

The Japanese currency continues to slide as traders anticipate interest-rate movement in the US, but even the Fed's hawkish tilt does not guarantee that this direction of travel will be sustained.

Bank of America’s global and Asia-Pacific heads of receivables tell Euromoney how their artificial intelligence-powered intelligent receivables service has slashed client-matching error rates.

Andrew Cohen, executive chairman of JPMorgan Private Bank, talks to Euromoney about the war for talent, why diversity and inclusion have never mattered more, and what markets the private bank has in its sights.

Intense competition for assets means that risk is being mispriced.

JPMorgan Chase can be a winner in global digital retail banking according to Sanoke Viswanathan, the bank’s head of international consumer growth. With European expansion starting in the UK under the Chase brand and growth in Latin America through a stake in Brazil’s C6, Viswanathan insists his firm is in this for the long haul.

A lawyer with a specialism in helping Chinese companies to float in the US is among the cast of characters working on Donald Trump’s Spac.

Citi hopes to gain an edge in the highly competitive – and lucrative – securities services market by teaming up with data cloud company Snowflake to improve information flows across transactions.

Analysts press chief executive Jane Fraser on why returning capital to shareholders isn’t a higher priority given the returns gap to peers and Citi’s low stock price.

Speakers at the IIF’s annual meetings play down worries over inflation, even as they recognise the short-term disruptions of the pandemic.

JPMorgan’s chief executive packs just as much of a punch online as in person.

The only way banks can fully embrace the blockchain technology now transforming finance is by dealing in cryptos.

Global investors shrug off Evergrande’s woes and welcome a new link to China’s onshore bond market.

Derivatives could turbocharge environmental, social and governance markets, with a related boost to bank revenues. However, they could also make it harder to monitor exposure.