Banking News

Keep up-to-date with what’s happening in banking and financial services by receiving our weekly Banking News Newsletter. Banking News contains a wrap-up of the week’s key news and events, and is delivered direct to your inbox.

Search Banking News

Stay up to date with Banking News

United Kingdom

Banks Must Urgently Prepare for Geopolitical Risks – BoE

(30 January 2025 – United Kingdom) The Bank of England (BoE) has warned financial institutions (FIs) must prepare for geopolitical...

Bank of England
Regulatory & Government
Risk Management
USA

Visa Seals X Money Payments Deal

(30 January 2025 – United States) Visa and “X” (formerly Twitter) have partnered to offer direct payment solutions to customers...

Visa
Partnerships
Payments
USA

Spotlight Turns to Cross Border Payments Innovation – JPMorgan

(29 January 2025 – United States) As the global cross border payments market reaches US$290 trillion by 2030, leading banks...

JP Morgan
Cross-Border
Payments
Belgium

Maintaining the ISO 20022 Momentum in 2025 – Swift

(28 January 2025 – Belgium) As financial institutions move closer to the CBPR+ November 2025 deadline for adopting the new...

SWIFT
Cross-Border
Payments
Global

HSBC Considers Retail & Investment Banking Unit Sales

(27 January 2025 – Global) HSBC is mulling options for its retail banking operations in Australia and investment banking divisions...

Hsbc
Operations
Transaction Banking
Global

Majority of Large Corporates Looking for New Trade & Supply Chain Finance Banks

(24 January 2025 – Global) As supply chain diversification accelerates under the “China Plus One” strategy, the role of primary...

East & Partners
Trade Finance
USA

Citi Anticipates Deal Boom as US Firms Turn Attention to Europe

(23 January 2025 – United States) Citi investment bankers report US companies are set to target overseas deals on the...

Citibank
Currency
Foreign Exchange
Investment
Hong Kong

Barclays Strengthens APAC Equities Team with New Leadership

(22 January 2025 – Hong Kong) Barclays has appointed Paul Johnson as Head of Equities for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region....

Barclays
Executive Changes
Switzerland

Global Economic Scepticism Builds in 2025 – WEF

(22 January 2025 – Switzerland) The World Economic Forum (WEF) Chief Economists Outlook reveals a decidedly pessimistic view for global...

World Economic Forum
Growth
Trade Finance
Global

Standard Chartered Launches SC PrismFX for FX Payments

(21 January 2025 – Global) Standard Chartered has introduced SC PrismFX, a comprehensive suite of foreign exchange (FX) and payment...

Standard Chartered
Foreign Exchange
Technology
China

China Launching 1km Wide Celestial Solar Farm

(21 January 2025 – China) China is planning to commence construction of an enormous solar farm in space enabling continuous...

Government
ESG
Regulatory & Government
Social and Governance (ESG)
Global

How are CFOs Tackling the 2025 Financial Landscape?

(21 January 2025 – Global) As advancements in technology redefine how finance functions operate, CFOs and treasurers of the future...

PYMNTS
Artificial Intelligence
Technology

Stay up to date with Banking News

Connect
with East

At East & Partners we work together as one firm to serve our clients wherever they need us.

Our collective knowledge and experience across global  markets helps us guide clients on the intricacies of each region while enabling cohesion across their global footprint. Apples with apples and pears with pears in complex and demanding financial services markets
globally.

Lookup(Required)
subscribe
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.