Transaction Banking

US banks outclass European rivals in tech battle for corporate clients

Customer survey of 500 European companies suggests the region's incumbents have a fight on their hands

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State Street hires former Citigroup Asia chief

Francisco Aristeguieta takes charge of non-US operations at $32tn custody bank

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Citi dismisses rival efforts to take transaction banking crown

The only newcomer in Coalition's 2018 league table was Credit Agricole, which edged out Barclays in 10th position

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JPMorgan and rivals chase corporate gains from open banking

Demand grows for software that performs invoice approval, change vendor preferences and manage real-time payments

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Matthew Davies, BAML

BAML chief prepares for the revolution in transaction banking

Transaction banking is ripe for automation, artificial intelligence and collaboration with fintechs

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BAML appoints new Europe boss of $6.4bn business

Wall Street bank's transaction banking division gets a new regional chief as Jennifer Boussuge readies move to New York

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Kweku Adoboli arriving at the City of London Magistrates Court in 2011

Kweku Adoboli: senior manager rules ‘just not going to work’

Former UBS employee joins another rogue trader, Nick Leeson, in criticising regulation that has yet to lead to any prosecutions

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US interest rate hikes lift billion-dollar transaction banking

The Asia-Pacific region saw the biggest jump in revenues, while the picture was less rosy in Europe

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Deutsche Bank’s US head of global transaction banking to leave

Paul Saltzman joined the bank in 2015 to lead it through US stress tests

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BNP Paribas offers Brexit lifeline to London bankers

The French bank is pushing to win investment banking business from rivals in the UK

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An audience with Jayne-Anne Gadhia: ‘A return to the sleazy 1970s’

The challenger bank head pulls no punches when it comes to firms' excuses for staff attending the Presidents Club dinner

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BIS: Central banks must be ready to act on bitcoin

Leading digital currency is a mixture of 'bubble, Ponzi scheme and environmental disaster', warns central bank official

Matthew Hodgson, Founder and CEO of Mosaic Smart Data

Meet the startup bringing big data to fixed income at JPMorgan

The former banker behind Mosaic Smart Data wanted systems to sift his employer's transaction data but ran into obstacles — so he built the software himself

Crédit Agricole takes stake in London blockchain startup

The French bank picks Setl for its first equity investment in a fintech company

JPMorgan taps rival to fill major custody role

Wall Street bank is upping its fiduciary middle and back office options to institutional investors

Brussels rejects City’s plan for post-Brexit access

Plan hatched by the City to retain unfettered access to the trading bloc has been rejected, according to top financiers

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Royal Bank of Scotland to leave London headquarters

UK bank says it no longer requires the space it once did in the capital, and will move staff to another office nearby

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Dutch bank ING buys payment technology firm

ING's latest acquisition shows banks' eagerness to capitalise on data in their transaction banking units

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State Street eyes a move into bitcoin custody

The US custody bank sees opportunities to expand its asset servicing capabilities to include digital assets

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Bank of America profits halve on Trump charge

Bank follows Wall Street rivals in taking big quarterly hit from December's tax law changes, while low volatility drags on fixed income trading

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