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Digital bank Tandem offers free shares to help challenge big UK lenders

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - Britain's newest bank is giving away shares to customers ahead of plans to open later this year as it seeks to challenge the dominance of the established UK lenders. Tandem Bank, which secured its licence on Nov. 30, is handing out about

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Liberum Upgrades Babcock To Hold From Sell

Global investment banking fees fall 29 pct in Q1, worst since 2009

By Anjuli Davies LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) - Global investment banking fees fell 29 percent in the first quarter of 2016 from a year earlier as market volatility put a brake on dealmaking and equity and debt capital markets activity, Thomson Reuters data published on Monday showed. Gl

Zimbabwe minister says banks have credible plans to sell stakes to locals

HARARE, April 2 (Reuters) - Foreign banks operating in Zimbabwe have submitted credible plans on how they intend to transfer majority shares to locals, the country's finance minister said on Saturday, reducing the chances the government could cancel their licences. Under an Indigenisation a

Barclays Completes Sale Of Banking Assets In Portugal

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: SocGen Starts Wolseley With Buy Rating

Market volatility pummels equity deals to lowest in seven years -data

* Global ECM levels more than halve to $106.6 bln - data * IPOs down almost 70 pct to $12.1 bln - data * Volatility, Brexit risk and U.S. election likely to crimp deals By Freya Berry and Elzio Barreto LONDON/HONG KONG, April 1 (Reuters) - Worldwide share issues slumped to

MOVES-Citigroup appoints Angus Yang as prime finance head for Asia Pacific

March 31 (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc has appointed Angus Yang as head of prime finance for Asia Pacific, according to an internal memo to staff seen by Reuters. Yang was previously head of prime finance at Barclays Plc . He will be responsible for prime services, equity finance, agency

Zimbabwe says foreign banks, miners fail to comply on selling stakes to locals

* Zhuwao says banks have not shown intention to comply * Banks, mines seen complying within two weeks * Finance Minister says will not seize companies HARARE, March 31 (Reuters) - Most foreign banks and mining companies in Zimbabwe have not complied with Thursday's deadline to t

European investment banks pay less in bonuses- Barclays' research

By Anjuli Davies LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - Four of Europe's major investment banks have reduced their bonus awards by a third since 2009, but deferred bonus payouts, which came in after the financial crisis, are on the wane, Barclays research analysts said in a note on Thursday. Bo

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UK banks face stress test from house price, markets, oil slump

By Steve Slater LONDON, March 29 (IFR) - The Bank of England on Tuesday set out the scenarios for its 2016 health check of UK lenders, saying it would be a "severe and broad" test that effectively combines its 2014 test of a severe UK recession with last year's test against a global slump.<

UPDATE 1-Bank of England warns on Brexit, tightens buy-to-let mortgages

* BoE says EU vote uncertainty could push up borrowing costs * Lenders asked to tighten checks on buy-to-let landlords * Capital buffers for banks to inch up, impact seen muted (Adds reaction from mortgage lenders, economists) By David Milliken and Huw Jones LONDON, Marc

WINNERS & LOSERS SUMMARY: Ascent Ascends On Cadogen Takeover Approach

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Barclays Non-Executive Director Buys Shares