Banks in Cyprus opened today after being closed for 12 days due to the ongoing crisis. The most anticipated event of the crisis – namely a good old-fashioned bank run – did not occur. Instead it appears that this Cyprus drama will drag for a few months. The tiny island of Cyprus was thrown in …
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The Global Finance magazine publishes their top bank rankings each year for various categories. The lists for this year were published last month. In this post lets take a quick look at the top banks in North America. From the report in the magazine: The banks were selected through a comparison of the long-term credit …
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The Spanish banking sector has been hit hard in the past few years due to the Global Financial Crisis and then the European Sovereign Debt Crisis. Bank stocks in Spain have recovered from the March 2009 lows although they are nowhere near their pre-crisis levels. Despite all the continuing troubles at home, some investors are …
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The January edition of The Banker magazine has published the list top ranked banks in Africa under many categories. The Top 10 African banks by Profit in the full year of 2011 are shown in the table below: Click to enlarge Source: The Banker South African banks dominate the list taking 6 of the 10 …
The global financial crisis and the ongoing European fiscal crisis have exposed the differences in strength of major banks in Europe. As the banking landscape has significantly changed in recent years, investors are trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. Accordingly strong and well-run banks will be preferred by investors while the weaker banks …
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