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Societe Generale and Credit Agricole shares rally as French banks beat profit forecasts
The French banks both outstripped analysts’ expectations, causing their share prices to surgeMarketWatch - Business -
Standard Chartered posted a rise in first-quarter net profit due to higher trading income, despite lower earnings from the bank's lending business.
Standard Chartered posted a rise in first-quarter net profit due to higher trading income, despite lower earnings from the bank’s lending business.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Credit Agricole to Meet Targets Early
Credit Agricole posted a rise in first-quarter earnings that beat expectations on revenue growth across all its businesses and said it would reach its medium-term targets by the end of this year.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Norges Bank Holds Rates, Hints at Later Cut
Norway’s central bank held its key policy rate at 4.5% and reiterated that it was likely to stay at that level for some time, as high wage growth and a weak krone keep inflation elevated.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Danske Bank Outlook on Track as Demand Sustained
Danske Bank backed its full-year guidance after reporting in-line first-quarter earnings on good demand for its products, efficiency gains and strong credit quality.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Norges Bank Could Be Attempting to Shore Up The Krone
Norges Bank’s statement that rates could be held at current levels “for some time ahead” seems like an attempt to shore up the krone and keep downward pressure on imported inflation, Ballinger Group said.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Agustín Carstens: ‘the Basel regime has been very good for the banks’
The BIS head on making global banking betterFinancial Times - World -
A Justice Department probe into TD Bank's internal controls focuses on how Chinese crime groups and drug traffickers used the Canadian lender to launder money from U.S. fentanyl sales.
A Justice Department probe into TD Bank’s internal controls focuses on how Chinese crime groups and drug traffickers used the Canadian lender to launder money from U.S. fentanyl sales.The Wall Street Journal - World