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The ECB has extended its recommendation to euro zone banks not to pay dividends until the end of the year

ECB extends dividend ban, capital relief for euro banks

Business / 28 Jul

Euro zone banks are likely to tighten credit standards in the next three months, the European Central Bank has said

Euro zone banks expect to tighten credit access in Q3

Business / 14 Jul

BNP's results underperformed those of European rivals such as Barclays and UBS which both had a bumper quarter for trading

BNP Paribas profit falls 33% on expected loan losses

Business / 05 May

Euro zone banks recorded a surge in emergency credit demand from corporate clients in the first three months of 2020

Euro zone firms rush for emergency loans - ECB survey

Business / 28 Apr

Banks are on the front line in a battle to keep cash-starved businesses alive

Euro zone banks axe dividends to build virus war chest

Business / 30 Mar

Six euro zone banks have been told by the ECB to shore up their balance sheets or face tighter controls

Six euro zone banks fall short of ECB capital demands

Business / 28 Jan

European Central Bank vice president Luis de Guindos said that low interest rates will continue squeezing euro zone banks' profitability in the foreseeable future

Low rates to keep sapping bank profits - ECB

Business / 18 Nov 19

Luis de Guindos is the vice-president of the European Central Bank

De Guindos questions strength of banks' capital buffers

Business / 06 Nov 19

The ECB said in a regular risk assessment that conditions in the euro zone banking sector have deteriorated

Weak euro zone bank profits could take fresh hit - ECB

Business / 07 Oct 19

The ECB today highlighted a long list of vulnerabilities facing the euro zone, including property bubbles, high government debt and Brexit

ECB worries about weak banks, property bubbles & Brexit

Business / 29 May 19

Credit standards tightened by 3% between January and March, euro zone lenders told the European Central Bank

Euro zone banks toughen rules for mortgage borrowers

Business / 09 Apr 19

Most of the 119 banks under ECB supervision had way more Core Equity Tier 1 capital than demanded by supervisors

Euro zone bank falls short of ECB capital requirements

Business / 08 Apr 19

Around 100 banks will pass under the supervisors' microscope in a new round of stress tests

ECB to probe banks' cash stamina in new stress tests

Business / 06 Feb 19

The EU claims the banks colluded to distort competition when acquiring and selling euro zone government bonds in periods from 2007 to 2012

EU accuses 8 banks of forming euro zone bond cartel

Business / 31 Jan 19

Euro zone countries created the fund, and the Single Resolution Board that runs it, in 2014

Euro zone bank fund holds €25 billion after four years

Business / 24 Jul 18

ECB President Mario Draghi said that euro zone banks continue to face some key challenges

ECB finds €10 billion problem in banks' loan books

Business / 26 Mar 18

New guidance tells banks how the ECB expects them to deal with new cases of loans going bad

ECB issues guidance on how to deal with bad loans

Business / 15 Mar 18

EU banks are reducing the amount of non-performing loans on their balance sheets but they still account for €910 billion

EU Commission proposes stricter rules for bad loans

Business / 14 Mar 18

The ECB expects banks on its watch to hold capital worth 10.6% of their risk-weighed assets

One large euro zone bank short of capital - ECB

Business / 18 Dec 17

The ECB is preparing to start cutting back its monetary stimulus after years of ultra-low interest rates and massive bond purchases

51 euro zone banks vulnerable to rate shocks - ECB

Business / 09 Oct 17

Some euro zone banks are "in denial" about their problems with unpaid loans, says the ECB's Daniele Nouy

Some euro zone banks 'in denial' about bad loans - Nouy

Business / 19 May 17

Non-performing loans now amount to €1 trillion, or 5.4% of all bank loans in Europe

EU finance ministers to ponder Europe's bad-loans

Business / 05 Apr 17

Rome decided late last year to salvage Monte dei Paschi after a plan to raise capital in the markets failed

Finance chiefs to look at legality of Monte rescue

Business / 13 Jan 17

Bank of International Settlements cautions on the payment of dividends

Euro zone banks should skip dividends to up loans

Business / 07 Apr 16

Daniele Nouy is the head of the ECB's regulatory arm

Only handful of big banks miss capital requirement

Business / 10 Nov 15

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