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Demand for loans in the euro zone is increasing, the ECB notes

Banks show signs of relaxing loan conditions - ECB

Europe's battered financial sector is showing further signs of healing and conditions for bank loans are easing while demand for loans is picking up, an ECB survey shows.

Business • 29 Oct 14

Dexia was found to have a capital shortfall of €339.4m at the end of 2013

2 Belgian banks fail, but no new measures needed

Franco-Belgian lender Dexia and AXA Bank Europe have both failed the European Central Bank's stress test.

Business • 26 Oct 14

Mortgage financing vehicle Caisse de Refinancement de l'Habitat was the only one of 13 French banks to fail the tests

French banks pass health check except CRH

The results of a European Central bank assessment gave most French lenders a clean bill of health.

Business • 26 Oct 14

Test results will 'boost public confidence in the banking sector,' ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio said

ECB says 25 banks fail health check of the sector

The 25 euro zone banks that failed the ECB's landmark health check of the banking sector had a capital shortfall of €25 billion at the end of last year.

Business • 28 Oct 14

Mortgage arrears and a large number of tracker mortgages have weakened Permanent TSB's finances

PTSB 'making progress' ahead of ECB test results

Permanent TSB says it is making “continued progress” towards profitability, with mortgage lending up strongly and impairments falling.

Business • 24 Oct 14

Permanent TSB set to fail ECB stress tests

Bank of Ireland and AIB are set to pass the latest series of stress tests carried out by the European Central Bank, but Permanent TSB has reportedly failed.

News • 24 Oct 14

Michael Noonan says Permanent TSB won't need further state assistance

PTSB can raise private capital if needed - Noonan

Permanent TSB is strong enough to raise capital from private investors and will not require further state assistance if it encounters problems in European stress tests, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said.

Business • 15 Oct 14

European banks have undertaken measures to fortify themselves for the ECB's assessment, top Bundesbank man says

ECB bank checks 'already a success'

A review of banks' health led by the ECB can be considered a success before they are completed as banks have raised around €200 billion in preparation, a top Bundesbank official said.

Business • 13 Oct 14

The tests will reveal whether Europe's banks need to raise more capital for losses they have already incurred and future crises

Bank test results set for October 26 - sources

The results of Europe's most comprehensive ever review of its banks' health will be announced on Sunday October 26, sources have told Reuters.

Business • 17 Sep 14

Banks will have just two weeks to come up with plans to fix any capital shortfalls

ECB details plan for bank stress test results

The European Central Bank has laid out plans to publish a trove of data on individual banks - ranging from measures of their leverage to a standard level of non-performing loans - when it completes a landmark review.

Business • 17 Jul 14

ECB to brief Europe's banks next week on asset quality tests

ECB to meet banks on health check disclosures

The European Central Bank will brief Europe's banks next week on its plan for disclosing the results of a landmark asset quality review.

Business • 04 Jul 14

ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny fears stress tests will be too tough

'Europe bank stress tests may be too tough'

Stress tests being conducted on major European banks before the ECB takes on supervising them late this year may end up being too tough, Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny has said.

Business • 16 Jun 14

Germany's biggest lender details plans for the second-biggest capital increase in its history

Deutsche Bank turns to Qatar in big capital hike

Deutsche Bank is turning to the Qatari royal family in a bid to raise €8 billion in fresh funding and assuage fears over its capital strength.

Business • 19 May 14

Banks need to show they can deal with a 2.1% drop in economic output, a 20% drop in house prices and a sharp rise in unemployment over three years

EU reveals details of banking stress tests

European banks must show they can survive simultaneous routs in bonds, property and stocks in the toughest test to date by the European Banking Authority.

News • 29 Apr 14

Estimates of the capital shortfall ion euro zone banks range from €280 billion to as much as €770 billion

ECB details criteria for upcoming bank tests

The European Central Bank will press banks to revalue their assets and take a more realistic view on likely losses when it probes their balance sheets in coming months.

Business • 11 Mar 14

ECB set to reveal how it will define euro zone banks' bad loans

ECB to reveal bad loan hurdles for bank tests?

The EBC's stance on how bad loans are defined will be one of the biggest revelations to the euro zone's largest banks when it details tomorrow how it will test balance sheets.

Business • 11 Mar 14

ECB's asset quality review is being finalised this month

ECB warns bank stress tests will be 'demanding'

The European Central Bank has said its bank asset quality review (AQR) will treat all loans with arrears of more than 90 days as non-performing.

Business • 03 Feb 14

Mario Draghi said the impending stress tests would make it easier for viable banks to access finance

Unviable banks will be shut down - Draghi

Banks that are found to be unviable by a European Central Bank asset quality review and stress tests this year should be shut down, ECB President Mario Draghi has said.

Business • 24 Jan 14

Michael Noonan says Ireland does not want to be seen as a special case any longer

Noonan to resist pressure for early bank tests

Ireland will not allow its banks to be treated differently to others in Europe, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said today.

Business • 02 May 13

Spanish banks require €59.3bn fresh capital

Stress tests have indicated Spanish banks require €59.3bn in fresh capital.

News • 28 Sep 12

<p>Pensions and insurance policies safe at IL&

Irish Life and Permanent is expected to face selling its profitable life and pensions operation but this will not affect pension or insurance policy holders

Business • 18 Aug 11

Stress Tests