BNP Paribas Lifts Midterm Targets
The eurozone's largest lender in terms of assets is banking on cost-cutting and profit-boosting initiatives to drive growth.
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BBVA Profit Rises on Loan Growth
The Spanish bank, which also operates in Mexico, South America and Turkey, reported a 4.1% increase in net profit.
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Danske Bank Launches Buyback After Ending 2025 on High Note
The Danish bank said it would launch a new $712 million share buyback and pay out an increased dividend after earnings came in above guidance.
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Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on BNP Paribas, BBVA, Santander and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services.
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7 Bank Stocks With Solid-and Growing-Dividends
Banks' dividends are growing at a good clip and, more important, their fundamentals look solid.
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AI Threatens a Wall Street Cash Cow: Financial and Legal Data
Stock market losses highlighted the expanding threat of AI-driven disruption for financial services and the sector's white-collar professionals.
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Brookfield Sees AI as Fuel for Growth, Not Decline
The infrastructure investor's newly elevated CEO Connor Teskey deflected concerns rocking software makers and their private-equity backers.
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UBS Shares Fall After Money Outflows Hit U.S. Wealth-Management Business
The unit brought in $8.5 billion in net new assets last quarter, a sharp drop compared with $38 billion in the previous quarter.
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How UnitedHealth's Comeback Ran Aground
UnitedHealth Group's latest selloff is one more painful moment in a run of tough times for the stock.
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Spain's Santander Launches Buyback Alongside Earnings Beat
The lender reported a 15% rise in net profit for the last quarter of 2025 and approved a €5 billion share-buyback program.
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Ares Capital Reports Earnings With Private Credit Under Pressure
Private-credit stocks have been weighed down by worries over their loans to software firms. Investors are anxious to learn the latest on their loan portfolios.
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Credit Agricole Profit Slides on Banco BPM Stake Consolidation
The French lender's profit was down 39% from the year-ago period as a charge linked to its stake in Banco BPM overshadowed growth across its business.
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Zurich Insurance Reaches $11 Billion Deal to Buy U.K. Insurer Beazley
The Swiss insurer has been courting Beazley since last year and in January went public with several offers that were turned down.
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Recently Formed BayHawk Capital Raises $616 Million for Debut Fund
The final tally collected by the roughly two-year-old Boston firm exceeded a $475 million goal.
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Hundreds of Swiss Bank Accounts With Suspected Nazi Links Found by Investigators
The revelations come as Swiss bank UBS uses a legal fight to curb Jewish groups from reopening a decades-old settlement.
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