Western Europe

From scandal to pandemic, Austria’s economy has had a long year.

Executives at banks across Europe are trading top posts with one another.

Technological savvy and a focus on entrepreneurs and business owners are helping Europe’s best private banks to weather the Covid-19 storm.

Global Finance names the 50 Safest Banks in Europe.

British Airways has become a political football, as rose-tinted nostalgia for a flagship brand often distorts the realities of aviation today and in the future.

From high growth to laggard status, Spain has felt the pandemic’s economic sting. Now, a budget crisis threatens its recovery.

UK Attorney General Suella Braverman supported the Johnson government’s attempt to backpedal on its 2019 withdrawal agreement with the EU.

The strong euro will dampen import prices, weighing on inflation, and will be a headwind for EU exporters. 

 The long-awaited consolidation of banks in Europe’s fragmented banking market has finally begun.

The governor of the Bank of Italy shares thoughts with Global Finance.

The Covid-19 crisis derailed Portugal’s economic comeback. Can stimulus, fiscal prudence and an attractive climate for retirees get it back on track?

France's new finance minister has his work cut out for him.

The five-year bond will enhance Henkel’s commitment to 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025.

This will challenge the continent’s two largest payment processing networks and supersede the existing fragmented landscape by providing a unified payment solution to consumers and merchants across Europe using a card and a digital wallet. 

This is the first occasion that a national court has declared an ECJ judgment invalid, and the ruling could therefore pose a threat to any uniform application of European Union law in future.

Sheltering in place is accelerating a shift in customer banking habits, and institutions are rising to meet the demand for digital innovation.

Based on a desire to avoid fragmentation in settlement procedures, the central bank will review and adjust the conditions under which it provides financial intermediaries with central bank money.

Europe's most illiberal democracy may no longer be a democracy.

The ECB announced that it will accept bonds below investment grade as collateral for its bank financing facility.

Andrew Bailey's had to deal with an unprecedented economic and public health crisis on day one of his new job.