All articles by Imogen Rayfield

Imogen Rayfield

Banco Santander invests in iZettle

Banco Santander, the largest bank in Europe by market capitalisation, is to invest €5m ($6.6m) into Swedish mobile payments company iZettle.

Metro Bank’s lending increases but remains far behind deposits

Metro Bank has tripled its lending to businesses in the last year.

Banks embrace mobile wallets

A survey has found that an increasing number of banks believe the mobile wallet adds value to the mobile banking system.

Global banks brand values bounce back

The eighth annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study compiled by Millward Brown shows global banks increased their brand value by 23% in 2012, making the banking sector the second-fastest growing industry vertical

Nationwide to deploy NCR solution

Nationwide Building Society is to deploy the NCR Skimming Protection Solution (SPS) across 424 of its cash machines in the UK.

Fragmented regulation could hold NFC back warns ACMA

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) have warned that existing regulation could hold back NFC development and adoption in Australia.

Facebook poll by CommBank shows customer views on NetBank

A poll conducted by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) on its Facebook page has revealed choosing and changing card PINs is the most popular feature on NetBank.

Ulster Bank to introduce account charges

Ulster Bank is to join several other major Irish banks by introducing current account charges from the beginning of July.

RBS to shut branches in India

The Royal Bank of Scotland is to close 23 of its 31 branches in India after an agreement to sell its Indian retail and commercial banking assets to HSBC fell through.

Further job losses at Lloyds banking group

Lloyds Banking Group, the fourth-largest UK bank by assets, is to axe 850 jobs with the closure of an office in Essex.