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BV Swagath

US Federal Reserve Board approves $66bn BB&T, SunTrust merger

The US Federal Reserve Board has conditionally approved North Carolina-based BB&T’s $66bn merger with rival bank holding company SunTrust Banks…

Bank of Ireland successfully raises €650m of long term unsecured funding

Bank of Ireland Group (‘BOIG’) announced that it has raised €650 million of HoldCo Senior Unsecured funding with a maturity…

HSBC Bank USA now offers business clients the ability to send and receive payments in real time

HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (HSBC) announced today the launch of real-time payments capabilities on the RTP network that allow business…

SIX Group offers to acquire Spanish bourse BME for €2.84bn

SIX Group, a Swiss financial markets infrastructure operator, has offered to acquire 100% of Spanish bourse Bolsas y Mercados Españoles…

Mama Money improves financial control with Duco reconciliation platform

Duco, the global leader of cloud-based enterprise data integrity and next-generation reconciliation services today announced that Mama Money, the world’s…

London high court dismisses lawsuit over Lloyds’ takeover of HBOS

Lloyds Banking Group has prevailed over a group of former Lloyds TSB shareholders in a multi-million-pound lawsuit against it relating…

Boost Payment Solutions collaborates with J.P. Morgan to offer fully integrated automated payments

Boost Payment Solutions, Inc., the leader in optimizing the use and acceptance of commercial cards, announced today a strategic collaboration…

Facebook launches new integrated payment service Facebook Pay

Facebook has launched a new integrated payment service feature called Facebook Pay in the US to enable transfer of money…

DBS and Google to integrate DBS PayLah! with GPay services

DBS today announced plans to launch Google Pay services with DBS PayLah! by early 2020. DBS’ collaboration with Google includes…

Advisor Group to acquire US financial services firm Ladenburg for $1.3bn

Advisor Group, a US-based wealth management company, has agreed to acquire Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services for around $1.3bn. As per…