Net income rose 2.7% from a year earlier to 73.9 billion yen in the three months ended March 31. Nomura Holdings cemented a second straight year of record profit, fuelLed by Japan’s financial-market recovery, even after fourth-quarter results missed analysts’...
Emirates NBD, Dubai’s largest bank by assets, said net profit rose for the first quarter of 2026, supported by higher lending and deposit growth. Net earnings rose 3 percent to AED6.4 billion ($1.7 billion) in the quarter, compared to AED6.2bn...
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), one of the world’s largest financial institutions, said its operating income increased by 6% yoy to AED9.34 billion ($2.54 billion) for the first quarter of 2026, while operating profit rose by 5% yoy to...
Revenue from the analytics segment rose 8% to US$926 million. Ratings agency Moody’s reported a rise in first-quarter profit, driven by strong demand for its research and analytics products, and raised its 2026 earnings forecast. Strong bond issuance helped support Moody’s...
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are likely to remain strained up to the end of 2027 due to disruptions and infrastructure damage from the US-Iran war, the International Energy Agency said today. Energy prices have soared since Tehran effectively closed...
More than 50 banks back changes that rely on existing systems. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) plans to raise transparency in cross‑border payments through a payment framework that clarifies fees and tracking without requiring banks to build...
Amid geopolitical developments and resulting uncertainties, energy prices remain elevated and exhibit notable volatility, Turkish Central Bank says. The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye has kept its policy interest rate, or one-week repo rate, constant at 37% on...
Net interest income grew 8%. ICICI Bank beat estimates, reporting a profit after tax of $1.46b (IND137b) for Q4 FY2026, lifted by lower credit costs, said InCred Equities. Core performance was broadly in line, with a healthy net interest income (NII)...
But fee income growth is slower than expected. HDFC Bank saw its profit after tax grow 9% year-on-year (YoY) to $2.04b (INR192b) in Q4 FY2026, lifted by a better-than-expected treasury income and lower-than-expected credit costs. Treasury income was $85.04m (INR8b), compared...
Bank Indonesia held its benchmark interest rate for a seventh straight meeting and said it was ready to do more to stabilise the rupiah and inflation outlook from the impact of the Middle East conflict. The central bank held the...
