Barclays' first-half profit rose by a better-than-expected 23%, the British bank said, as its markets business reaped bumper returns from the frenzied trading activity sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade tariffs. Pretax profit for the January-June period totalled 5.2...
HSBC Holdings reported a 26 per cent slide in first-half pretax profit on Wednesday, missing analyst estimates, as a US$2.1 billion impairment from its investment in Bank of Communications weighed. Europe’s largest bank posted a pretax profit of US$15.8 billion...
Japan's Nomura Holdings said first-quarter profit surged 52 per cent with its trading and investment banking divisions putting in a solid showing amid volatile global markets, while it also benefited from a one-off gain on a property sale. The results...
Net interest income and non-interest income both grew during the period. BDO Unibank, Inc. reported a net income of almost $708.66m (PHP40.6b) in H1 2025, up 3% from the same period in 2024. Earnings growth was tempered by continuing investments in...
Banks ready to weather headwinds from trade, geopolitical conflict. Despite an array of challenges to their profits and capital strength, the big European banks remain well-armed to face the headwinds posed by ongoing global trade disruptions and geopolitical conflicts, says...
Germany’s largest lender’s profit in the first half of the year is the highest since 2007. Deutsche Bank returned to a better-than-expected profit in the second quarter from a loss a year ago as trading earnings helped offset mixed results...
Emirates NBD’s income surged 12% to AED23.9 billion ($6.51 billion) in the first half of 2025 on strong loan growth, regional expansion and innovative product offering. Lending increased by AED41 billion (8%) in the first half of 2025, fuelled by...
Statutory profit before tax for the first six months of the year was £3.5 billion. Lloyds Banking Group reported its profit for the first half of the year rose 5 per cent, beating analysts’ forecasts, as income grew even as...
The UAE’s banking sector expanded modestly in April, with total banking assets rising to 4.75 trillion dirhams ($1.29 trillion), driven by higher lending and a sharp increase in non-resident deposits. According to data from the Central Bank of the UAE,...
Global coal demand is likely to remain broadly unchanged this year and next, despite short-term fluctuations across several major markets in the first half of 2025, according to the IEA’s latest update on the sector. The Coal Mid-Year Update shows...
