Former fund manager Neil Woodford has called UK banks “absurdly cheap”, with British lenders featuring prominently in the stockpicker’s controversial new investment platform.

Investec retains its crown as the best-performing bank in the UK, boosted by a high return on assets. The bank, which is dual listed in London and Johannesburg, South Africa, posted a 1.23 per cent ...

Santander is set to acquire TSB Bank from Banco Sabadell in a £2.65bn deal that will see the Spanish lender become the third-largest bank in the UK by personal current account balances and ...

JPMorgan’s board approved a $50bn share repurchase plan, while Morgan Stanley reauthorised a multiyear buyback programme of up to $20bn with no set expiry. Last week’s stress test was a departure from ...

Compare growth and profitability metrics, drill into drivers behind performance, and benchmark banks by region, peer group, or custom lists. Track trends over time and gain deeper insights into ...

The 2025 list hasn’t yet fully seen the effects of US President Donald Trump’s trade disagreements, but fragmentation of ...

The sharp depreciation of the Mexican peso over the course of 2024, due to a mix of domestic and international political ...

Europe was home to around half of the bank mergers and acquisitions involving Top 1000 lenders in 2024. The largest European banking merger of 2024 was Nationwide’s acquisition of Virgin Money in the ...

Leading scores for operational efficiency and asset quality helped KB Financial Group take the top place in South Korea’s best-performing ranking. Second places for growth, profitability and return on ...

Sharia-compliant Alinma Bank is crowned Saudi Arabia’s best-performing bank. This success stems from the lender’s leading position in the soundness category, as well as second place in the leverage ...

Kuwaiti lenders have, in almost all instances, performed commendably in the Top 1000 World Banks ranking, with most institutions posting robust gains across key performance metrics. All five of the ...

Qatar Islamic Bank holds second place overall after topping the table last year, finishing just behind the leader. The bank leads in profitability, operational efficiency and return on risk, while ...