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Nine EU states could still adopt the euro. But why would they?

Euronews examines whether the benefits of Economic and Monetary Union have been overlooked since the eurozone crisis began.

Business Series

Barclays boss reprimanded over whistleblower probe

British financial regulators are investigating Barclays Chief Executive Jes Staley and the bank over attempts to identify a whistleblower employee.

Economy

Ukraine's central bank governor quits

Ukraine's Central Bank governor Valeria Gontareva has resigned in a blow to reform plans for its battered corruption-plagued economy.

Economy

ECB boss Draghi squashes rate rise speculation

The head of the European Central Bank has moved to end speculation that the ECB will be raisng interest rates sooner rather than later.

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Economy

Trump promises "major haircut" for banking regulations

The financial crisis of 2008 led to Barack Obama passing a massive piece of consumer protection legislation governing the banks. Now Donald Trump says the rules are bad for the economy, and he wants t

Economy

ECB reboots 50 euro note with tougher security features

The ECB launches a new 50 euro banknote today claiming it will be harder to forge, and says evidence suggests Europe's single currency is proving hard for criminals to corrupt.

Economy

Bank of England to 'stress test' banks as Article 50 day looms

Bank of England calls for Article 50 stress tests

World News

Use of tax havens by European banks revealed

Oxfam concluded that 20 major European banks make a quarter of their profits, or 25 billion euros in low tax jurisdictions.

Economy

Russian central bank confounds forecasts with interest rate cut

Russian interest rates have fallen to 9.5% on the back of better inflation data.

Business Series

HSBC to hire 1000 new staff in China

Despite slowing Chinese growth HSBC still sees it as a solid bet and will hire a further 1000 staff this year.

USA

Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller dies at 101

Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller has died at the age of 101.

Markets

Deutsche Bank: share sale details cause price slump

Shares of Germany's biggest banks fell sharply in value after it announced details of the sale of new shares needed to increase its capital reserves.

Economy

Federal Reserve raises benchmark interest rate to 1.0 percent

The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the second time in three months, a move spurred by steady economic growth and strong job gains.

Business Series

HSBC names AIA's Mark Tucker as new chairman

Experienced Asia hand Mark Tucker is to take over as chairman of HSBC at the start of October replacing Douglas Flint.

Economy

European Central Bank defends continued eurozone stimulus

European Central Bank pledges to keep its aggressive stimulus policy for now but signals less need to prop up eurozone growth and inflation.

Business Series

Deutsche Bank seeking eight billion euros from new share sale

The past troubles at Germany's biggest bank mean it is asking investors to buy an additional eight billion euros worth of new shares.

Business Series

Royal Bank of Scotland makes a loss for ninth straight year

Royal Bank of Scotland - the subject of the world's biggest bank rescue - has announced losses of 6.96 billion pounds (8.2 billion euros) for 2016.

Business Series

HSBC's profits plunge dragging down share price

Europe's biggest bank HSBC saw annual pre-tax profit slump 62 percent with hefty writedowns and warned its revenues could fall again this year.

Business Series

Credit Suisse announces big losses, more job cuts

Credit Suisse says its 2016 losses were 2.44 billion Swiss francs, it plans to cut up to 6,500 more jobs this year.

Markets

Italy's UniCredit selling 13 billion euros of new shares

Italy's biggest bank UniCredit is selling 13 billion euros of new shares to rebuild its capital reserves following writedowns on bad loans.