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RBC shakes up bankers' pay structure

Royal Bank of Canada is shaking things up for its bankers, not by changing management but by adopting a new pay model.


Finance Layoffs: Wells Fargo, RBC and more

The latest rumors and reports of finance layoffs are at Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Hawaii and Wells Fargo.


Canadian banks could grow at RBS' expense

As Royal Bank of Scotland stumbles, Canada's leading banks may have their eyes on the U.K. firm's U.S. unit, Citizens Financial Group.


Canadian banks moving up the rankings

The credit crisis has strengthened the standing of Canada's banks as Royal Bank of Canada displaces Bank of America as North America's fourth-largest bank by market cap.


Canadian banks to be patient in the U.S.

Canadian banks say they are not looking at buying major institutions in the U.S. right now, preparing to keep their powder dry until the economy improves. ...


International Bank Watch: HSBC shares slip on rumors the bank needs capital

International stocks were mixed Tuesday as poor quarterly reports were expected from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and the Federal Reserve is expected to announce a rate cut. The Nikkei 225 Average fell 96.64 points to 8568.02, and the FTSEurofirst 300 index increased 29.26 points to 4306.82. HSBC Holdings plc was the hardest hit.  ...


International Bank Watch: Canadian bank stocks slip

Asian markets were mixed, while European markets were mostly positive on Tuesday. Japan's Nikkei 225 Average was up 66.8203 at 8395.87. The FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 97.55 at 4397.61. Financial stocks were mostly in the positive. ...


International Bank Watch: Canadian banks down on write-down rumors

International stocks slumped Monday. The Nikkei 225 Average closed down 1.4%, falling 115.0498 to 8,397.22, while the FTSEurofirst 300 index closed down 6.3%, or 222.52 lower, at 4,065.49. Financial stocks were ailing. ...


Canadian banks talk small deals

Canadian banks are talking about deals, though not necessarily the deals everyone has been expecting. The country's five big banks -- Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce -- have withstood the recent stock market carnage better than most of their U.S. competitors. And that has sparked speculation since the spring that one or two of them could do a major deal in the U.S. ...


Fuddy-duddy banks feast on their once flashy peers

Boring is beautiful in banking, and we should all be excited at the prospects of the world being populated soon by more boring bankers. There is a Darwinian process of natural selection taking place among banks now, and it is those financial fuddy-duddies in their pin-striped suits who are feasting on their once flashier peers....


International Bank Watch: Europe is in the red

Unlike U.S. banks, which for the most part started their day in the green, their international peers are deep in the red Friday. British banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc are taking the biggest beating, but European peers aren't faring much better. On the bright side, Canadian institutions on the list, Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank, are both in the green -- maybe because Canada's economy seems to be the only one bucking the crisis. - Matthew Wurtzel Troubled Wall Street Prices at 11:00 am EDT Name Open Price at 10:30 Change Mkt cap...


RBC the latest rumored Lehman suitor

While most eyes are on Asian banks as potential bidders for troubled Lehman Brothers Inc., apparently a bank to the north, Royal Bank of Canada, had considered a bid back in July, according to a Financial Times story. However, RBC was trigger shy, doubting Lehman's ability to shore up the $7 billion in credit-related write-downs and losses on its balance sheet, according to the FT, which cited an unnamed source. ...



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