Plans underway by Angela Merkel’s Chancellory could see the power to deal with struggling banks move from national to European level.
A former senior executive at Bankia is to receive a 14-million payoff in a move that will cause controversy beyond the country’s borders.
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/ 3 February 2012
FormerRoyal Bank of Scotland boss stripped of his knighthood after its collapse under his stewardship.
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/ 29 November 2010
Doubts were raised about whether the Europe-wide "stress tests" of more than 90 banks published in July had been thorough enough.