Crisis and banks: thousands of layoffs to come

The financial crisis has reduced the profitability and margins of banks, partly guilty of irresponsibly riding the wave of creative finance, but also afflicted by a productivity deficit and technological innovation that make them, especially in the case…
Spain: request for EU aid for banks "soon".

A spokesman for the Spanish Ministry of Economy announces that Madrid is about to ask for the payment of a first tranche of the 100 billion aid package made available by the Eurogroup - The first institution to receive funds will be Bankia - In…
Spain, "soon" aid for Bankia

Sources from the European Commission confirmed that a first tranche of aid could be sent sooner than expected to the Government of Madrid in the event that "a Spanish bank cannot wait for the first disbursement expected in November".
Spain: Bankia peak, spread sky high

Government sources quoted by the newspaper El Pais let it be known that the Spanish Executive could recapitalize Bankia through the contribution of government bonds that could be used as collateral to receive loans from the ECB - Spread between Bonos and Bund to…
Spain, two disasters: Bankia and Catalonia

The Bankia bailout will cost the Spaniards more than 20 billion euros, which adds up to those (heavy) already invested in other entities that would have been better off bankrupt - The crisis in Catalonia demonstrates the failure of Spanish federalism,…