Albania’s leader pushes dream of first cashless society
TIRANA, Albania — In a country where cash is king, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s ambition to make Albania go without…
Category: Banking
How a failed Italian bank merger exposed the EU’s struggle to enforce its economic vision
Italy’s recent crackdown on a major banking merger has exposed a growing protectionist backlash over the EU’s efforts to unify…
Two visions of European finance clash at elite Italian banking gathering
MILAN — On a Friday morning under the boiling Lombard sun, the old men of Italian banking descended on the…
EU resurrects banking practice that caused the 2008 financial crisis
BRUSSELS — The European Union wants to breathe new life into a financial practice most commonly associated with causing the…