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  • Warner Bros to snub Paramount’s takeover in favour of Netflix

    Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is preparing to urge shareholders to reject a $108bn (£81bn) hostile takeover bid from Paramount, after one of its key financial backers pulled out of the deal. Affinity Partners, the investment firm owned by Jared Kushner, said it would no longer support Paramount’s offer, citing a shift in circumstances. “The dynamics [...]

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  • TSB’s profit soars ahead of Santander takeover

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    Profit at high street unit TSB Bank soared in the third quarter as the lender readied the ground for its blockbuster takeover by Santander. The bank’s pre-tax profit hit £271m for the first nine months of the year – a 38.2 per cent jump from the same period in 2024. It came as the bank [...]

    TSB bank's new chief executive has officially taken the role.
  • Barclay family’s Very Group snapped up by US private equity giant

    Retail

    Online retailer The Very Group has been snapped up by a US private equity giant, ending an over 20 year tenure of ownership under the Barclay family. The group will now be controlled by Washington-based Carlyle alongside Abu Dhabi-based investment fund International Media Investments (IMI). It marks the latest offshoring of businesses for the Barclay [...]

    The billionaire Barclay family is rumoured to be plotting a sale of their online retail and financial service business Very Group. 
  • Allica Bank makes major acquisition as it eyes £1bn SME lending goal

    October 22, 2025

    Allica Bank is set to announce a fresh acquisition as the firm looks to beef up its lending capacity for small businesses, City AM can reveal.  The digital bank has snapped up London-based fintech Kriya, which specialises in embedded finance and business loans. The takeover, set to be announced on Wednesday, marks Allica’s third acquisition [...]

  • HSBC shares sink on play to take control of Hong Kong bank

    October 9, 2025

    HSBC shares tumbled on Thursday morning as the bank laid out plans to suspend its buyback program in order to buy out minority shareholders in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Baak. The FTSE 100 banking juggernaut has offered to pay HK$155 per share for the 36 per cent not already owned by the bank. The proposal [...]

  • Lloyds: FTSE 100 giant’s slow wealth progress sparks takeover talk 

    October 7, 2025

    Lloyds’ “slow” progress in wealth management has sparked talks of a potential takeover as the banking titan looks to beef up its offering for high net worth individuals. The FTSE 100 giant exited the area in 2013 as part of a simplification drive after the financial crisis, with the reduction of its stake in St [...]

  • Santander UK boss to exit ahead of TSB merger

    October 3, 2025

    The chief executive of Santander UK announced his exit from the banking giant on Friday ahead of the firm’s landmark takeover of TSB. Mike Regnier said he will exit in the first quarter of 2026 after stating it was his intention to “move on after 4-5 years” due to “other interests [he] would like to [...]

  • Atom chair: Big banks don’t know their role in economic growth 

    August 20, 2025

    The chair of digital bank Atom has slammed Britain’s banking giants for failing to drive the country’s economic ambitions.  Lee Rochford, who had tenures at Virgin Money, RBS and BNP before Atom, said it was “increasingly unclear what role [top banks] are playing in driving better customer outcomes or supporting UK economic growth”. Chancellor Rachel [...]

  • Starling Bank snaps up UK fintech firm in small business push

    August 19, 2025

    Starling Bank has snapped up its UK fintech peer Ember in a bid to ramp up its services for small business customers. The London-based firm said as part of the takeover, Ember’s tax and bookkeeping software will be built into Starling’s app and online bank. The deal, which Starling did not disclose the price of, [...]

  • Aviva’s profit soars ahead of merger with Direct Line

    August 14, 2025

    Aviva posted a profit jump for the first half of the year after strong growth across its wealth and insurance divisions. The company’s operating profit climbed 22 per cent to just north of £1bn – topping the £875m netted in the first half of 2024. This comes after Aviva completed its £3.7bn takeover of rival [...]

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