Despite an openness to cross-border mergers, Germany has pushed back against talk of the Italian lender UniCredit’s acquiring ...

A political crisis at home threatens further pain for Germany's car, banking and energy industries, as they grapple with an ...

German state-backed lender Commerzbank must be fully privatised, but the government is in no hurry, German Finance Minister ...

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany is working to frustrate a possible takeover of one of its biggest banks by an Italian rival, a stance that pits Berlin against Rome and Europe's regulators ...

The largest shareholder of Commerzbank, the Berlin administration retains a 12% stake after rescuing the lender during the ...

Not only was there a political bang in the US yesterday, but also in Germany late last night. After Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the so-called “Ampelkoalition” (a ...

A spokesman for the German Finance Ministry denied that a law was coming that would impose tougher obligations on investors ...

Germany plans to hire a bank to advise on what to do with its remaining Commerzbank AG stake, according to people familiar ...

substantiating Commerzbank’s growth ambitions in this segment. The relevant skill sets and highly specialised departments will be brought together in a separate division. In addition to the existing ...

People close to the government also said trust between Berlin and UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel had nearly collapsed. They pointed to Orcel's surprise move on Commerzbank, including using derivatives ...