Sydney - Westpac Banking Corporation, one of Australia's Big Four high street banks, is in merger talks with fifth-placed St George Bank, and a marriage would create Australia's largest financial s

New York - Citigroup, hit

Frankfurt - Leading German retail bank Postbank AG reported Thursday a 19-per-cent drop in first-quarter earnings as a result of writedowns linked to the US subprime mortgage market crisis.

Munich - Germany's HVB banking group said Thursday it had slum

Vienna - Austria's largest bank, Bank Aust