Tag: banking
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Hili Group’s dip into Maltese banking with a stock purchase
The news that Hili Group is the buyer of Unicredit’s to% share of Bank of Valletta was met with a resounding silence by the usual expert commentators of finance in the mainstream press. This is a big event in the small world of local finance and for various reasons. Hili Group and one of Malta’s biggest…
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Historian of Malta’s banking sector, John Consiglio, passes away
John Consiglio, Malta’s foremost historian on Mata’s banking has passed away at age of 85. He started working with  Barclays Bank in 1958, and kept working for the bank after it changed to Mid-Med Bank and then also to HSBC Bank Malta. John Consiglio researched and wrote extensively about Malta’s history on banking and has…
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APS Bank posts lower earnings than 2023 for Q3: bank still has no direction and can’t explain what is doing
APS Bank has posted poor earnings yesterday for its third quarter of this year despite its grand ambitions to buy up HSBC Malta. Pre-tax profit for Q3 stood at €14.8 million, down from €23.6 million last year. The bank recorded decreasing profits from its lending activities in the backdrop of decreasing interest-rate environment. It made…
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Interesting finance, crypto and banking website rankings for Malta
Since I’m playing with my own SEO stats, I’ve checked the top-ranking finance and banking websites for Malta. Paypal is the absolute winner exceeding Bank of Valletta in website visits. Bank of Valletta tops the ranks among Maltese banks followed by HSBC. The top three visited banking and financial services providers in this order are:…
