BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The role of the European Banking Authority must be beefed up beyond current plans to ensure that regulation of Europe's banks does not fragment into two competing systems, one of the architects of the reforms told a public hearing on Friday.Full story
PARIS (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for the bank to widen its range of policy tools. Full story
PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is looking into expanding its range of policy tools, while the U.S. central bank is mulling scaling back its support measures, highlighting the contrasting fortunes between the world's two biggest economic blocs. Full story
CNBC's Kelly Evans reports European shares were mixed ahead of policy decisions by the European Central Bank and the Bank of England.
The European Central Bank is ready to cut off emergency funding for the tiny island country if it doesn't reach a bailout deal by Monday. Martin Wolf, Financial Times, weighs in with the details.
CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera has the update on the European Central Bank's efforts to pressure the solvency of Cypriot banks.
CNBC's Rick Santell talks with Mark Grant, Southwest Securities about the Bank of England and European Central Bank's decision to leave interest rates unchanged.
CNBC's Kelly Evans reports on all the market moving events from Europe, as investors looked towards key rate decisions by the European Central Bank and Bank of England.
The new headquarters of the European Central Bank is pictured during a guided media tour in Frankfurt, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS CITYSPACE CONSTRUCTION)
A graffiti depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen outside a fence surrounding the construction site for the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS)
A combination of six pictures shows graffitis painted outside a fence surrounding the construction site for the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, May 16, 2013. TREUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A graffiti depicting European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen outside a fence surrounding the construction site for the new headquarters of the ECB in Frankfurt, May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
