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Swiss Bankers Respond To Privacy Initiative
May 25th, 2015
The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) has published a new report on the “Yes to the protection of privacy” initiative, which criticizes plans to enshrine bank-client confidentiality in the federal constitution. The “Yes to the protection of privacy” initiative was ...
BNY Mellon to pay $180 million to settle foreign exchange lawsuit
May 22nd, 2015
Bank of New York Mellon Corp will pay $180 million to settle a foreign exchange-related putative class action lawsuit, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. The world’s No.1 custody bank expects to record a pretax charge ...
Signing of the third Bilateral Swap Arrangement between Japan and Singapore
May 21st, 2015
1. The Bank of Japan, acting as the agent for the Minister of Finance of Japan, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore signed the third Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) on May 21, 2015. The arrangement will enable the authorities ...
Law Firm Survey: Financial Services Professionals Reveals Widespread Disregard for Ethics
May 20th, 2015
Efforts to Reform Wall Street and Fleet Street May be Faltering Labaton Sucharow LLP, which established the nation’s first practice exclusively dedicated to representing SEC whistleblowers, today announced the results of its collaborative survey with the University of Notre ...
Sarao Loses Bail Appeal as Judge Says He Is a ‘Flight Risk’
May 20th, 2015
Navinder Singh Sarao lost a bid to secure bail while he fights extradition to the U.S. on market-manipulation charges as a judge said the 36-year-old trader was a clear flight risk. Judge Ross Cranston refused to remove or reduce ...
UBS to Plead Guilty on Libor, Fined by Fed in Currency Probe
May 20th, 2015
UBS Group AG said its main unit will plead guilty to fraud in the U.S. for manipulating benchmark interest rates and pay $203 million in fresh fines after the Swiss bank violated an agreement that had allowed it to ...
Greece, Troika Talking Through Single VAT Rate
May 14th, 2015
Greece is under pressure to adopt a single rate of value-added tax, in ongoing talks with the troika of international lenders. The International Monetary Fund has proposed that Greece should adopt a value-added tax rate of 18 percent, which ...
U.S. contacts UK FX trader over Bank of England meeting – source
May 14th, 2015
London The U.S Department of Justice has requested an interview with a senior London-based currency trader who attended a meeting with Bank of England officials three years ago that ultimately became pivotal to a global investigation into allegations of ...
Bank parents or main units seen pleading guilty over FX: sources
May 12th, 2015
The parent companies or main banking units of as many as five major banks, rather than their smaller subsidiaries, are expected to plead guilty to U.S. criminal charges over manipulation of foreign exchange rates, people familiar with the matter ...
IMF Works With Bank Regulators on Contingency Plans for Greek Default
May 11th, 2015
Discussions with authorities in southeastern Europe aimed at girding for potential failure of bailout talks The International Monetary Fund is working with national authorities in southeastern Europe on contingency plans for a Greek default, a senior fund official said—a ...
