Agreement with RBS confirms BNP Paribas’ commitment to Cash Management and Trade Finance in Europe and internationally
July 2nd, 2015
BNP Paribas has been selected by RBS to act as the ‘referral bank’ for its Cash Management and Trade Finance clients affected by the latter’s decision earlier this year to focus its transaction services business on its home market ...
Barclays brokers sniff at Stifel, jump to Merrill
July 1st, 2015
BofA has added 15 ex-Barclays advisers in the past month and recently picked up a $750 million team in Texas Fifteen advisers, including most recently a team in Texas managing $750 million in assets, have fled Barclays Plc U.S. ...
Winners and losers emerge from fragmented FX swap rules
June 30th, 2015
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has frequently warned that market fragmentation will continue and market transparency will be damaged as US and European regulators fail to reconcile their FX rule sets. Disharmony is most evident in relation ...
BTIG Prime Brokerage Adds Pershing as a Global Custodian and Clearing Broker
June 30th, 2015
Financial Services firm BTIG, LLC announced that: It has added Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, as a global custodian and clearing broker for BTIG’s multi-custodial and clearing Prime Brokerage platform. With this new relationship in place, BTIG provides ...
Amazon to offer loans to sellers in China, 7 other countries
June 30th, 2015
Amazon.com Inc will launch its business loan program for small sellers later this year in eight more countries including China, where credit is becoming a key factor in competing for new vendors and grabbing market share. Until now, the e-retailer ...
Greece Risk May Pose Black Swan Dangers for Emerging Markets
June 30th, 2015
Here we go again. A flight to haven assets has begun as Greece’s economy faces a tailspin, sparking concern defaults and bank collapses could spill over to other European nations, and impose a global impact. This time, though, Europe ...
Many Italian banks fail to start trading Monday
June 29th, 2015
Several Italian banks failed to start trading on Monday as fears over a Greek debt default induced many investors to shed peripheral stocks, including Italian, with banks suffering the most. Sales orders on Italian stocks, in particular financial stocks, ...
Bank of Israel imposed financial sanctions on an Israel bank regarding prohibition on Money Laundering and Terror Financing
June 29th, 2015
The Bank of Israel has issued a press release to inform that: On June 28, 2015, the Banking Corporations Sanctions Committee regarding the prohibition on money laundering and terror financing decided to impose a financial sanction of NIS 4.2 ...
Top Stories of the day June 26
June 26th, 2015
1. Citigroup Inc (C.N) will combine its retail banking and mortgage operations under Jonathan Larsen, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters, in the second senior promotion for a veteran of the bank’s Asian franchise this year. The ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
