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Two arrested in illegal bitcoin scheme
July 23rd, 2015
A West Palm Beach man is one of two individuals arrested by federal authorities Tuesday for operating an unlicensed money-transfer business that allegedly used bitcoins to launder cash for on-line criminals. Authorities arrested Anthony R. Murgio, 31, of West ...
Top banks pay $300 b on post-crisis litigation – as costs continue to rise
June 9th, 2015
The post-2010 legal and regulatory bills rose paid out by the top 16 banks in the world rose nearly 20 per cent in 2014 amidst signs that the charges might continue to be incurred, according to the CCP Research ...
Oil Sector May Not Cause Financial Apocalypse After All
May 7th, 2015
Across the oil patch, banks are starting to close off their exposure to some of the riskiest oil drillers. A new monthly survey from the Federal Reserve finds that banks that have issued loans to oil drillers are projecting some of ...
Wall Street falls ahead of first-quarter earnings
April 14th, 2015
Wall Street edged lower on Monday after two consecutive weeks of gains as fears increased that the strong dollar and lower oil prices will hurt US first-quarter earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 81 points, or 0.45%, to ...
No more weak links – elite law firms unite to fight cyber security threat
March 9th, 2015
It has long been a gripe among major clients – in particular banks – that law firms are the chink in the armour against the growing barrage of cyber attacks. In response, some of the world’s top law firms ...
All US banks pass first phase of ‘stress test’
March 6th, 2015
All 31 US banks have passed the first hurdle in the Federal Reserve’s latest round of annual “stress tests” to see how they would cope in the next economic crisis. The central bank said the banks had enough capital ...
Earnings Reports 2015: 10 largest U.S. companies
January 14th, 2015
Earnings Reports 2015 The beginning of January marks the start of Q4 earnings season. Among the first ones up this year include an aluminum producer, a tech giant, and a few massive banking firms. Here’s a look at six ...
FX: More scandals … less trust (Video)
November 19th, 2014
The reputation of international banking is under scrutiny once again over another scandal, this time in the foreign currency trading sector. Global regulators have fined major banks in Europe and the US, for foreign exchange market manipulation. The massive fines are not ...
BNP asks other banks for help as dollar clearing ban nears
October 7th, 2014
BNP Paribas has asked the help of at least three banks to clear certain energy transactions in U.S. dollars next year to make sure it can keep its energy trade finance division operating after a ban imposed for violating ...
Big banks moved trillions despite knowing money was illegal; FinCEN
September 22nd, 2020
Leaked documents reveal major flaws in the global effort to curb money laundering. Major international banks are in hot waters again. Confidential documents leaked to journalists show that some of the biggest international banks continued to do business with corrupt ...
