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US Justice Dept hits 80 Swiss banks with penalties
February 1st, 2016
Eighty Swiss banks have agreed to pay the US fines totaling $1.36 billion in order to avoid court prosecution, according to the US Justice Department. After the investigation has been completed all the banks are required to cooperate in ...
Major UK banks plan robo-advice launches
January 25th, 2016
Major High street banks are moving into robo-advice world as part of their return to the mass advice market. The Financial Times reported that Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Lloyds and Santander are developing online offerings for their ...
Europe’s big banks remain wary of doing business with Iran
January 25th, 2016
Sanctions have been lifted but uncertainty over US authorities’ stance means banks are reluctant to handle payments A week after the lifting of sanctions against Iran, major European banks are still reluctant to handle Iranian payments as they remain wary of ...
How are banks actually going to use blockchains and smart contracts?
January 25th, 2016
Banks are now officially collaborating on connected distributed ledgers, something of a milestone in the blockchain narrative. But how are they actually going to use computational blockchains that can operate that well-known term of art – “smart contracts”? Dr ...
Six Banks Negotiating Settlement in Swiss Libor Probe
January 25th, 2016
Swiss regulator: `We won’t go for a settlement at any price’ Settlement would resolve one of few remaining Libor probes At least six banks targeted in Switzerland’s investigation into Libor-rigging are in settlement talks with the country’s competition regulator, ...
45 leading banks sign up to SWIFT’s global payments innovation initiative
January 22nd, 2016
Major banks around the world take action to dramatically improve the customer experience in cross-border payments SWIFT announces that 45 leading banks have signed up to its global payments innovation initiative, announced at the end of December 2015. The ...
Some Shanghai Banks Said to Curb Individual Forex Purchases
January 21st, 2016
Banks said to request close checks by branches for violations Shanghai SAFE vows crackdown on illegal foreign transactions Some Shanghai banks have asked their branches to strictly control the sale of foreign exchange to individuals, according to people familiar ...
Italian Banks Lead European Decliners on Bad-Loan Concerns
January 19th, 2016
Italy’s government has been struggling to set up a bad bank Country’s bad loans reached 201 billion euros in November Italian banks dropped in Milan, leading declines in the European Stoxx 600 Banks Index, reflecting investor concerns about lenders’ ...
Poland says banks could spread FX loan bill losses over time
January 19th, 2016
Jan 18 Polish banks may be able to spread losses linked to looming Swiss franc mortgage conversions over time, the finance ministry said on Monday, after a draft FX loan bill sent the shares of Warsaw-listed lenders to multi-year ...
Banks battle to maintain dominance of UK’s Business Foreign Exchange market
January 18th, 2016
As businesses across the UK seek to minimise the risks of currency fluctuations, the business foreign exchange market shows strong growth as well as fierce competition, according to new research from market analysts East & Partners. The firm’s UK ...
