Search Results for: Global banks
UK hands fraud agency all funds needed for forex probe
November 14th, 2014
Britain’s finance ministry will hand the country’s anti-fraud agency all the funds it needs to conduct a criminal investigation into alleged rigging of the $5.3 trillion-a-day currency market, a Treasury source said. Finance minister George Osborne has written to ...
Bubble Bobble – blowing and bursting bubbles
November 14th, 2014
Those of you that grew up in the mid 80’s might remember the pre-internet/smartphone era when playing electronic games involved leaving your home and physically going to an amusement park or arcade. This usually meant having to put metal ...
Gold Demand in China Slumps 37% Amid Drive to Root Out Graft
November 13th, 2014
Gold demand in China shrank for a third quarter as slumping prices failed to boost the purchases of bars, coins and jewelry in the world’s biggest user and officials pressed on with a nationwide anti-graft campaign. Buying by Asia’s largest economy ...
Fed investigating bank conduct in forex markets
November 13th, 2014
The U.S. Federal Reserve is investigating possible improper conduct in foreign exchange markets by large banking institutions, a spokesman said on Wednesday. “The Federal Reserve is continuing to investigate in the foreign exchange markets in coordination with other authorities, including the Department of ...
SWIFT addresses the Know Your Customer’s customer compliance challenge
November 12th, 2014
New ‘SWIFT Profile’ is the first in a series of additional value-added Know Your Customer Services linked to the KYC Registry. SWIFT has announced the development of the SWIFT Profile, a report that provides an overview of an institution’s ...
FATCA Letters Promise Disclosure To IRS, What To Do?
November 12th, 2014
If you have a bank account anywhere outside the U.S., chances are you will receive a letter saying that your bank must hand over the details of any American accounts, including yours. The letters vary with the country and ...
FINMA sanctions foreign exchange manipulation at UBS
November 12th, 2014
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has concluded enforcement proceedings against UBS AG (UBS) regarding foreign exchange trading conducted in Switzerland. FINMA found that over an extended period of time the bank’s employees in Zurich at least attempted ...
JPMorgan says improved systems and controls after FX rigging probe
November 12th, 2014
Wall Street bank JPMorgan, fined $662 million by UK and US regulators for failings in foreign exchange, said on Wednesday that it had made significant improvements to systems and controls. The bank called trader conduct described in its settlements ...
Fed’s Rosengren says fight for higher inflation should be vigorous
November 11th, 2014
The Fed should fight low inflation as vigorously as it would a too rapid run-up in prices or risk the same sort of prolonged slow growth plaguing Japan and Europe, Boston Federal Reserve bank president Eric Rosengren said on Monday. Rosengren, ...
The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase’s Worst Nightmare
November 10th, 2014
She tried to stay quiet, she really did. But after eight years of keeping a heavy secret, the day came when Alayne Fleischmann couldn’t take it anymore. “It was like watching an old lady get mugged on the street,” she ...
