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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 ...
Proposed Acquisition of Ava Trade Ltd. and new Revolving Credit Facility
July 1st, 2015
Playtech is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, TradeFX Limited (“TradeFX”), has entered into a share acquisition agreement under the terms of which it will acquire the entire issued share capital of Ava Trade, an online B2C CFD broker ...
RBS suffers another IT meltdown as customer payments go astray
June 17th, 2015
Royal Bank of Scotland is scrambling to fix an IT glitch that caused over 600,000 transactions and hundreds of thousands of pounds in payments to go missing overnight. The problem, which hit all RBS, NatWest, Coutt’s and Ulster Bank ...
FCA imposed £1.47bn in fines in 2014 with UBS and Citibank among worst offenders
June 17th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed £1.47bn (€2.04bn, $2.3bn) in fines on companies in 2014, a rise of 68% from the year before, according to a study by Kinetic Partners. The study showed the average fine imposed on businesses ...
S.Korea reviewing whether global banks in FX probe affected Korea
June 17th, 2015
South Korea’s anti-trust agency chief said on Wednesday the agency is looking into whether the activities of six global banks that were recently fined nearly $6 billion in a U.S. and European forex probe had affected South Korean companies. ...
EU Bank-Separation Bill Sets $112 Billion Trading Mark
June 16th, 2015
Banks with annual trading activities of more than 100 billion euros ($112 billion) would face added scrutiny from supervisors armed with a tool box of capital rules and separation powers in a draft European Union law. Envoys from the ...
RBS Stake Sale by U.K. Government to Begin in Coming Months
June 11th, 2015
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said he’ll start returning Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc to private ownership in the “coming months,” even though it may cause a loss for U.K. taxpayers. Shares will be sold to institutional ...
S&P Cuts Ratings on European Banks
June 10th, 2015
Deutsche Bank, RBS, Barclays are among the banks being downgraded Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services cut its credit ratings on several European commercial banks on Tuesday, saying it considers the prospect that the governments would provide extraordinary support to ...
Lloyds Banking Group fined £117m for failing to handle PPI complaints fairly
June 5th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its largest ever retail fine (£117m) to Lloyds Bank Plc, Bank of Scotland Plc and Black Horse Ltd (together Lloyds) for failing to treat their customers fairly when handling Payment Protection Insurance ...
Justice Department Readies New Bank Settlements
June 5th, 2015
Federal and state officials are preparing the next round of billion-dollar mortgage settlements involving U.S. and European banks Up to nine banks are in line for the next round of billion-dollar payments related to soured mortgages as federal and ...