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FCA fines RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank Ltd £42 million for IT failures
November 20th, 2014
The FCA has taken this action against the Banks for failing to put in place resilient IT systems which could withstand, or minimise the risk of, IT failures. The actual cause of the IT incident was a software compatibility ...
Dollar Climbs With European Stocks as Treasuries Decline
November 19th, 2014
The dollar strengthened to a seven-year high against the yen before the Federal Reserve releases minutes of its last meeting, when it ended a bond-buying program. Treasuries and German bunds declined while stocks rose in Europe and the pound gained. The U.S. currency ...
Government to announce curbs on gold import very soon: Sources
November 18th, 2014
In the wake of surge in gold imports, the government would soon impose some curbs on the inward shipment of the metal to prevent current account deficit (CAD) from going out of hand. “Things are being worked out by the Finance Ministry and ...
Russian Inflation to Exceed 9% by Year’s End, Economy Minister Says
November 18th, 2014
Russian inflation will exceed forecasts to reach 9 percent by the year’s end and rise further in early 2015 because of the ruble’s weakness, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said. The ruble has weakened some 30 percent versus the dollar this year, as Western sanctions over ...
BNP Paribas: The five ways Bitcoin can shake up the financial services world
November 12th, 2014
Bitcoin could become a market-leading technology that will change the way financial systems are engineered says BNP Paribas, in an analysis of the potential disruptive impact of the crypto-currency on banking and asset servicing. In an article for the ...
The Two New Tools of Monetary Policy
November 12th, 2014
Every basic exposition of how monetary policy is conducted before about 2008 is soon to become obsolete. The three basic monetary policy tools that used to be taught in almost every introductory economics course were changing reserve requirements, changing ...
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, ECB
November 10th, 2014
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Theano Theiopoulou (Phileleftheros newspaper) on 9 November 2014 1. Why was banks’ participation in the ECB’s targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs) lower than expected? There ...
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 ...
E.C.B. Threatened to End Funding Unless Ireland Took Bailout, Letters Show
November 10th, 2014
Newly released documents suggest that Ireland was pressured into a controversial 67.5 billion euro bailout that left taxpayers rescuing crippled banks, reigniting a fierce debate about the international aid that Dublin accepted after the financial crash. An exchange of letters, ...
PBOC Confirms New Liquidity Tool as It Holds Off Easing
November 7th, 2014
China’s central bank has published details on its latest tool to provide liquidity as banks from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) see a rate cut as unlikely. The People’s Bank of ...
