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European Central Bank comes down against Bitcoin
May 27th, 2014
Yves Mersch, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaking at the Bargeld-symposium of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt, has come down firmly against Bitcoin. Whereas, this will probably not come as much of ...
Biggest banks to pay up to EUR 15m for ECB supervision
May 27th, 2014
The eurozone’s biggest banks will face an annual bill of up to 15 million euros ($20 million) apiece for being supervised by the European Central Bank, the ECB said on Tuesday. The ECB said in a statement that the ...
Dutch Regulator Says Banks Benefit More Than They Pay for
May 26th, 2014
Banks will draw benefits from the European Central Bank’s direct oversight that will outweigh the extra supervisory costs they face, according to the Dutch central bank’s chief supervisory official. “They said it’s a lot of money, but it’s worth ...
Central Bank Gold Agreement
May 19th, 2014
ECB and other central banks announce the fourth Central Bank Gold Agreement as follows: The European Central Bank, the Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique, the Deutsche Bundesbank, Eesti Pank, the Central Bank of Ireland, the Bank of ...
FCA Said to Observe Banks’ London Gold-Fixing Calls
April 25th, 2014
Regulators are stepping up their scrutiny of how gold prices are set, with officials from Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority visiting Societe Generale SA (GLE) to observe the so-called London fixing process, two people with knowledge of the matter said. ...
Spanish banks face tough rivalry in small companies bet
April 22nd, 2014
Across Spain, the message is hard to miss in office windows showcasing offers: banks want to lend to small companies again. After gorging on property lending in the run-up to a financial crisis, banks are looking to revive high-margin ...
A star abroad, India central bank boss riles bond traders at home
April 17th, 2014
Since taking the helm of India’s central bank, Raghuram Rajan’s agenda to reform markets has put the noses of Mumbai bond traders firmly out of joint by upending practices that provided them with a relatively secure rate of return. ...
The billion-dollar bash – how post-crisis investigation work is changing the way law firms advise banks
April 11th, 2014
With banks setting aside eye-watering sums of money to meet liabilities generated by the fallout from the financial crash, in-house legal departments and law firms are having to rethink their business models. Alex Newman reports By any standards, $23bn ...
European Central Bank: review mission to Greece
March 20th, 2014
Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have concluded their review mission to Greece. The teams have reached staff-level agreement with the authorities on policies that could serve as the ...
Cyprus central bank head who led Cyprus through bailout quits
March 11th, 2014
Cypriot Central Bank governor Panicos Demetriades, whose testy relations with the island’s government dogged a tumultuous tenure when Cyprus teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, resigned on Monday. President Nicos Anastasiades, who had been pressing for Demetriades’s departure ever ...
