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Goldman Sachs agreed to pay a $5 billion settlement for its role in 2008 financial crisis
April 14th, 2016
Goldman Sachs agreed to a $5 billion settlement payment Monday, marking yet another Wall Street giant that’s making up for its financial breaches through money — but whose executives have yet to face criminal charges for helping send the ...
Blockchain won’t kill banks: Brock Pierce
April 12th, 2016
Blockchain – the technology that underpins the cryptocurrency bitcoin – is unlikely to kill banks despite warnings from top industry executives, the chair of a bitcoin non-profit organization told CNBC on Monday. Last week, Andrey Sharov, a vice president ...
HSBC, RBS and Barclays plan to close 400 branches
April 7th, 2016
Three of Britain’s largest banks are planning to close about 400 branches this year, according to people familiar with the situation, a new programme of closures that could leave thousands of customers without easy access to a bank. The ...
Barclays again warns on investment bank results
April 6th, 2016
Trading update states profits from investment arm will not be as high as previous year as bank seeks permission to sell off African operations Profits in Barclays investment banking arm will not be as high as last year, the bank said, ...
Deutsche Bank just lost its prime position in a prominent investment banking league table
April 4th, 2016
Deutsche Bank is suffering — it lost £5.1 billion ($7.4 billion) in 2015, shares tumbled, it is cutting thousands of jobs to shore up costs, and some of its key businesses continue to suffer. So it comes as no surprise that ...
Citi to Ship New Costco Cards in May
March 28th, 2016
Costco and American Express announced end of 16-year relationship last year Costco shoppers will soon get their new plastic. Citigroup Inc. said on Friday that it will start mailing its new Costco Wholesale Corp. co-branded credit cards to members of the warehouse ...
Asia markets slip amid Fed concerns, oil fall
March 24th, 2016
Asia markets ended lower Thursday, amid fresh declines in oil prices and concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve may hike interest rates sooner than expected. Japan’s Nikkei 225 ended down 108.65 points, or 0.64 percent, at 16,892.33, while South Korea’s Kospi index fell 9.15 ...
Saudi Arabia Said to Join Mid-April Oil Producer Meeting in Doha
March 17th, 2016
Crude prices have risen more than 30% since freeze proposed Qatar meeting would seek more commitments to cap production Saudi Arabia will join a meeting of producers from within and outside OPEC in Doha next month, adding weight to ...
Morgan Stanley sees 30% risk of world recession
March 15th, 2016
Morgan Stanley has hiked the probability of a recession hitting the global economy within the next year to 30 percent from 20 percent. The U.S. bank also cut its baseline forecast for world economic growth to 3.0 percent in ...
HSBC Going Solo in China Credit Cards Boosts Expansion Plan
March 10th, 2016
Bank has ended card venture with Bocom, Asia head says HSBC would be just one of three foreign card issuers in China HSBC Holdings Plc winning approval to start a credit-card business in China’s $1 trillion market offers Chief ...
