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StanChart faces fresh $300m US settlement
August 19th, 2014
Standard Chartered is in talks to pay up to $300m to New York’s top banking regulator to settle allegations it failed to identify suspicious transactions. New York’s Department of Financial Services could announce the settlement as soon as this ...
Mauritius urge for transparency to have Africa Investment
August 12th, 2014
Navinchandra Ramgoolam, The Prime Minister of Mauritius has highlighted the importance that African leaders should establish transparent legal structures for having foreign investment. Ramgoolam was speaking at the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington, chaired by US President Barack Obama. ...
Gold for bitcoin could be the new trend
July 28th, 2014
A new possible obstacle for regulators, including India, is ‘gold for bitcoin’ trades which are becoming the new trend in the world of anonymous transactions, keeping warm the desire to invest in virtual currencies. This comes at a time ...
The Real Reason Banks Don’t Like Bitcoin
July 22nd, 2014
Banks are reluctant to work with bitcoin, that fact has been well known in the community for some time. Until now, though, few concrete reasons have been given as to why. New statements from a senior banking practitioner in ...
Bitcoins Can’t Shake Bubble Image in Poll After 45% Drop
July 18th, 2014
Bitcoins, which lost 45 percent of their value after skyrocketing to more than $1,100 last year, are poised to tumble further, according to the latest Bloomberg Global Poll of financial professionals. Fifty-five percent of those surveyed said the virtual ...
China’s corruption purge nears tricky second phase
July 15th, 2014
China is entering the second stage of its colossal fight against graft. Nabbing high-profile culprits was a good start. Now, other miscreants have to believe the same could happen to them. Finally, the rewards for good behaviour must be ...
Russian central bank, finance ministry agree on banking rules for state firms
July 10th, 2014
Russian state companies, the backbone of the economy, can only have accounts at banks with capital of no less than 10 billion rubles ($296 million) or at those with ties to the government, a senior finance ministry official said ...
BNP pleads guilty for second time in $9 billion U.S. sanctions accord
July 10th, 2014
BNP Paribas, for the second time in nine days, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions, as part of a nearly $9 billion settlement in which the French bank admitted to breaking embargoes against Sudan, Cuba ...
Vatican bank chief to step down amid restructure
July 9th, 2014
The president and four non-executive members of the governing board of the Vatican bank are due to step down. The move, part of a restructure of the Catholic Church’s central government, will be announced on Wednesday. Pope Francis has ...
Juncker faces dilemma over EU tax probe into Grand Duchy
July 9th, 2014
Foot-dragging by Luxembourg over an EU probe into questionable tax deals for multinational corporations has created a potential conflict of interest for the Grand Duchy’s former premier who is set to head the EU’s executive branch. Jean-Claude Juncker, whose ...
