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Bilateral Local Currency Swap Agreement with the People’s Bank of China

08/04/2015(0)
The Reserve Bank of Australia has signed a new bilateral local currency swap agreement with the People’s Bank of China (PBC). The agreement, which can be activated by either ... Read More
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Bank of Japan: Statement on Monetary Policy

08/04/2015(0)
1.  At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money ... Read More
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KPMG tells banks – Slash costs to get back to healthy profits

07/04/2015(0)
Britain’s big banks must slash their bloated cost bases if they are ever to return to sustainable profitability, analysts at KPMG warned today. The largest lenders are all struggling ... Read More
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Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision

07/04/2015(0)
At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.25 per cent. Moderate growth in the global economy is expected in 2015, with the ... Read More
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Cyprus lifts all capital controls as banks recover

06/04/2015(0)
Cyprus is lifting the last remaining capital controls it imposed on its banking system during the financial crisis of 2013. Cyprus was the only crisis-hit eurozone country to restrict ... Read More
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Bank of Russia: Information notice on refusal to issue licences of professional participants of securities market

06/04/2015(0)
On 3 April 2015, the Bank of Russia took a decision to refuse to issue licences of a professional participant of the securities market to carry out broker, dealer and depositary activities and securities management to Brokerskiy Dom Faktoriya, limited liability ... Read More
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Commencement of a New Bank to Offer Wealth Management Services for Individual Investors in Hong Kong

03/04/2015(0)
Establishing a wealth management bank through joint investment by Japanese and Hong Kong companies including Shinsei Bank, Monex Group, AD Capital, Convoy and Tokyu Livable, and to commence operations ... Read More
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Citibank Seen as Target for Plea in U.S. Currency Case

03/04/2015(0)
The U.S. Department of Justice is pressing for Citigroup Inc.’s main banking subsidiary to plead guilty to a felony tied to the rigging of foreign-exchange markets, according to two ... Read More
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Banks Are Poised to Profit From Forex Tumult

02/04/2015(0)
Swiss central bank’s surprise January move led to volatility that can help Wall Street The big currency swings of the past three months have whipsawed many investors. Wall Street ... Read More
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Greece: ECB raises ELA limit by 700 mln euros

02/04/2015(0)
Greek banks received a cash lifeline of just 700 million euros from the European Central Bank on Wednesday as this is the estimated amount of liquidity needed by the ... Read More
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