Banks general
Interest rates can only go up, say bankers
08 Sep 2009
HSBC scouts for ING’s Asian assets: report
07 Sep 2009
HSBC Holdings Plc. has made a $1.63-billion bid for Dutch financial services group ING Groep NV’s (ING) private banking businesse
US Fed makes $14 billion from bailouts: report
01 Sep 2009
The US government has actually profited from the global financial collapse as the US Federal Reserve is reported to have made a profit of $14 billion from distress loans
Brown seeks global action on bankers' bonuses
01 Sep 2009
After the US, now France breaches Swiss banking secrecy
28 Aug 2009
France struck a fresh blow to Switzerland’s banking secrecy yesterday as Berne agreed to give Paris the names of French citizens suspected of tax evasion
FDIC puts 416 US financial institutions on ‘troubled banks’ list
28 Aug 2009
The number of troubled banks in the US has risen to 416 at the end of June from 305 at the end of March, the highest level in 15 years
Swiss authorities rule out fishing expeditions to net black funds
25 Aug 2009
Swiss authorities will help Indian government officials to unearth black money stashed there, but only in cases with concrete evidence of wrongdoing.
Close Brothers in the race for Commerzbank arm
25 Aug 2009
The UK-based investment bank Close Brothers has emerged as a frontrunner for private bank Kleinwort Benson, being sold by German banking giant Commerzbank AG