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A massive database of private offshore banking entities that could be used for tax evasion was posted online for public use Friday by the muckraking group that first reported the files.

• 15 июня 2013, 14:46

Paris investigators placed the French branch of Swiss bank UBS under formal investigation Friday on suspicion it helped try to persuade rich French clients to open undeclared accounts in Switzerland.

• 01 июня 2013, 13:04

France has drawn up a blacklist of 17 countries including Switzerland that do not help investigate foreign aid fraud, banning the use of their banks to help distribute development funds.

• 28 мая 2013, 16:13

The Bank of Japan on Wednesday held off fresh easing measures, saying after a two-day policy meeting that a continuation of steps introduced last month would help Japan overcome deflation.

• 22 мая 2013, 10:38

Sri Lanka's central bank Friday cut benchmark lending rates by 50 basis points, saying the move was to designed to encourage growth amid sluggish economic activity this year.

• 10 мая 2013, 11:34

Australia's central bank cut interest rates to a record low of 2.75 percent Tuesday, citing weak domestic inflation coupled with a persistently high dollar as investment in the key mining sector hits its peak.

• 07 мая 2013, 16:57

Marc Armando, the suspected mastermind behind one of France's most spectacular bank heists two decades ago, has committed suicide in prison.

• 05 мая 2013, 11:08

Temirbank is ready to merge with Alliance Bank and is waiting for the shareholders’ decision.

• 01 мая 2013, 17:30

Portugal said Friday it will take banking giants JP Morgan and Santander to court to make them renegotiate deals that have left state-run companies paying hefty interest rates.

• 28 апреля 2013, 21:05

Takehiko Nakao, a former Japan vice minister for finance, has been elected president of Asian Development Bank.

• 26 апреля 2013, 18:15

Orifjon Shadiev (Chodiev) purchased 100 percent of TAIB Kazak Bank becoming its new owner.

• 25 апреля 2013, 19:24

Japan's SoftBank said Tuesday it still expects its bid to acquire Sprint Nextel will succeed on schedule in July, despite a higher counter-offer from a US firm.

• 17 апреля 2013, 10:01

The place should have a combination of good experience and technological capacities in nuclear sector: Kazakhstan expert.

• 12 апреля 2013, 13:39

Amid a massive scandal involving France's former budget minister and an undeclared Swiss bank account, Swiss banks are more eager than ever to kick out tax cheats and clear their names.

• 09 апреля 2013, 13:20

Cyprus bank workers are to go on strike Thursday over fears pensions may be at risk under the country's crippling bailout, after the new finance minister vowed to do "whatever it takes" to right the economy.

• 04 апреля 2013, 12:56

In case of this deal Halyk will become the biggest Kazakhstan bank by assets and its market share will make over 25 percent.

• 03 апреля 2013, 14:05

China's new President Xi Jinping on Friday signed deals worth several million dollars with his Congolese counterpart in sectors as varied as banking and infrastructure, on the final leg of his three-nation Africa tour.

• 01 апреля 2013, 10:00

Leaders from the BRICS group of emerging powers on Wednesday failed to launch a much-anticipated new development bank to rival Western-dominated institutions like the World Bank.

• 28 марта 2013, 17:42

Kazakhstan residents are saving more money on their bank accounts than they officially earn.

• 27 марта 2013, 18:30

We don't see any deposits of Kazakhstan legal entities or individuals in Cyprus banks and our banks have no relations with Cyprus banks: Marchenko.

• 27 марта 2013, 14:22