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EU ministers agree on new bank rescue rules European finance ministers on Thursday agreed a draft deal on new rules for bank rescues that will only allow bailouts by taxpayers in exceptional cases and shift the burden onto bank owners, creditors and large depositors.

27 June 2013

US fines 'Hezbollah' bank $102 mn for laundering A Lebanese bank accused of laundering money from drugs and other operations for clients tied to Hezbollah militants agreed Tuesday to pay US authorities $102 million to settle the charges.

26 June 2013

Moody’s Investors Service on Kazakhstan’s banking sector The banking system outlook remains negative, experts believe, assigning the problem “to the high share of NPLs and weakened lending growth.

26 June 2013

Halyk Bank may give up on BTA deal The deal to purchase BTA by Halyk Bank may take longer than planned; one shouldn’t rule out the possibility of Halyk Bank giving up on the idea of purchasing BTA in case Kazakhstan Government doesn’t offer concessions in terms of price.

21 June 2013

British banking needs 'radical' overhaul: study Britain needs a "radical" overhaul of its scandal-hit banks, with reckless bankers facing jail and bonuses deferred for up to ten years.

20 June 2013

Deloitte fined $10 mn in US laundering case Big accountancy Deloitte was fined $10 million by New York state on Tuesday for its actions in advising Standard Chartered Bank over money laundering.

19 June 2013

OECD report to help G8 offensive against tax evaders The OECD provided ammunition Tuesday for an expected G8 offensive against tax evasion in a report outlining how to bring about automatic sharing of financial information that would shoot a hole through banking secrecy.

19 June 2013

Group opens up offshore bank account database online 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 June 2013

UBS France placed under investigation 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 June 2013

France blacklists 17 countries for handling foreign aid 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 May 2013

Bank of Japan says no new easing measures 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 May 2013

Sri Lanka cuts lending rates hoping for growth 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 May 2013

Australia cuts interest rate to record low 2.75 pct 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 May 2013

Notorious French bank robber commits suicide after drugs arrest Marc Armando, the suspected mastermind behind one of France's most spectacular bank heists two decades ago, has committed suicide in prison.

05 May 2013

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

01 May 2013

Portugal to take two banks to court over swap deals 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 April 2013

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

26 April 2013

Patokh Chodiev's nephew buys TAIB Kazak Bank Orifjon Shadiev (Chodiev) purchased 100 percent of TAIB Kazak Bank becoming its new owner.

25 April 2013

Sprint counteroffer to make no difference: SoftBank 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 April 2013

Kazakhstan has no competitors as possible location for nuclear fuel bank The place should have a combination of good experience and technological capacities in nuclear sector: Kazakhstan expert.

12 April 2013

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