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Kazakhstan National Bank has introduced a new ban prohibiting Kazakh banks from keeping over 30% of their funds abroad, but offered them tenge rate stability and cheap funding at the same time.

• 17 сентября 2014, 19:34

Cyprus is unlikely to receive the next tranche of rescue funds from international lenders after apparently falling foul of them over new legislation.

• 12 сентября 2014, 12:12

Ana Patricia Botin was named the new chairman of Spanish bank Santander, replacing her father who died suddenly of a heart attack.

• 11 сентября 2014, 13:00

According to the Central Bank Governor, up to now they have been able to keep the money on their correspondent accounts abroad.

• 11 сентября 2014, 00:12

Kazakhstan's National Bank has enlarged the Tenge to US Dollar pegged corridor from 6 tenge to 18 tenge.

• 10 сентября 2014, 16:59

As of July 1, 2014, 33 out of 38 Kazakhstan-based banks are short of the standard to be introduced in 2019.

• 09 сентября 2014, 10:14

Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, who lost his bank nearly five billion euros, paints himself as a simple soul caught up in an orgy of greed.

• 08 сентября 2014, 14:22

Investigators were digging to find who initiated and what was taken in an apparent hacker effort this month to penetrate the systems of US banks.

• 29 августа 2014, 11:33

Alliance Bank of Kazakhstan has agreed the basic terms of restructuring of its $1.2 billion debt.

• 15 августа 2014, 15:11

The shares of Russia's two biggest banks soared after avoiding being delisted from a top emerging markets index as part of the West's response.

• 11 августа 2014, 14:25

The United States and Europe targeted Russia's key financial, arms and energy sectors Tuesday with tough new sanctions in response to Moscow's intervention in the Ukraine crisis.

• 30 июля 2014, 12:29

Bank of Cyprus, the island's largest lender, has completed a one billion euro ($1.34 billion) capital increase in a private placement to help it restructure following a haircut on deposits last year.

• 30 июля 2014, 04:43

Britain's state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland warned over future earnings despite posting a surge in profits.

• 25 июля 2014, 14:48

The BRICS group of emerging powers created a Shanghai-based development bank and a reserve fund seen as alternatives to Western-led institutions.

• 16 июля 2014, 11:11

The Bank of Japan on Tuesday held off expanding its vast stimulus programme, saying the world's number three economy was recovering despite activity taking a hit from April's sales tax hike.

• 15 июля 2014, 12:05

Japan's SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom of Germany have reached a basic agreement for a merger between their US affiliates Sprint and T-Mobile US, the business daily Nikkei reported.

• 12 июля 2014, 13:44

Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund has completely withdrawn from Temirbank.

• 07 июля 2014, 12:36

Kazkommertsbank has launched a contactless payment system that uses mobile phones in Kazakhstan.

• 30 июня 2014, 10:12

Reforms proposed to lift global growth in line with a target set by the world's biggest economies earlier this year are so far falling short, Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said.

• 23 июня 2014, 12:30

Kazakhstan's Vice Prime Minister and Minster of Finance Bakhyt Sultanov reported to the Parliament about the measures the government was planning to use to reduce the foreign debt of the country.

• 22 июня 2014, 12:43