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Credit Swiss is mired in an international tax evasion probe
April 3rd, 2017
Credit Swiss is mired in an international tax evasion probe into thousands of suspect bank accounts. A tip off to the Dutch police prompted raids in The Netherlands, Britain,Germany, France and Australia. The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs confirmed ...
Swiss bank Credit Suisse warns the eurozone could collapse in case of a European recession
March 3rd, 2016
Credit Suisse recently warned the eurozone could collapse in the event of a fresh downturn or recession in Europe. Economists at the Swiss bank in a research note titled “Close to the edge” said the recession would unleash a ...
Credit Suisse, Julius Baer eye bids for BTG Pactual’s Swiss unit
December 10th, 2015
Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) and Julius Baer (BAER.VX) are among a handful of banks vying to buy the Swiss private-banking arm of embattled Brazilian investment bank Grupo BTG Pactual SA (BBTG11.SA) in a cut-price deal, sources with direct knowledge of ...
Swiss Lawmakers to Vote on New Rules for UBS, Credit Suisse
September 16th, 2015
Banks may have to hold larger capital buffers, separate investment banking from other operations Swiss lawmakers may deliver a sharp reminder to the country’s biggest banks, UBS Group AG and Credit Suisse Group AG, that they remain under close scrutiny at ...
Citigroup Closes Exclusive Credit Program Following Swiss Franc Losses
May 14th, 2015
‘Alternative Credit Program’ clients were fast-tracked through less intensive version of bank’s normal credit checks Citigroup Inc. has closed down a little-known program that allowed a small group of coveted clients to make high-stakes bets on currency markets without going through ...
EU to fine JPMorgan, UBS, Credit Suisse over Swiss franc Libor rigging
October 21st, 2014
European Union antitrust regulators are set to fine JPMorgan (JPM.N), UBS (UBSN.VX) and Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) collectively over $115 million for rigging Swiss franc Libor benchmark interest rates, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Royal Bank of ...
Credit Suisse Offers Guidance to 13 Swiss Banks in U.S. Tax Probes
May 26th, 2014
Thirteen Swiss banks face rising stakes in criminal tax-evasion probes after Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) set a new standard for punishment in the U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion. Julius Baer Group Ltd., Zuercher Kantonalbank and the Swiss ...
Swiss regulator fines banks for fixing forex trading
June 14th, 2019
Five banks have been fined a total of 90 million Swiss francs ($90.5 million) for colluding to rig the multi-trillion dollar foreign exchange market, Switzerland’s competition authority said on Thursday. The Swiss fines come on top of 1.07 billion ...
Currencies threatened by a credit crisis
February 15th, 2019
In this article I draw attention to the similarities between the current economic situation and that of 1929, and the threat to today’s unbacked currencies. There is the coincidence of trade protectionism with the top of the credit cycle, ...
FINMA finds deficiencies in anti-money laundering processes at Credit Suisse
September 19th, 2018
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has concluded two enforcement procedures against Credit Suisse AG. In the first procedure, FINMA identified deficiencies in the bank’s adherence to anti-money laundering due diligence obligations in relation to suspected corruption involving ...
