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Biggest MasterCard Issuers Scuttled Deal on Target Data Breach
June 3rd, 2015
Citigroup, Capital One and J.P. Morgan Chase vetoed MasterCard’s deal with Target over hacked credit-card data Citigroup Inc., Capital One Financial Corp. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. rejected a $19 million pact backed by MasterCard Inc. last month over the huge Target Corp. data breach, resulting in the settlement’s unexpected ...
Banks Expected to Settle FX Probes for Billions
May 7th, 2015
Citigroup Inc., Barclays PLC, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Royal Bank of Scotland Group are expected to plead guilty to rigging foreign-currency exchange rates and pay billions in combined penalties. Four big banks are expected to plead guilty ...
Bank of America to Pay $180 Million to Settle Investors’ Forex Lawsuit
April 30th, 2015
BofA says cost of settlement will be covered by existing reserves Bank of America Corp. has agreed to pay $180 million to settle a lawsuit by private investors who accused the bank and others of manipulating foreign-exchange rates. The bank’s decision ...
Japan Overtakes China as Largest U.S. Bondholder
April 16th, 2015
Japanese become biggest funders of American government for first time since 2008 financial crisis Japan dethroned China as the top foreign holder of U.S. Treasurys for the first time since the financial crisis, following a wave of purchases by ...
Banks Are Poised to Profit From Forex Tumult
April 2nd, 2015
Swiss central bank’s surprise January move led to volatility that can help Wall Street The big currency swings of the past three months have whipsawed many investors. Wall Street may end up loving the action. As U.S. banks closed ...
Citigroup, Barclays Close to Settling Forex Lawsuit With Private Investors
March 18th, 2015
Citigroup Inc. and Barclays PLC are expected to pay as much as $800 million combined to settle a lawsuit with investors who say the banks manipulated foreign-exchange rates, according to people close to the situation. The expected settlements would ...
Big Banks Struggle to Pass Fed’s ‘Stress Tests’
March 12th, 2015
Bank of America must resubmit proposal to address certain weaknesses Four of the biggest names on Wall Street struggled to pass the Federal Reserve’s 2015 “stress tests,” and the U.S. units of two foreign banks fell short, underscoring the ...
HKBN Raises $750 Million in Hong Kong’s Biggest IPO This Year
March 5th, 2015
Broadband-services provider HKBN Ltd. raised US$750 million after pricing its Hong Kong initial public offering at the top end of the price range, people familiar with the situation said Thursday, making it the second-largest IPO in Asia Pacific this ...
European Stimulus Sparks Bond Blitz
March 5th, 2015
French utility GDF is the first company in over 14 years to issue euro bonds bearing no regular payments for investors Investors snapped up a half-billion euros of French utility bonds that will pay them no interest, a groundbreaking ...
Big Banks Face Scrutiny Over Pricing of Metals
February 24th, 2015
U.S. Justice Department investigates price-setting process for gold, silver, platinum and palladium U.S. officials are investigating at least 10 major banks for possible rigging of precious-metals markets, even though European regulators dropped a similar probe after finding no evidence ...
