Search Results for: Swiss Banks
FINMA condenses and modernises corporate governance requirements for banks
March 2nd, 2016
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA is consolidating its corporate governance, internal control system and risk management supervisory requirements for the banking sector. This consolidation will take the form of a single circular incorporating findings from the financial ...
Deutsche Bank Shares Drop Again as European Banks Get Pummeled
February 9th, 2016
Investors are concerned about ability to navigate volatile markets Deutsche Bank AG’s shares dropped almost 10% on Monday as the battered European banking sector was hit by a fresh selloff amid investor concerns about lenders’ capital buffers and ability to ...
Swiss bank cooperates with US as 2 ex-bankers plead guilty
February 5th, 2016
Swiss bank Julius Baer, facing a criminal charge, has agreed to pay $547 million and cooperate for three years with American authorities to shut down accounts that enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes, authorities announced Thursday. Before lawyers for ...
Europe’s big banks remain wary of doing business with Iran
January 25th, 2016
Sanctions have been lifted but uncertainty over US authorities’ stance means banks are reluctant to handle payments A week after the lifting of sanctions against Iran, major European banks are still reluctant to handle Iranian payments as they remain wary of ...
Poland says banks could spread FX loan bill losses over time
January 19th, 2016
Jan 18 Polish banks may be able to spread losses linked to looming Swiss franc mortgage conversions over time, the finance ministry said on Monday, after a draft FX loan bill sent the shares of Warsaw-listed lenders to multi-year ...
HSBC escapes action by City regulator following Swiss tax scandal
January 5th, 2016
Financial Conduct Authority will take no action against bank whose Swiss arm helped clients to evade tax. HSBC will not face formal action from the City regulator following revelations that the Swiss arm of Britain’s biggest bank helped clients to ...
US Swiss bank program reaches $1B in fines
December 28th, 2015
US officials announced settlements with four more Swiss banks Wednesday to lift the total fines in the two-year disclosure program to more than $1 billion from 75 banks. “With today’s resolutions under the Swiss Bank Program, the department has ...
Switzerland to hold referendum on banning private banks from creating money
December 28th, 2015
A radical initiative to strip private banks of their power to “create money” and make it exclusively a central bank privilege has gathered enough support for the Swiss government to announce a referendum on the issue. A vote in ...
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 ...
RBS pays €23.8m to settle tax evasion inquiry into Coutts’ Swiss operation
December 10th, 2015
Settlement with German prosecutors, which involves immunity for any current for former staff, is latest embarrassment for bailed-out bank Royal Bank of Scotland is paying €23.8m (£17.3m) to German prosecutors to settle an investigation into tax evasion by part of ...
