Category: Regulations

October 14, 2019

The Financial Times and Bloomberg reported the decisions by five heavy-weight backers to pull out of the project, which now leaves Libra with no major US payment processor following PayPal’s drop out too earlier last week. On Wednesday last week, […]

October 11, 2019

The rules establish a framework that sorts banks with $100 billion or more in total assets into four different categories based on factors, including asset size, cross-jurisdictional activity, reliance on short-term wholesale funding, nonbank assets, and off-balance sheet exposure. According […]

October 10, 2019

The lender is relying on savings at retail units to lower its annual costs. It employs 41,700 people in Germany, out of a total of 91,700. Deutsche Bank announced that it would be cutting 18,000 jobs in July, a key […]

October 7, 2019

The FCA consulted the industry on measures to protect investors, who may seek to buy crypto-based futures, options, and contracts for difference and exchange-traded notes. In its response, the WFE emphasised its desire to help find the right balance between […]

October 1, 2019

The chief operating officer of Credit Suisse, Pierre-Olivier Bouée, resigned on Tuesday as the company board examined his involvement in a corporate spy scandal. In August, Mr. Bouée ordered the Swiss bank’s head of security services to start surveillance of […]

September 27, 2019

Wells Fargo named Charles Scharf, chairman and CEO of Bank of New York Mellon, as its new chief executive officer and president on Friday, effective Oct. 21. “Charlie has demonstrated a strong track record in initiating and leading change, driving […]

August 20, 2019

The Capital Market, Insurance and Saving Authority division is dedicating industry teams, some of whom specialise in blockchain companies, to create local competition by increasing the number of licensed fintech companies across the country. Around 2,000 fintech and blockchain companies […]

July 5, 2019

The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has slapped a €5.9 million penalty on Wells Fargo Bank International Unlimited Company, the second biggest fine it has ever issued, for what it called a prolonged series of regulatory reporting breaches and “serious […]

July 5, 2019

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has focused on derivatives linked to crypto-assets, citing their extreme volatility, difficulty in valuation and the limited understanding of these products among retail consumers. The regulator’s fear is that retail investors may “suffer harm from […]

June 18, 2019

Federal Reserve officials have spoken approvingly of the idea of “insurance” interest-rate cuts that could be enough to shore up financial markets and keep the expansion on track. “Now, if you look back at Fed history– I’m not looking to […]