A report from the British Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee (TSC) has called for improving anti-money laundering standards post Brexit. On Friday, a panel of British lawmakers stated, Britain should not go soft on anti-money laundering standards in order to win… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
Swedbank dragged into Danske Bank’s scandal
Bill Browder, an investor who campaigns to expose corruption, has filed a complaint with Swedish authorities over Swedbank’s alleged links with Danske Bank’s money laundering scandal. On Friday, Swedbank disclosed, it has been notified by Swedish authorities that Bill Browder,… Read More ›
Intesa Sanpaolo eyeing to sell $11 billion in impaired loans
Intesa Sanpaolo is Italy’s biggest retail bank. On Thursday, as per a source familiar with the matter at hand stated, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s biggest retail bank, is holding talks with a unit of U.S. fund Davidson Kempner for selling $11… Read More ›
China To Focus On Increasing Consumption To Boost Its Economy In 2019
Recent data has clearly indicated slowness in the Chinese economy and the government there is undertaking measures to increase domestic consumption and viewing that as a key cure to spruce up the flagging economy this year. The state planer of… Read More ›
U.S. Budget Surplus In January Reaches 8.7 Billion USD
Even as the United States is reportedly getting close to striking a deal on trade with China which would potentially bring an end to the seven month old acrimonious trade war, latest figures from the U.S. Treasury Department released on… Read More ›
Experts Say US Would Not Slow Down In 5G Tech Due To Huawei Absence
A news report on CNBC claimed that experts believe that in cease of the Chinese telecom giant Huaweri remaining banned in the United States would not impact the speed of roll out of the next-generation 5G mobile networks in the… Read More ›
Donald Trump will accept only perfect U.S-China trade deal: Mike Pompeo
The statement by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo essentially sets the stage for the forthcoming U.S.-China trade summit. In a media interview, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made it lucidly clear that U.S. President Donald Trump will reject… Read More ›
Arne Sorenson, Marriott International Inc’s CEO to testify before U.S. Senate
In what is the biggest ever hack of a hotel reservation system to date, hackers had managed to breach Starwood hotels’ reservation system and managed to steal personal information, including passport and credit card numbers of 383 million customers. Arne… Read More ›
U.S.-China trade deal possible during summit: WSJ
Trump has made it clear that unless he is satisfied with the terms of the trade deal, he will walk away from it. As per a report from the Wall Street Journal, high level negotiations between U.S. President Donald Trump… Read More ›
UK’s mortgage approvals and consumer spending defy Brexit pressures
In what is typically British, consumers have thrown Brexit-related caution to the wind and have upped their risk appetite. Here’s a snapshot of data coming out of the Bank of England. On Friday, data from the Britain’s central bank showed,… Read More ›