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LONDON (Reuters) - Governments should not leap into full-scale regulation of currency trading in the wake of claims leading banks rigged market benchmarks, a member of the UK parliament committee overseeing 
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Among those fired were four of the bank’s top executives in Mexico: its head of corporate banking, head institutional risk officer, head of trade finance and head of trade and treasury solutions.
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The governor of the Central Bank has said he agrees with a judge’s withering attack on the former financial regulator over a loans-for-shares scam at Anglo Irish Bank.
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The Fed's recent tapering spree doesn't mean it's doing any credit tightening.
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Michael Thomas Hamilton, 49, was charged in November with 22 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering as part of a scheme in which he solicited...
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Norwegian shipping magnate John Fredriksen has reportedly reached a secret deal with Norway's tax authorities after a plan to use the Arctic Svalbard Islands as a tax haven...
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The Brennan Center for Justice is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice.
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Republicans, meanwhile, have been urging Obama to approve construction of the northern leg of the Keystone pipeline. The State Department recently announced his decision will be delayed and might not happen until after the midterm elections in November.
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Maybe it's time for someone to have a little chat with Satan. It's not like he's going to be hard to find. He's sitting in the Oklahoma Statehouse.
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Sir Christopher Kelly's report into multiple failings does not contain big revelations but highlights need for reformSir Christopher Kelly's report on the "sorry tale" of the multiple failings of the Co-op Bank contains no great factual revelations.
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Banks let them open accounts in your name. The IRS gives them your tax refund. They dip into databases and snag your personal information. The modern con artist looks beyond your wallet to hijack your financial identity.
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The bank, now controlled by bondholders, was forced to refinance to fill a £1.5bn hole in its books, and also hit by a drugs scandal involving ex-chairman Paul Flowers.
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Two former executives of Anglo Irish Bank were found guilty Thursday of committing fraud in a loans-for-shares scandal — the first convictions to stem from a banking crisis that brought Ireland to the brink of national bankruptcy.
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Overseas Development Institute calls for Financial Conduct Authority to investigate Western Union and MoneygramBritain's leading money transfer companies are imposing a "super tax" on remittances to Africa and should be investigated by the...
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Welcome to the Britishisms of the Libor scandal, courtesy of sanctions levied Thursday against brokerage RP Martin by U.K. regulators.
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The man at the centre of the Commonwealth Bank financial planning scandal that sparked a senate inquiry has lashed out at the bank, claiming it never properly trained him or supervised his activities.
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Barclays Bank is to cut 19,000 jobs by 2016, greatly simplifying its operations by pulling back on investment banking and returning to its roots in retail banking.
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Have currency markets been rigged by traders at some of the world's biggest banks?
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A federal grand jury Thursday indicted four people on multiple charges in an alleged Jupiter-based Ponzi scheme that sold Virtual Concierge machines as investments to about 1,500 investors nationwide.
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Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said the three men, all former employees of Barclays in New York, would face charges of conspiracy to defraud.
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore remains committed to a strong exchange rate after its first monetary policy meeting in 2014, no official comment regarding its involvement in the FX fixing scandal.
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TToughest warning yet from Bank about rising property prices, as one in 15 London homes now sell for £1m or moreBritain's booming housing market could be heading for a fresh crash, the Bank of England said in its toughest warning yet about the...
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., acting as receiver for 38 failed banks, recently launched a lawsuit against 16 major banks and the British Bankers Association,...
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Sources tell IBTimes UK that Coote exit has 'nothing to do with' FX market rigging
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Pope Francis has challenged capitalism and greed many times.
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"I don't think he sees himself as a capitalist," says Dr. Alejandro Chafuen, a Catholic scholar and president of the Atlas Network. "The Pope doesn't see himself in the camp of those who run the world economy."
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Strategic review next month may result in 20% cut in investment banking division, which equates to loss of 5,000 postsBarclays could axe thousands more jobs, mainly at its investment banking arm, under a strategic review which will report next month.
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