Friday 24 June 2022

China approves ICBC-Goldman joint venture to start offering wealth services

China approves ICBC-Goldman joint venture to start offering wealth services

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , (ICBC) said on Friday its wealth management joint venture with Goldman Sachs Group Inc had received the country's banking regulator's approval to begin operations.

Ireland's PTSB may absorb initial ECB rate hikes, CEO says

Ireland's Permanent TSB may choose to absorb the first two rounds of European Central Bank interest rate hikes and not increase its own mortgage pricing in a bid to grow its market share, the bank's chief executive said on Friday.

UK publishes review of anti-money laundering regime

Britain's finance ministry published on Friday a review of the country's anti-money laundering rules and its system for countering the financing of terrorism, part of a broader push by the government to crack down on economic crime.

Lebanon's AM Bank suspends membership of banking association after IMF criticism

Lebanon's AM Bank suspended its membership of the country's banking association on Friday over decisions "harming the banking sector" days after the association criticised an IMF draft deal with Lebanon in a letter many member banks were unaware of.

Can crypto holders recoup losses in court?

A downturn in cryptocurrency prices and crash of one stablecoin has led some investors to try to recover their losses in U.S. court. Here is how cryptocurrency litigation has fared so far and the challenges investors may face.

Deutsche Bank board takes small bonus cut over third-party messaging - sources

Deutsche Bank's management board members are each taking a 75,000 euro ($78,795) cut in compensation to accept responsibility for employee use of third-party messaging applications at the lender, two people with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.

Decline and near fall of Italy's Monte dei Paschi, the world's oldest bank

State-owned Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) on Thursday announced a 2.5 billion euro ($2.6 billion) cash call under new Chief Executive Luigi Lovaglio.

Rise of women to top of UK finance is 'stagnating'

Britain's six-year drive to increase the number of women in senior management at financial firms is "stagnating" for the first time, a review for the finance ministry said on Thursday.

Fed's inflation fight is 'unconditional,' Powell says

The Federal Reserve's commitment to reining in 40-year-high inflation is "unconditional," U.S. central bank chief Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Thursday, even as he acknowledged that sharply higher interest rates may push up unemployment.

Italy's Monte dei Paschi seeks 2.5 bln euros for latest relaunch plan

Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) is to seek 2.5 billion euros ($2.6 billion) in cash to fund a new strategy, as the bailed-out bank aims to triple its net profit in the next three years.

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