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March 7, 2024
Is HSBC’s stake in Bank of Communications overvalued by as much as $12bn?
Accountants urge HSBC to write down value of investment in Chinese bank
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March 6, 2024
FCA’s ‘radical’ threat to name investigated firms ‘will drive faster settlement’
Proposals may clean up regulator’s poor-on-enforcement image but could hit foreign investment
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March 6, 2024
Fresh EU sanctions on Russia upend banking compliance teams
Monitoring to expand and banks expected to consider ‘sanctions of the future’
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March 5, 2024
Amla in Frankfurt: wurst decision yet?
Germany is tainted by fincrime scandals, yet Frankfurt won out
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March 4, 2024
Fed wants US regional banks supervised like big banks
Higher capital rules may be forced on regional banks following CRE crisis
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February 29, 2024
UK pitches for looser framework than EU on AI regs
EU aims for gold regulatory standard, while UK takes pragmatic approach
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February 28, 2024
Banks pivot at a cost to new quantum-proofing
Quantum technology finds itself at a crossroads
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February 28, 2024
BRR podcast: Drama at the FCA
Editor Farah Khalique discusses scrutiny of the UK’s financial services regulator and calls for reform with The Banker’s deputy editor, Liz Lumley. Originally...
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February 28, 2024
Wirecard whistleblower calls for higher misconduct fines in UK
Pav Gill says the FCA needs to do more to encourage misconduct reports
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February 27, 2024
Banks’ continued IT outages spark industry concerns
Comes as ECB tells banks to bring in more 'bank board expertise'
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February 22, 2024
Anti-crime agencies join forces to ‘hack the hackers’
Europol, FBI and National Crime Agency turn tables on ransomware gang LockBit
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