European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek
European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek

EU assembly rejects US bank data deal

The European Parliament has rejected an agreement with the US on sharing bank data, snubbing appeals from Washington for help in counter-terrorism investigations

A nine-month interim agreement went into force provisionally at the start of February but deputies from the assembly's Liberal, Socialist and Green groups opposed it on the grounds it failed to protec...

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Citi private bank focus to move away from US

Citi expects to win rich clients in emerging markets at a much faster pace than in the Americas, its top private banker said, as it rebuilds itself after taking heavy hits during t...

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Lawsuits, poker and the death of a boutique bank

In September 2008, as Lehman Brothers was breaking into a million pieces, a young investment bank was pushing up through the rubble...

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Bank plans to expand social benefits network

An international group of banks pledged to expand their social benefits network to one billion people by 2020 as part of a campaign to serve the unserved and those vulnerable to cl...

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Best method analysis

Balancing transfer pricing in a recession is both an art and a science, says Kathrine Kimball...


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