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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Barclays, BNP-Paribas, JP Morgan

Wed, 31st Jul 2013 06:42

The Bank of England has confessed to helping the Nazis sell gold plundered from Czechoslovakia months before the outbreak of the Second World War, The Telegraph revealed. Barclays plans to pay 511m pounds in new executive and staff bonuses along with raising 5.8bn pounds to address its capital shortfall, The Times reported.French lender BNP-Paribas posted better than expected profits despite "challenging economic environment in Europe" thanks to cost controls and a diversified business, the Financial Times said.JP Morgan has been forced to pay $410m in penalties by US energy regulators for manipulating electricity prices in California and the mid-west, The Guardian unveiled. J Sainsbury has said it believes Tesco is misleading customers through its price promises as it was not comparing like with like, The Times said. Sony Entertainment management has been accused of treating the division like a red-headed stepchild by an activist investor calling for Sony to spin off its film and music business, according to The Independent. The Office of Fair Trading has said 14 of the 50 lenders it wrote to were leaving the market and another firm is no longer operating, The Mirror reported. RD
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25 Jul 2023 16:11

JPMorgan ignored Jeffrey Epstein's 'nymphettes,' US Virgin Islands says

NEW YORK, July 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Virgin Islands unveiled new accusations against JPMorgan Chase over the bank's ties to former client Jeffrey Epstein, including executives discussing how the disgraced late financier surrounded himself with "nymphettes."

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25 Jul 2023 15:19

London court revives $3.5 bln mass forex lawsuit against banks

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - A proposed 2.7 billion pound ($3.5 billion) mass lawsuit against major banks including JPMorgan and Citigroup over alleged foreign exchange rigging was revived by a London court on Tuesday.

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25 Jul 2023 11:15

London court revives $3.5 bln mass forex lawsuit against banks

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - A proposed 2.7 billion pound ($3.46 billion) mass lawsuit against major banks including JPMorgan and Citigroup over alleged foreign exchange rigging was revived by a London court on Tuesday.

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24 Jul 2023 13:02

UK government to haul in banks over account closures

LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - Britain's finance ministry will request a meeting with major lenders to discuss concerns that banks have closed some customer accounts over their political views, after a public spat between former Brexit party leader Nigel Farage and NatWest.

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24 Jul 2023 06:53

UK city minister to warn banks over "de-banking" customers

(Alliance News) - City minister Andrew Griffith has summoned bank chiefs for a meeting to discuss how customers can be protected from "being de-banked" after Coutts cut ties with Nigel Farage.

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20 Jul 2023 22:53

Barclays hires Schulte as new head of US IG syndicate

July 20 (Reuters) - Barclays has hired Scott Schulte as its new head of U.S. investment-grade debt syndicate desk, sources familiar with the matter said.

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20 Jul 2023 22:44

Judge throws out Citigroup ex-trader's lawsuit tied to foreign exchange probe

NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge threw out a $112 million lawsuit by a former senior London-based trader for Citigroup, who accused the bank of falsely implicating him in a criminal probe into foreign exchange price fixing after firing him.

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19 Jul 2023 15:52

Britain's banks slow in passing higher rates to savers -watchdog

LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Britain's banks are not passing on higher interest rates to savers fast enough, though this is expected to accelerate in coming months as a new duty to provide good outcomes for consumers comes into force, UK financial regulators said on Wednesday.

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19 Jul 2023 15:17

Britain's banks too slow in passing higher interest rates to savers, says watchdog

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SSP completes bank refinancing with new GBP300 million four-year loan

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17 Jul 2023 22:30

British prime minister seeks to win back corporate confidence with new business council

LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold the first meeting of his new business council on Tuesday, in a bid to support his pledge to grow the economy and fend off attempts by the opposition Labour Party to win over the business community.

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17 Jul 2023 09:12

Banco BPM shares rise after payments deal with FSI

MILAN, July 17 (Reuters) - Banco BPM shares rose as much as 2.7% on Monday after Italy's third-largest bank said it would sell 71.6% of its card and shopowner payments operations to private equity fund FSI for 500 million euros ($561 million) in cash and shares.

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Luxury group Richemont boosted by Asia recovery but Americas weigh

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Luxury group Richemont reports 14% sales growth during first quarter

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