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Fed fines 8 US banks for alleged foreclosure abuse

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said Monday that it plans to fine eight additional U.S. bank holding companies for improperly foreclosing on homeowners. The financial firms — EverBank, Goldman Sachs Group, HSBC Holdings PLC, PNC Financial Services Group, MetLife, OneWest Bank, SunTrust Banks and U.S. Bancorp — were not part of last month’s settlement [...] [...]

Australian Market Trades Higher; Banks, Miners Rally

3/18/2012 9:33 PM ET (RTTNews) – The Australian stock market is trading notably higher on Monday with investors picking up stocks from across various sectors amid renewed optimism about the global economy.Mining, financial, healthcare, industrial and information technology stocks are mostly trading higher. Energy and consumer discretionary stocks are also finding good support.The benchmark S&P/ASX [...] [...]

Bharti Walmart in talks with banks to raise funds: company source

Customers shop at a Best Price Modern Wholesale store, a joint venture of Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Bharti Enterprises, at Zirakpur in Punjab November 24, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Ajay Verma/FilesBy Nandita BoseMUMBAI | Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:26pm IST MUMBAI (Reuters) – Bharti Walmart is in talks with several banks such as Citigroup Inc (C.N), JP [...] [...]

Deutsche Bank’s Jain saw 2011 pay drop 23 pct

Deutsche Bank co-head of investment banking Anshu Jain attends the annual shareholders meeting in Frankfurt May 26, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Alex Domanski/FilesBy Arno Schuetze and Edward TaylorFRANKFURT | Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:08pm IST FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German lender Deutsche Bank(DBKGn.DE) said co-chief executive designate Anshu Jain earned 5.8 million euros in 2011, down a quarter [...] [...]

Big banks at center of interest rate probe

London’s Canary Wharf neighborhood, a financial hub.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — It affects everything from mortgages to credit cards to student loans, and now some of the world’s biggest banks are at the center of a criminal investigation into whether they manipulated it for their own benefit.The London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor, is a measure [...] [...]

Community banks team up to fight the megabanks

Hundreds of small community banks across the country are joining forces under the national brand Kasasa, in order to take on big banks.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Faced with growing competition from the likes of Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, more than 100 community banks have joined forces to take on the megabanks.Once rivals, [...] [...]

Moody’s: 5 big U.S. banks face downgrade

Moody’s says reviews of banks in Europe and around the world are due to ongoing pressure from crisis.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Five big U.S. banks were among 17 global institutions placed under review for downgrades Thursday by the rating agency Moody’s, reflecting the ongoing economic pressures from Europe’s fiscal crisis.Separately, Moody’s placed 114 European institutions [...] [...]

REVEALED: More Details On The Fed’s Breathtaking $7.7 Trillion In Loans To Large Banks

While most people know about Congress’ $700 billion TARP program, the Fed’s secret emergency loans to banks during the financial crisis remains shrouded in mystery.. A new Bloomberg Markets report shines more light on this lending.After adding up all the guarantees and loans, the Fed committed $7.77 trillion to rescuing the financial system as of March [...] [...]

BSE Sensex rises 2 pct; banks, techs rebound

People walk pass the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building displaying India’s benchmark share index on its facade, in Mumbai September 30, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Punit Paranjpe/FilesMUMBAI | Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:24pm IST MUMBAI (Reuters) – The BSE Sensex climbed 2 percent on Monday as Asian markets rallied on renewed euro zone hopes to tackle the [...] [...]

Fed’s Lockhart – Banks should shoulder own losses

ATLANTA | Fri Oct 7, 2011 10:49am EDT ATLANTA Oct 7 (Reuters) – Bankers, not taxpayers, should have to shoulder the losses in case of massive financial firm failures, a top Federal Reserve official said on Friday as growing discontent with Wall Street drove protests around the country.Dennis Lockhart, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve, [...] [...]

EXCLUSIVE – Europe hits banks with tougher capital test

A woman makes a transaction at an automated teller machine (ATM) as another comes out of a branch of the National Bank of Greece in Athens July 23, 2010. Credit: Reuters/John Kolesidis/FilesBy Philipp Halstrick and Andreas FramkeFRANKFURT | Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:32pm IST FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Europe’s banks will have to achieve a significantly [...] [...]

BSE Sensex falls 0.6 pct; banks drop, techs rise

A broker reacts while trading at a stock brokerage in Mumbai February 26, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Arko Datta/FilesNEW DELHI | Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:41pm IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The BSE Sensex dropped 0.6 percent in choppy trade on Wednesday as investors looked for more assurances on European policymakers’ ability to resolve the euro zone [...] [...]

Asian Markets Trade Higher On Central Banks’ Liquidity Plan

(RTTNews) – Asian stock markets are trading higher on Friday as investor sentiment was boosted by news that global central banks will launch coordinate efforts to ease dollar funding for stricken European banks. The move helped ease fears about the eurozone debt crisis. The European Central Bank or ECB announced Thursday that it is working [...] [...]

Banks take it on the chin … again

Click chart for more on the bank index.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Bank stocks sank Friday amid reports that federal housing authorities were planning to sue several financial institutions for allegedly misrepresenting the value of mortgage-backed securities. The retreat came amidst a broad sell-off on Wall Street driven by a weaker-than-expected report on hiring and unemployment [...] [...]

Debt after death: Banks chase down mourners

Denise Townley was “incensed” when her her mother’s credit card company contacted her only 13 days after her mom passed away.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Nobody wants to remember a deceased family member by the debt they left behind, but many creditors certainly make it difficult to forget. Denise Townley was appalled when she received a [...] [...]

Feds to sue a dozen-plus banks over mortgages

A Bank Owned sign is seen in front of a foreclosed home on September 16, 2010 in Miami, Florida.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — More than a dozen banks are expected to face lawsuits from a federal housing agency accusing them of misrepresenting the value of mortgage-backed securities.The news, reported by The New York Times and Wall [...] [...]

U.S. regulator to sue major banks over mortgages

A sign for a Bank of America office is pictured in Burbank, California August 19, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Fred ProuserBy Margaret Chadbourn and Jonathan StempelWASHINGTON/NEW YORK | Fri Sep 2, 2011 9:34pm IST WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. regulator will soon file lawsuits against major banks accusing them of bundling subprime home loans into bonds [...] [...]

BSE Sensex jumps 3.6 pct; techs, banks rise

A man walks past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai September 21, 2010. MUMBAI (Reuters) – The BSE Sensex jumped 3.6 percent on Monday — its biggest single-day gain since May 2009 — joining a rebound across Asia, after the U.S. Federal Reserve chief raised hopes for further monetary stimulus in the world’s [...] [...]

No swaps with foreign central banks latest week – NY Fed

NEW YORK | Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:08pm EDT NEW YORK Aug 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve did not provide any liquidity to foreign central banks in the latest week, the New York Fed said on Thursday. No foreign institutions tapped the central bank’s swap lines in the week ended Aug. 10. The [...] [...]

US Fed says not being unduly harsh on small banks

WASHINGTON | Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:06am EDT WASHINGTON Aug 16 (Reuters) – Community banks are still struggling with troubled construction and commercial real estate loans but Federal Reserve bank examiners are not being unduly harsh in their treatment of such loans, a senior Fed official told lawmakers on Tuesday.Kevin Bertsch, the Federal Reserve Board’s [...] [...]