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IMF warns of ongoing financial risks following banking turmoil

Washington, United States | AFP | Tuesday 4/4/2023  The recent banking turmoil in the United States and Europe could spread…

Troubled investment bank China Renaissance suspends share trading

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Investment bank China Renaissance suspended trading in its Hong Kong-listed shares on Monday, saying the disappearance…

UBS shares sink after Credit Suisse buyout

Zurich, Switzerland | AFP | Monday 3/20/2023 UBS share price plunged on Monday as a deal to take over its…

Four days that shook the US banking system

by Thomas URBAIN The US banking system has been gripped in recent days by a series of convulsions that has…

HSBC buys failed US bank SVB’s UK arm for £1

by Roland JACKSON The UK arm of failed US lender Silicon Valley Bank has been bought by HSBC for a…

SVB’s demise a sign of worry, but limited contagion risk: analysts

New York, United States | AFP | by Juliette MICHEL The surprisingly rapid implosion of Silicon Valley Bank has markets…

US closes Silicon Valley Bank in biggest collapse since 2008

US regulators pulled the plug on Silicon Valley Bank on Friday in a spectacular move that sent global banking shares…

Global bank shares sink over US fears

Paris, France | AFP | by Laurent THOMET The world's biggest banks took a stock market beating on Friday as…

Commerzbank profits jump before return to German stock elite

Frankfurt, Germany | AFP | Thursday 2/16/2023 Germany's second-largest lender Commerzbank said Thursday its net profit tripled in 2022 as…

US agency orders Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 bn for shoddy banking practices

US officials announced Tuesday a $3.7 billion settlement with Wells Fargo over an array of "illegal activity" that burdened customers…

HSBC bank sells Canadian ops for over US$10 bn

London, United Kingdom (AFP) HSBC has agreed to sell its Canadian division to Royal Bank of Canada for US$10.1 billion,…

‘Law and order returned’ Hong Kong’s US-sanctioned leader says at banking summit

by Jerome Taylor and Holmes Chan Agence France-Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP)  -- Hong Kong’s US-sanctioned leader insisted Wednesday that…

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