Investigation claims Credit Suisse handled dirty money | Banks News
The largest leak from a major Swiss bank included information on more than 18,000 bank accounts collectively worth $100bn. Credit
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Argentina’s central bank raises interest rate to 42.5 percent | International Monetary Fund News
Buenos Aires’s monetary tightening takes it one step closer to the goals set out with the International Monetary Fund. By Patrick
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Canada roped in banks to quell protests – now what? | Banks News
Canada roped in banks to help cut funding to protesters against COVID-19 mandates this week, but the requested speed and
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‘Theft’: Advocates decry US decision to withhold Afghan funds | Banks News
President Joe Biden’s decision to effectively seize the Afghan central bank’s funds in the United States and repurpose half of
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Sri Lanka’s central bank denies risk of default | Business and Economy News
Sri Lanka is facing its worst financial crisis in decades, and foreign exchange reserves have fallen to $2.36bn. Sri Lanka’s
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Plastic fantastic: Americans are racking up credit card debt | Retail News
United States credit-card balances increased every quarter in 2021, with the fourth-quarter gain the largest in figures dating back 22
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Sri Lanka urges expats to send money home as cash crisis deepens | Business and Economy News
Data shows that overseas remittances — the nation’s main foreign exchange earner — have fallen by nearly 60 percent in
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Bank of England urges restraint on pay hikes to rein in inflation | Business and Economy News
The United Kingdom’s central bank this week raised interest rates again to fight inflation that is running at a 30-year
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Lagarde no longer ruling out an interest-rate hike this year | European Union News
European Central Bank’s chief delivered surprisingly hawkish comments Thursday, citing data on unexpected record inflation. By Jana Randow and Carolynn Look and Alexander
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Lebanon: US dollar savers fear they’ll foot crisis bill | Business and Economy News
Beirut, Lebanon – Members of professional syndicates and anti-establishment political parties gathered outside the Beirut headquarters of Lebanon’s commercial banks’
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