07/17/2019
LSB increases threshold of the Standards of Lending Practice for business customers
Taking note of concerns around debt sale, the Standards also include an enhanced level of LSB oversight in this area.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
07/17/2019
ESMA Amends Enforcement Decisions for Nordic Banks Following Appeal
Based on this decision, ESMA decided that the only appropriate supervisory measure in the four banks’ cases were public notices regarding the banks’ infringements and that no fine will be imposed, in accordance with CRAR.
07/17/2019
EBA amends implementing technical standards on supervisory reporting with regard to financial information
These final draft ITS amending the European Commission's Implementing Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 on supervisory reporting with regard to FINREP aim to improve the reporting requirements on non-performing exposures and forbearance in order to strengt
07/17/2019
Regulator investigates phoenixing employers
A number of investigations are now ongoing in cases involving scores of employees who have been denied the pensions they are entitled to.
07/17/2019
Guernsey plays its part in OECD success against tax evasion
The FBI recently highlighted to American senators the “immense value” of Guernsey’s information sharing in helping to combat financial crime.
07/16/2019
Commercial Court adopts broad interpretation of investment bank fee clause in equity and debt finance raising
The dispute related to the construction of two key defined terms – the “Project” and the “Transaction” – both of which were criticised by the court for lacking clarity.
07/16/2019
ING’s Belgian Unit Fined for Money-Laundering Violations
ING Belgium was hit with the penalty on April 24, Julie Kerremans, a Brussels-based spokeswoman for the unit, said in an emailed statement on Sunday.
07/16/2019
Russia: 30 Fake Firms and 4 Billion Rubles Later, 10 Will Stand Trial
“Through these organizations, cash withdrawal of unaccounted money in circulation – ‘black cash’- was made and a large-scale income was extracted,” the ministry said.
07/16/2019
New EU leadership needs to pick up baton of fiscal union
Leadership will have to do more to secure economic and monetary union 2.0
07/16/2019
Latvia fines Rigensis Bank for lax anti-money laundering controls
Rigensis Bank, which mainly serves non-resident clients from countries such as Russia and Belarus, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
07/16/2019
Ex-Kingsley Napley partner fined over £1.5m estate payments
This grant gave the client the authority to get in the assets of the deceased, but not to deal with those assets or make payments from the estate.
07/16/2019
RDJ Private Client practice ranked by Chambers HNW 2019
Chambers describes the RDJ team as “decisive”.
07/16/2019
Whistleblowers need independent office to protect them, say MPs
Existing laws leaving staff who speak up exposed to abuse by their employers, says report
07/16/2019
The FCA is to launch a new platform to replace Gabriel
Gabriel is our main regulatory data collection system, facilitating the collection of over 500,000 submissions annually, across 120,000 users and 52,000 firms.
07/16/2019
Santander offered a €52m sign-on to Andrea Orcel
Formal offer letter shows how much bank was prepared to pay up for new CEO
07/16/2019
LIBOR: preparing for the end
Speech by Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the FCA, at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's LIBOR Transition Briefing in New York, USA.
07/15/2019
IBB Solicitors expands into the heart of Reading
This latest move by IBB aligns with its clear vision to put its clients at the centre of everything it does.
07/15/2019
ING's Belgian Unit Fined for Money-Laundering Violations
ING Belgium was hit with the penalty on April 24, Julie Kerremans, a Brussels-based spokeswoman for the unit, said in an emailed statement on Sunday.
07/15/2019
These recent data breaches generated huge fines, so here’s why your data processing agreements need to be watertight
The final amount of the fines may well be decreased in court.
07/15/2019
Esma fines Regis-TR EUR56K for data access failures
This is a key requirement to improve transparency and facilitate the monitoring of systemic risks in the derivatives markets.