All news on the topic: Banks

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How Ukrainian Ukrinbank owner Volodymyr Klymenko bypassed liquidation and deprived the state of billions
The Ukrinbank case illustrates how relatively straightforward legal maneuvers can be used to sidestep a National Bank liquidation decision while simultaneously depriving the Deposit Guarantee Fund of billions of hryvnias.
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Lebanese bank accused of blocking customer funds faces U.S. lawsuit
Société Générale de Banque au Liban is one of several banks facing civil suits for allegedly preventing customers from retrieving funds after the collapse of Lebanon’s financial system.
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How President Mirziyoyev’s inner circle — Saida Mirziyoyeva, Oybek and Iskandar Tursunov — built a secret financial corridor for Russia’s elites
Once Russia became deeply entrenched in Ukraine, international sanctions were imposed on it extensively.
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Law firms call FCA’s car loans compensation plan “unfair and hypocritical”
Victims of the car loans scandal could miss out on more than £4bn in compensation if the City regulator proceeds with plans for an “insulting” interest rate in its redress scheme, consumer groups and claims firms say.
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Fraudsters use deepfakes and AI-powered scams to steal over £629mn from UK victims
Criminals are using artificial intelligence to increase their “attack rate” on UK victims, with investment fraud and romance scams hitting record levels in the first half of the year.
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Record £870 million in fraud stopped by banks, but online scams still growing
Fraudsters stole more than £629 million from UK consumers in the first six months of 2025, a 3% increase on last year, according to new figures from UK Finance.
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Chaos online as Amazon servers crash, taking down banks, apps and games worldwide
Dozens of games, apps, and banks experienced disruptions following a global outage.
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Banks to ‘snoop’ on pensioners under new fraud bill sparking privacy concerns
Banks will be granted powers to snoop on pensioners’ accounts and share data with the government as part of a huge fraud crackdown.
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FCA unveils £8.2bn redress scheme for unfair car loans affecting 14 million consumers
Millions of consumers could be eligible for £700 payouts after the City watchdog outlined compensation plans for the car finance scandal.
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Global bank fraud losses to hit $58.3bn by 2030, Juniper warns
A new report warns that increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes, powered by artificial intelligence, are set to overwhelm financial institutions unless prevention systems keep pace.
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The hacking from North Macedonia was aimed at PDVSA and not at the elections
The Caracas regime tried to establish a version according to which the delay in announcing the results of the June 28 elections, and their subsequent announcement without public minutes...
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EU expresses frustration as Britain postpones banking reforms due to Trump
The U.K. delayed its implementation of global banking rules by one year due to uncertainty over what U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will do.
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’Kafkaesque’: Bank blocks cash transfer, citing potential AI scam concerns
Starling’s fraud team repeatedly refused to allow UK man to send £12,800 to friend in Austria, then froze account
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Dirty money flows into the world’s most powerful banks
Thousands of secret suspicious activity reports offer a never-before-seen picture of corruption and complicity — and how the government lets it flourish.
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Full list of banks that have cut mortgages after Bank of England interest rates update
The Bank of England finally cut its base rate from 5.25% to 5% - the first time there has been a reduction since March 2020 and this is good news for those with a variable mortgage
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Santander customer bemused as bank suggests using branch in another country
He would have to drive for almost two hours to get to the branch
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Europe’s €10 trillion gamble
From Athens to Berlin, governments are coalescing around an idea to turbocharge the economy. If successful, it could be transformative ― but it’s a big if.
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Seven banks share data with UK law enforcement in a crackdown on ’dirty money’
Barclays (BARC.L),NatWest and Lloyds are among seven banks to share customer data with the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the largest project of its kind worldwide to tackle criminal gangs, money laundering and "dirty money" flowing through the country.
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Crowdstrike IT chaos could mean some workers fail to get paid
On Friday morning, the world ground to a halt as an IT glitch caused by cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike lead airline and bank systems to falter, causing widespread chaos
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Santander outrage as customer loses local branch and hits deposit limit
He was unhappy with the bank’s response to his complaint
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Major bank to close 60 more branches for good
Branches across three of the bank’s brands will be closing
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HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm breached money-laundering rules, regulator finds
Finma watchdog says bank failed to carry out adequate checks of two high-risk business relationships
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Barclays suspends sponsorship of festivals including Download and Latitude after boycotts
Following protests from fans and artists, the bank Barclays has pulled its sponsorship from festivals including Download, Latitude and the Isle of Wight festival.
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High street bank with 3.1 million customers hit by glitch causing payments to be taken twice
Customers at a high street bank have been left furious after being charged twice in a tech glitch.
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The always insufficient balance of Nodus Bank
A recently released judicial document recounts the series of misdeeds that two Venezuelans allegedly committed in the administration of that bank in Puerto Rico, which when it collapsed left debts still unpaid for 3,500 savers.