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Banking: Metro - we're a bank not a newspaper

4. August 2010

The first new, independent, bank to open in the UK for more than a century has a bright new look - and a wierd disclaimer.

Banking: illegal immigrants target cash withdrawals at banks

14. May 2010

Police in Johor Bahru, the border town for Malaysia, Singapore and - via ports and light boats - Indonesia - have arrested two illegal immigrants from Indonesia who targeted bank customers leaving ATMs.

Banking: ICICI gets retail licence in Singapore

29. March 2010

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has told India's ICICI bank that it can start retail operations in Singapore.

Banking: Former HSBC HK VP charged with accepting bribe

22. October 2009

Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has brought charges against a former senior officer of HSBC in Hong Kong.

Retail Banking: mortgage adviser convicted of fraud

28. May 2009

A Canberra, Australia mortgage broker has been sentenced for submitting fraudulent loan applications on behalf of clients.

Retail banking: UK Government - business as usual

10. February 2009

In a move that will surprise no-one who watches the UK political scene, the Labour Government has done as it always does - it's ordered an inquiry to decide what to do about the failures to manage risk in the banking sector.

Phishing Alert: Abbey / Cahoot

23. January 2009

A new phishing scam using Abbey National's cahoot internet bank has been launched.

Retail banking: RBS staff on the streets

9. January 2009

In a crisis where excessive credit is at the root of it all, RBS staff in Singapore are up to something that looks rather strange.

Bush auto bailout plan pulls money from under the TARP

22. December 2008

When you put the zeros on, 13.7 milliard looks like a lot of dollars. But out of the USD700 milliard awarded to the banks to stave off collapse, it's tiny. And the terms of the TARP deal are being redefined with every passing day.

UK banking gets set for new third force

15. December 2008

For a lesson in growing by stealth, take a look at Lloyds Bank, the apparently sleepy little retail bank, which has been quietly beefing up whilst larger rivals were slugging it out on the international stage. And then, from nowhere, it's become the third biggest banking group in the UK.