Banking

HSBC offers Sharia Banking....

GayandRight (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Complete compliance with sharia...

CGAP Report Finds Four Forces to Shape Future of Mobile Banking

Payment News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The growing use of branchless banking, including mobile phone banking, is inevitable in most countries. But it's far less certain whether large numbers of the unbanked poor will use these alternative channels for financial services beyond payments, such as savings and credit. So says "Scenarios for Branchless Banking in 2020," a new report from CGAP, a microfinance group based at the World...

• New Report Finds Four Forces Will Shape the Future of Mobile Banking - News Unfiltered
• New Report Finds Four Forces Will Shape the Future of Mobile Banking - PR News Wire

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Selects Investment Banking Firm to Assist in Sale of MV Agusta

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) has selected the investment banking firm, BNP Paribas in Milan, to assist Harley-Davidson in the sale of MV Agusta. Harley-Davidson is currently identifying potential buyers for the Italian-based motorcycle company.

Banking: So Many Questions and So Much Uncertainty

Wall Street Pit (Free subscription) | yesterday

What does the future hold for our banking industry? Will it be ‘business as usual,’ as some on Wall Street might like? Will the populist rage sweeping the country compel those in Washington to enact meaningful reform? Will credit loosen? Will housing stabilize and support increased lending by...

StanChart to boost Mideast pvt banking business

ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Standard Chartered's private banking division to open offices in Qatar, Bahrain and Lebanon.

Swiss Banking, Tourism Woes a Drag on Exports Recovery

Dismal (Free subscription) | yesterday

Tighter regulation of the important banking industry is hitting demand.

Santander entices mortgage borrowers with Zero current account

Finance Markets (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

Mortgage borrowers with Santander will soon be able to take advantage of a bank current account that attaches no fees to overdrafts, whether authorised or unauthorised. The Spanish banking giant is launching a “Zero” current account on 11th January 2010 to coincide with its rebranding of Abbey, Bradford & Bingley and Alliance & Leicester to the [...]

• Santander to launch “Zero” current account for mortgage borrowers - Banking Times: Daily Banking News

RBS loses appeal over wheelchair access ruling

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Judge rules bank had 'duty' to provide counter facilities to David Allen, who has muscular dystrophy The Royal Bank of Scotland lost its appeal over a ruling that it failed to cater for the wheelchair access needs of a disabled teenager who was awarded £6,500 damages. David Allen, 18, who has muscular dystrophy, took legal action after the bank failed to install wheelchair access at the Church...

• UK News: Bank loses wheelchair access appeal - icWales

Worst Company In Britain – eBay v Nat West

Bitterwallet (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

It’s day two of our vote for the Worst Company In Britain 2009. In yesterday’s showdown, Halifax Bank Of Scotland beat Lloyds TSB at a canter with more than two thirds of the votes, which could translate into the fact that by merging with HBOS, the Lloyds Group have acquired the banking equivalent of a [...]

The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat

Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

By Glenn Greenwald Salon.com Something quite amazing happened yesterday in Congress: the House Finance Committee -- in a truly bipartisan and even trans-ideological vote -- defied the banking industry, the Federal Reserve, the Democratic leadership, and mainstream Beltway opinion in order to pass an amendment, sponsored by GOP Rep. Ron Paul and Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson, mandating a genuine and...

• The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat - Glenn Greenwald

The Complete List of Japanese ADR Stocks

Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

David Hunkar submits: The complete list of Japanese ADRs traded in the U.S. is listed below: ADR Name Ticker Industry Advantest ATE Tech.Hardware&Equip. Canon CAJ Tech.Hardware&Equip. Hitachi HIT Electron.&ElectricEq Honda Motor HMC Automobiles & Parts Internet Initiative Japan IIJI Software&ComputerSvc Konami KNM Leisure Goods Kubota KUB Industrial Engineer. Kyocera KYO Electron.&ElectricEq...

Citigroup Credit Cardholders Will See Rates Jump -- Unless They Spend

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

NEW YORK — For Citibank credit card holders, there is one way to escape the bank's rate hikes currently under way: Meet a monthly spending requirement. Those who meet the spending minimum – in some cases $750 a month – will be able to get a rebate on their total interest charges for that month. The rebate could cover some or all of the interest rate hike. Customers also need to make...

• To lower interest rates, Citi customers must spend - Examiner
• To keep interest rates lower, Citi credit card holders must spend - Star Tribune
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Survey Finds Revenue, Profits Down at Law Firms

Law.com (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

During the third quarter of this year, gross revenue among law firms industrywide fell by 6.9 percent and net income by 6.1 percent, according to a new survey by Wells Fargo Corp.'s Wachovia Legal Specialty Group. "What that tells you is there is going to be a lot more riding on the fourth quarter," said Jeff Grossman, national managing director at Wachovia. The survey was of 131 firms nationally,...

Australia shares head south in opening trades

Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Australian stocks fell early Friday after U.S. shares ended down, with resource and financial names moving solidly lower in Sydney. The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 1.2% to 4,694.0, with Westpac Banking Corp. down 1.3% and Australia & New Zealand Banking Group declining 1.4%. In the resource space, BHP Billiton Ltd. lost 1.7% of its value, while Rio Tinto Ltd. was down...

To Lower Interest Rates, Citi Customers Must Spend

ABC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

To keep interest rates lower, Citi credit card holders must spend Credit card - Citigroup - Business - Financial services - Banking Services

A New Program To Assist First-Time Homebuyers

neilsamsung | 17/11/2009

Studies show the dream of homeownership is becoming a reality for a growing number of Americans. For example, according to the 2005 Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies State of the Nation's Housing Report, minorities are making inroads into all housing market segments across the United States. This trend is expected to continue with minorities making up a growing share of the homeowner population...

A New Program To Assist First-Time Homebuyers

neilsamsung | 15/11/2009

Studies show the dream of homeownership is becoming a reality for a growing number of Americans. For example, according to the 2005 Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies State of the Nation's Housing Report, minorities are making inroads into all housing market segments across the United States. This trend is expected to continue with minorities making up a growing share of the homeowner population...

Slaughter and May Lawyers - "Books & Records" - LOCKDOWN - MI5 Carroll Trust - US HM Crown Organised Crime Case

carrolltrust | 11/11/2009

Slaughter and May is a "Magic Circle" law firm based in the City of London England. Slaughter and May advises the most FTSE 100 companies (28) of any law firm in the Magic Circle. Partners Glen James (pictured) Simon Hall and Lucy Wylde are explicity "named" as the Gerald Carroll Carroll Foundation Trust lawyers in compelling criminal evidence dossiers containing forged HM Land Registry Gerald Carroll