Britain's bank regulator to be beefed up - paper
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banking regulator could be handed new powers to enforce government recommendations on how the country's largest banks should ring fence their retail and investment operations, The Sunday Telegraph reported. UK finance minister George Osborne will signal a more accommodating tone on regulation at an annual dinner for bankers this Thursday, hosted by The City of London, where he is due to outline how the government... full story 
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George Osborne's bank reforms inadequate, say MPs
Andrew Tyrie, who chairs the commission said the regulator scrutinising ringfence would be 'marking its own exam'A key plank of the chancellor's plans to reform Britain's banks in the wake of the financial crisis and the Libor rate-fixing scandal is "wholly inadequate", MPs have warned as they reopened the debate on breaking up the banks.The parliamentary commission on...
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UK regulator says satisfied with Lloyds, RBS capital plans
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator said it had finalized capital requirements for Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group and was comfortable with their plans.
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Former New York AG lawyer joins state bank regulator
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former senior attorney from the New York attorney general's office has gone to work for Benjamin Lawsky, the state banking regulator who took on Britain's Standard Chartered Plc last year.
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Lloyds most complained-about UK bank
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Deutsche Bank 'Horribly Undercapitalized': Regulator
A top U.S. banking regulator called Deutsche Bank's capital levels "horrible".
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SBI suggests RBI as single regulator for all home loans
The State Bank of India is of the view that Reserve Bank of India should be the regulator for all home loans sanctioned by banks and housing finance companies. A single regulator would help remove the regulatory arbitrage that existed between banks and HFCs.
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UK regulator fines UBS over high risk investments
Britain's financial regulator has fined Swiss bank UBS 9.45 million pounds ($14.8 million) for exposing its customers to high-risk investments and for failing to deal properly with complaints that followed.
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Vatican bank regulator signs information-sharing deal with U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The regulator of the Vatican bank on Tuesday signed an information-sharing pact with the U.S. agency that tracks suspicious financial transactions, part of an effort by the scandal-ridden bank to improve its international image.
reuters.com (1 month and 11 days ago)
Bank of America Settles With Credit Union Regulator
The bank agreed to pay $165 million to settle charges by the regulator involving sales of mortgage-backed securities to corporate credit unions that have since failed.
nytimes.com (2 months and 18 days ago)
Exclusive: Deutsche Bank 'horribly undercapitalized' - U.S. regulator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. banking regulator called Deutsche Bank's capital levels "horrible" and said it is the worst on a list of global banks based on one measurement of leverage ratios.
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