A judge has ordered Spain’s top banker to stand trial on charges of tax fraud.
Emilio Botin, chairman of Santander Central Hispano, Spain’s largest bank, will be tried by the National Court, said Judge Teresa Palacios.
It is now up to a three-judge panel at the court to set a trial date for Mr Botin, who has been leading the Spanish bank’s recent bid for the UK’s Abbey
Two of Italian food giant Parmalat’s former auditors are to stand trial over their alleged role in the financial scandal that struck the firm last year.
Former Grant Thornton employees Maurizio Bianchi and Lorenzo Penca are to be prosecuted for market-rigging, a Milan court ruled on Tuesday. The pair are the first to be indicted over the Parmalat scandal
Two of Italian food giant Parmalat’s former auditors are to stand trial over their alleged role in the financial scandal that struck the firm last year.
Former Grant Thornton employees Maurizio Bianchi and Lorenzo Penca are to be prosecuted for market-rigging, a Milan court ruled on Tuesday. The pair are the first to be indicted over the Parmalat scandal
Two of Italian food giant Parmalat’s former auditors are to stand trial over their alleged role in the financial scandal that struck the firm last year.
Former Grant Thornton employees Maurizio Bianchi and Lorenzo Penca are to be prosecuted for market-rigging, a Milan court ruled on Tuesday. The pair are the first to be indicted over the Parmalat scandal
South Korea’s markets watchdog has said it is to inspect Citigroup’s local operations, days after regulators censured the bank’s Japanese business.
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said the probe would focus mainly on Citigroup’s private banking division. Last week, Japan’s market regulators ordered Citigroup to close its private banking operations there
A ruling that Visa and Mastercard had violated antitrust law has been upheld by the US Supreme Court.
The case stemmed from a 1998 Justice Department lawsuit challenging the credit card issuers’ regulations.
The groups appealed after a court found they were wrong to block banks from issuing credit cards on rival networks such as Discover and American Express
A ruling that Visa and Mastercard had violated antitrust law has been upheld by the US Supreme Court.
The case stemmed from a 1998 Justice Department lawsuit challenging the credit card issuers’ regulations.
The groups appealed after a court found they were wrong to block banks from issuing credit cards on rival networks such as Discover and American Express
The world’s largest insurer by market value is the target of a criminal investigation by the US Justice Department.
American International (AIG) is accused of helping a banking client commit fraud and keep about $762m (£522m) of bad loans off its balance sheet.
AIG says it did nothing wrong while analysts say the firm’s actions fall into a legal grey area
Germany’s biggest bank – Deutsche Bank – is being investigated on suspicion it may have manipulated its balance sheet.
The investigation is in connection to a long-running legal dispute with the now-defunct Kirch media group. Deutsche Bank is alleged not to have set aside provisions to cover damages and compensation that a court ordered it to pay to Kirch
US Airways Group will ask a bankruptcy court on Friday to impose emergency pay cuts of 23 percent on unionized workers if an agreement with the workers is not reached during the day.
In a letter to its unions, the No. 7 U