* Second day of technical problems for online banking services * HSBC says not caused by cyber-attack or malicious activity * UK lawmaker says to ask HSBC CEO for explanation (Adds new comment by HSBC) By Sinead Cruise LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - HSBC said on Tuesday onlin
Read moreLONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A senior British lawmaker, Andrew Tyrie, said on Tuesday he would ask the head of HSBC and regulators to explain repeated technical failures at Europe's biggest bank, after customers were unable to access online banking services. HSBC has apologised for the latest
Read moreLONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - HSBC said on Tuesday that customers affected by a blackout on its personal banking online services will not "lose out", as technical problems suffered by Europe's biggest bank run into a second day. In a statement apologising for the faults, first reported on Mond
Read more(ShareCast News) - HSBC will not face formal action from the City regulator following revelations that the Swiss arm of Britain's biggest bank helped clients to evade tax. HSBC was engulfed in scandal a year ago when leaked bank account details showed how the bank's Swiss unit helped wealthy custome
Read more(Repeats story with no changes) * Beijing targets "aggressive" trading to stem capital flows * Also wants to narrow onshore-offshore yuan gap * China-based banker says "easy-money" arbitrage days now gone By Engen Tham and Denny Thomas SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Dec 31 (Reu
Read more** German authorities have opened an investigation into whether HSBC's Swiss unit helped clients evade tax, Swiss weekly SonntagsZeitung reported on Sunday ** Authorities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia contacted at least eight HSBC employees in Zurich in recent weeks, the new
Read more(Adds quote, writes through) LONDON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A public review of Britain's banking culture has been scrapped just months after it was announced, with the UK regulator saying on Thursday it had opted instead to work with lenders individually to address any concerns. The move
Read moreLONDON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A public review of Britain's banking culture has been scrapped just months after it was announced, with the UK regulator saying on Thursday it had opted instead to work with lenders individually to address any concerns. The move will likely add to the public perce
Read more* Beijing targets "aggressive" trading to stem capital flows * Also wants to narrow onshore-offshore yuan gap * China-based banker says "easy-money" arbitrage days now gone By Engen Tham and Denny Thomas SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities are starti
Read more(ShareCast News) - UK stocks slumped on Wednesday as shares in mining and oil producers declined. Oil prices reversed the previous day's gains on concerns about a supply glut after a report showed an unexpected rise in US crude inventories. The Energy Information Administration said US crude invent
Read more(ShareCast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 0.6% to 6,274.20 at 1425 GMT, giving back some gains following a solid performance in the previous session, in holiday-thinned trade. With volumes low and many traders still away from their desks for the Christmas and New Year holidays, there was no real
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