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Bank of England reveals secret loans to RBS, HBOS

AFP European Edition 2 days ago

The Bank of England admitted Tuesday that it lent a total of 61.6 billion pounds to Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS in secret during last year's financial crisis, adding that the cash had been repaid. The central bank revealed the loans, ...

Lloyds to sell 37p shares in biggest rights issue

AFP European Edition 2 days ago

Lloyds launched the country's largest-ever rights issue on Tuesday to raise 13.5 billion pounds from existing shareholders. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), 43-percent-owned by the taxpayer after a massive government bailout, said in a statement that existing shareholders would be able to buy ...

Lloyds to sell shares at 37p in biggest rights issue

AFP European Edition 2 days ago

Lloyds Banking Group on Tuesday said it was offering shareholders new stock at a discount of almost 60 percent under the country's largest ever rights issue. LBG, 43 percent of which is owned by the government after a massive bailout, said existing ...

Lloyds bank record rights issue set at hefty discount

AFP Global Edition 2 days ago

Britain's partly-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group on Tuesday said it was offering shareholders new stock at a discount of almost 60 percent under the country's largest ever rights issue. LBG, 43-percent state-owned after a massive government bailout, said existing shareholders would be able ...

US regional banks grow on the cheap amid crisis

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

The 20-year record high bankruptcy rate for US banks and businesses is giving regional banks on sound footing the opportunity to expand swiftly and on the cheap. "It's a significant opportunity because they are able to acquire assets that have been backed-stopped ...

Investors sue Fla. lawyer in fraud probe for $100M

AP News 5 days ago

Investors file $100M suit against high-profile Fla. lawyer under federal probe for huge fraud Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile South Florida attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday contending that the lawyer orchestrated a massive Ponzi scheme with the ...

Malaysia issues China's ICBC local banking licence

AFP Asian Edition 6 days ago

Malaysia's finance ministry has issued a commercial banking licence to China's largest bank, the country's central bank announced Friday. The licence for the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) follows the signing of an arrangement between the China Banking regulatory ...

MUFG results upbeat, scales back Morgan plan

Reuters US Online Report Business News 8 days ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306.T> became the third major Japanese bank to post upbeat results, underscoring the improving outlook for the sector, and said it would raise $11 billion to meet stricter capital rules. Japan's top bank also said ...

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ announces huge share sale

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

Japan's biggest bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial announced plans Wednesday to raise billion of dollars from investors, joining a scramble by firms to boost finances ravaged the global financial crisis. The news came as MUFG reported net profit soared 53.2 percent in the ...

MUFG says first-half net profit up 53.2pct

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

Japan's biggest bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) said Wednesday its first-half net profit soared 53.2 percent from a year earlier to 140.95 billion yen (1.6 billion dollars). Copyright 2009 AFP Global Edition

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