The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) receive 2,5 billion rubles from Russia monthly to pay pensions, Bloomberg reports, citing two sources in the local administration. Worried about their own safety, the interlocutors of the publication refused to publish their names. Meanwhile, the director ...
The Russian Central Bank has stopped operations to replenish Russia's international reserves. The corresponding statement appeared on the bank's website on Wednesday morning. “From July 28, the Bank of Russia suspended operations as part of replenishing international reserves, which was associated with increased volatility in the domestic foreign exchange market,”...
The Israeli police and the FBI have detained four Israelis suspected of hacking the Internet sites of financial institutions and banks, as well as securities fraud. On Wednesday, July 22, the Jerusalem Magistrates' Court will consider the issue of extending their detention. Detentions of steel ...
In Russia, the logo of the first national payment card was chosen, which, as previously reported, was called “Mir”. It will become an analogue of the American Visa and MasterCard, which currently control 85% of the plastic card market in Russia. “Green was chosen as the new corporate colors...
Despite the economic crisis in the Eurozone and the lingering debt saga of Greece, European commercial banks are still considered the most reliable in the world. Global Finance Magazine conducted a comparative study of 500 of the world's largest banks based on ratings from Fitch rating agencies, ...
The New York State Department of Financial Services has asked Deutsche Bank AG to provide information on the activities of the bank's Moscow office, according to American media. The department's request is related to information about money laundering in Russia. The agency reportedly requested e-mails, documents, customer lists and ...
On Monday, July 6, a New York court acquitted a native of Russia, programmer Sergei Aleinikov, who was accused of stealing software code when he was fired from Goldman Sachs bank. The litigation between Aleinikov and his former employer Goldman Sachs began back in 2009. Native ...
New York City Police have put a man in a wheelchair on the wanted list for allegedly robbing a bank in Queens. According to police, a man in a gray sweatshirt with a hood drove into a Santander bank branch in a wheelchair and handed a note to the cashier demanding to give him the money. ...
The French authorities, in the course of investigating a fraudulent scheme allegedly uncovered by Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, froze millions of euros in bank accounts. In addition, according to news agencies, a woman with Russian and French citizenship was detained on suspicion of involvement in a fraudulent scheme. Specific banks ...
In Kiev, an unknown person robbed a bank for 600 thousand hryvnias in broad daylight, leaving a chocolate bar to the head of the department. A man in a hat and glasses entered the bank on Borschagovskaya Street and immediately went to the office of the branch director. Threatening with an object like a pistol, the robber demanded ...