| Greater supervision for non-banking financial institutions: CBRC (People's Daily) | The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) announced Tuesday that it will redouble its efforts to monitor possible risks brought on by non-banking financial institutions, according to the Wall Street Journal. Cai Esheng, vice chairman of the CBRC, stated on the commission's website Tuesday that it will focus on supervising the cooperation between banks and trust companies, and trust ... |  |  | | Banking fraud up as card losses fall (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) | Online banking losses and phishing attacks both recorded double-digit growth last year as UK customers continued to fall victim to online scams, according to figures released today by The UK Cards Association and Financial Fraud Action UK. | | | | Deutsche Bank receives Maltese banking licence (di-ve) | German banking giant Deutsche Bank has been granted a Maltese banking licence by the Malta Financial and Services Authority, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech revealed on Wednesday afternoon. | | | | Banking fraud up as card losses fall (vnunet.com) | Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 10 March 2010 at 10:21:00 New figures on online fraud offer mixed outlook Online banking losses and phishing attacks both recorded double-digit growth last year as UK customers continued to fall victim to online scams, according to figures released today by The UK Cards Association and Financial Fraud Action UK. The two organisations reported a year-on-year ... | | | | NES Financial Names Reid Thomas to Lead Company's Worldwide Sales and Marketing (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) | SAN JOSE, Calif.----NES Financial , a leading financial services provider for the banking industry and Fortune 500 companies, has named Reid Thomas to lead worldwide sales and marketing for the company. | | | | 5 Reasons to use Mobile Banking (Fox News) | 12 million people used mobile banking services in 2009. That number will climb to 45 million by 2014. | | | | Senate financial bill appears likely to keep Fed as regulator of big banks (Washington Post) | Key members of the Senate banking committee are coalescing around legislation that would strip the Federal Reserve of much of its regulatory authority but would leave the central bank with oversight of the nation's largest banks, according to aides familiar with the ongoing negotiations. | | | | Bankers winning financial reform battle (MalaysiaNews.net) | As Congress this week inches toward a new set of rules to avert another global financial collapse, it is focused on two conflicting goals: reforming the banking system to protect consumers while still... | | | | Financial reform key as Obama meets with Greek leader (CNN) | Global financial reform topped the agenda Tuesday as President Obama huddled with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, whose country is at the center of Europe's debt crisis. | | | | 'Dubai debt not setback to Islamic banking' (Business Times (Malaysia)) | The Dubai debt crisis does not represent a permanent setback to Islamic finance eventhough the sukuk or Islamic bonds suffered a blow as potentially safer instrument than conventional. Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir said this was because of the reasonable disenchantment with the banking and financial system as practised in the West. However, a marked ... | | | |