Banks Goldman Sachs slashes China’s ’24 economic growth Nada Ali Sep 16, 2024 0 Global investment banks Goldman Sachs and Citigroup have revised their full-year projections for China's economic…
Banks HSBC acquires China’s Citigroup’s consumer wealth portfolio Nada Ali Jun 11, 2024 0 HSBC boosts its presence in mainland China by acquiring Citigroup's consumer wealth portfolio, adding over 300…
Featured S. Arabia raises $5b in sukuk Aya Anwar May 29, 2024 0 Saudi Arabia has successfully raised $5 billion through the issuance of dollar-denominated sukuk, aiming to address…
Featured Mastercard, US banks test tokenised settlement Aya Anwar May 8, 2024 0 Mastercard Inc. is teaming up with some of the largest US banks to explore shared-ledger technology, enabling the…
Featured Abu Dhabi raises $5b from eurobond market after 3-yr hiatus Aya Anwar Apr 24, 2024 0 Abu Dhabi has entered the Eurobond market for the first time since 2021, raising a substantial $5 billion in what…
Featured Abu Dhabi to re-enter eurobond market after 3-yr absence Aya Anwar Apr 23, 2024 0 Abu Dhabi is entering the eurobond market for the first time in roughly three years, a move prompted by diminishing…
Money Swiss c. bank likely to cut rates Aya Anwar Mar 20, 2024 0 A small group of banks anticipate that Switzerland's policymakers will defy predictions and decrease interest…
Featured Zee shares drop 33% after Sony calls off deal Sama Mousa Jan 23, 2024 0 Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. witnessed a drop of 33 per cent after Sony Group Corp. announced the termination…
Banks S. Arabia borrows $12bln in bonds Aya El Sayed Jan 9, 2024 0 Saudi Arabia has raised $12 billion from foreign debt, marking its biggest borrowing since 2017, during a…
International News Citigroup predicts U.S. Fed to soar interest rate in Nov Mennatullah Hamzawy Sep 17, 2023 0 Citigroup expects the U.S. Federal Reserve (the central bank of the United States) to raise its key interest rate…
Banks US banks save up reserves after First Republic Bank rescue Yassmine Elbehnaihy Apr 12, 2023 0 JPMorgan Chase and Co, Wells Fargo & Co, Citigroup Inc and Bank of America are setting $100 million each in Q1…
Money JPMorgan, other U.S. banks flooded with clients post SVB crash Sama Mousa Mar 14, 2023 0 A huge number of customers have applied to shift accounts to large U.S. banks such as JPMorgan Chase &Co. and…
Tech news Citigroup fixes ‘technical issue’ that left accounts frozen Ghada Ismail Jun 25, 2016 0 Citigroup Inc said on Friday it resolved a technical issue that had left customers unable to access their accounts…
Banks Citigroup, U.S. Bancorp exit money-losing Brazil card venture Noha Gad Apr 23, 2016 0 Citigroup Inc and U.S. Bancorp have agreed to sell Brazilian card payment processing joint venture Elavon do Brasil…
Banks Citigroup’s Q1 results suggest tough year ahead Noha Gad Apr 16, 2016 0 Citigroup Inc (C.N) reported a sharp decline in quarterly profit on Friday, hit by weak revenue, costs related to…
Banks JPMorgan, Citi shareholders to vote on potential breakup plans Noha Gad Mar 17, 2016 0 Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Citigroup Inc (C.N) will get to vote on whether their banks…
Banks Citigroup receives subpoena from U.S. attorney in FIFA probe aya salah Feb 27, 2016 0 Citigroup Inc. said it received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York…
Banks U.S. authorities question Citigroup about transactions in FIFA corruption probe Noha Gad Feb 27, 2016 0 Citigroup Inc said it has received questions from U.S. federal authorities investigating the role of financial…
Banks Pimco, others sue Citigroup over billions in mortgage debt losses Noha Gad Nov 26, 2015 0 Pacific Investment Management Co and other investors have sued Citigroup Inc over the bank's alleged failure to…
Banks U.S. Banks’ Buybacks, Dividends May be No Reason for Shareholder Celebrations Noha Gad Mar 11, 2015 0 Big U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Citigroup Inc (C.N), are expected to win Federal…
Banks Citigroup’s Past Losses may have helped it win Costco Business Noha Gad Mar 5, 2015 0 Citigroup Inc had at least one advantage in its successful bid for the exclusive right to issue credit cards for…
Banks Goldman writedown of Portugal loan hurts profit, bonuses Noha Gad Jan 14, 2015 0 Goldman Sachs Group Inc had to write down its loan to the troubled Portuguese bank Banco Espirito Santo SA in the…
EGX Egypt Debt Rally Missed by Outsiders Shows Al-Sisi Challenge Yomna Yasser Dec 23, 2014 0 For all of the gains in Egypt’s financial markets since President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi took over this year, one…
Banks Egypt’s One Islamic Banking Woman CEO Chases Growth: Arab Credit Yomna Yasser Jul 17, 2014 0 Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC (ADIB)’s Egyptian unit sees demand for Shariah-compliant finance picking up, expecting…
USA Wall Street Opens Lower, Citigroup Falls Yomna Yasser Jan 16, 2014 0 Stocks opened slightly lower on Thursday, with the S&P 500 retreating from a record high as investors digested…
USA U.S. Stocks Cap Weekly Decline on Bets Fed Will Taper Yomna Yasser Dec 7, 2013 0 U.S. stocks ended their longest streak of weekly gains in a decade as data on economic growth and manufacturing…
Banks Citigroup to BofA Spurn Treasuries to Hoard Cash on Taper Risk Yomna Yasser Dec 2, 2013 0 Never before have America’s banks been so wary of risking their cash deposits on U.S. government debt. After…
Industry & Trade Apache’s Egypt Quandary Symbolizes Tough Business Call Yomna Yasser Aug 24, 2013 0 Apache Corp (APA.N) faces a difficult choice in Egypt: whether to sell its substantial oil and natural gas…
Banks SocGen Profit More Than Doubles on Investment Bank Yomna Yasser Aug 1, 2013 0 Societe Generale SA, France’s second-largest bank, said second-quarter profit more than doubled, beating…
Banks Barclays to Raise 5.8 Billion Pounds in Rights Offering Yomna Yasser Jul 30, 2013 0 Barclays Plc (BARC), the U.K.’s second-largest bank by assets, said it will raise 5.8 billion pounds ($8.9 billion)…
Banks Morgan Stanley Tops Analysts’ Estimates on Trading Revenue Yomna Yasser Jul 18, 2013 0 Morgan Stanley (MS), owner of the world’s largest brokerage, reported a 66 percent earnings increase that beat…
Banks Citigroup To Cut 11,000 Jobs, Take $1 Bln Charge Administrator Dec 6, 2012 0 Vikram Pandit hired thousands of employees and invested billions of dollars as he sought to boost Citigroup Inc.…
International News China’s CNOOC Scoped Nexen, Partnered, Then Pounced Amwal Al Ghad English Jul 25, 2012 0 When Canada's Nexen Inc fired its CEO in January, an oil giant on the other side of the world sprang into action.…
Banks Wall Street Seeks Patience After Worst 1st Half Since ’08 Yomna Yasser Jul 20, 2012 0 Wall Street’s five biggest banks reported the worst start to a year since 2008. They’re still asking investors to…
Banks Foreign Banks Plan To Expand China Workforce By 56%, Pwc Says Amwal Al Ghad English Jul 17, 2012 0 HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) and Citigroup Inc. (C) are among foreign banks in China that plan to boost their combined…
Banks Investor Sues Barclays On Euribor Manipulation Administrator Jul 7, 2012 0 Barclays Plc (BARC) was sued by an investor who claimed her futures-trading business was harmed by the bank’s…
Banks Ex-Citigroup Executive Sentenced To 8 Years For Embezzling US$ 23 Mln Administrator Jun 30, 2012 0 Ex-Citigroup Inc. (C) Vice President Gary Foster was sentenced to 97 months in prison for embezzling almost $23…
Banks Citigroup Dismantles Committee Overseeing Toxic-Asset Division Administrator May 29, 2012 0 Citigroup Inc. (C), the biggest U.S. bank to have regulators reject its capital plan this year, dismantled a board…
USA S&P 500 Hits Biggest Two-Day Rise in 2012 Yomna Yasser May 22, 2012 0 U.S. shares rose, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index its biggest back-to-back advance in 2012, amid…
Banks Four Banks Likely To Issue US$ 1.5 Bln Sovereign Bond In Dubai Administrator Apr 24, 2012 0 Dubai has mandated four banks for a sovereign bond issue of up to $1.5 billion which may be launched as early as…