LONDON (Reuters) - Bankers are confident they can persuade the European Union that its proposed financial trading tax poses enough risks to struggling economies and banks to warrant being watered down.Their campaign against the tax, which will be imposed by 11 of the EU’s 27 countries, ...

LONDON (AFP) - Britain's former finance minister Alistair Darling has attacked "arrogant and stupid" bankers in his new memoir of life during the most turbulent period of the financial crisis. Darling was particularly critical of some senior bankers, saying the former chief executive of Royal Bank ...

Sensitive agencies including Anti Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) and the Rangers Saturday conducted an operation in Sukkar and got three bankers abducted from Karachi freed from kidnappers. According to the media report, the personnel of security forces including Anti Violent Crime Cell and the Rangers ...

BASEL (AFP) - The world has avoided an extremely threatening depression but there are outstanding risks that could topple renewed economic confidence, leading central bankers said on Monday. There is a situation where we see elements that are encouraging, confirmation of the fact that we avoided ...

LONDON (AFP) - The Group of 20 nations must agree binding rules on bankers bonuses to head off a repeat of the global economic crisis, Europes top leaders said Thursday. Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany also ...

KARACHI - Institute of Bankers Pakistan said that only 381 candidates belonging to banks and other financial institutions cleared the IBA Superior Qualification examination in which a huge number of 2,621 candidates participated. The Institute of Bankers Pakistan Superior Qualification (ISQ) ...

KARACHI - The District and Sessions Judge, South, Asif Ahmed on Wednesday handed over four bankers involved in the financial scam to FIA till December 31st. The accused, owner of Sahara Money Exchange Company (SMEC) Mehboob Motiwala along with other four bankers was arrested on Tuesday night by the ...

LAHORE- Five leading bankers have categorically rejected the Punjab govt's offer to become the President of Bank of Punjab (BoP), after its former President Hamesh Khan was sacked as the State Bank of Pakistan had reservations about his appointment since he took the charge of his office, ...