Legal & Regulatory
Bank of Cyprus hired former RBS deputy chief to lead restructuring
In its efforts to restructure the company, Bank of Cyprus hired former deputy chief executive Euan Hamilton from the Royal Bank of Scotland as a consultant. Bank of Cyprus's efforts to turn the state of the company around has been hindered by political infighting as well as heavy criticism over its lack of transparency.
China drafts rules to crack down on banks who evade lending limits - sources
China Banking Regulatory Commission's new rules will prohibit banks to circumvent lending limits via loan restructuring and other means, according to sources who had disclosed the new banking measures to Bloomberg.
Fiber optic cable firm, Level 3, may have allowed NSA to tap Google’s fiber network
The New York Times cited reports that have suggested that Level 3 Communications, which controls most of the fiber optic cables that connect everyone to the Internet, may have greenlighted the NSA to tap data from Yahoo and Google. Both companies have announced that they will now start encrypting their data.
US judge junks Citigroup's injunction blocking Abu Dhabi's second arbitration
A US district court has rejected Citigroup Inc.'s injunction barring Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) from seeking a secondary arbitration over its USD7.5 billion investment in the then-beleaguered bank.