Tag: Bank regulation

Libor Scandal and the Plight of Big Banks

Libor manipulation can bankrupt sixteen big banks and shake investors’ confidence. Libor rigging involves billions of dollars as profits. The big banks include Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup. While the first rigging […]

Financial Crises timeline23 April

The Biggest Banks, Bailouts & Basel III

On January 6, 2013 the global banking sector won a significant easing of Basel III Rules, when the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision extended not only the implementation schedule to 2019, but broadened the definition of liquid assets.

Financial Crises timeline31 December

The LIBOR Fallout – A Big Bank scandal!

The year of 2012 saw one of the biggest scandals in the international banking industry that went unnoticed and was less talked about amidst the Euro Zone crisis. The reason this becomes big now and […]