Us Senate Banking Committee

Embattled Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has failed to disclose more than $700 million in previously undeclared accounts since 2014, in violation of a plea deal with the US Department of Justice, a Senate committee said Wednesday.

Facebook’s plans to create a global cryptocurrency will face scrutiny from the US Senate Banking Committee on July 16, the latest sign that policymakers around the globe are casting a wary eye on the project.

Facebook's plans to create a global cryptocurrency will face scrutiny from the US Senate Banking Committee on July 16, the latest sign that policymakers around the globe are casting a wary eye on the project.

The US Senate Banking Committee will question SEC and CFTC heads over how to better regulate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

The Federal Reserve is preparing to consider interest rate hikes "on a meeting-by-meeting basis", Fed Chair Janet Yellen told a congressional committee on Tuesday, a subtle shift of emphasis that helps lay the groundwork for the Fed's first rate hike since 2006.

Stock markets around the world jumped on Thursday, lifted by supportive comments from central banks in both Europe and the United States.

Two members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee called Sunday for tougher Western sanctions against Russia to include its petrochemical and banking industries and warned that Moscow thus far has ignored US and European efforts to persuade it to back off its confrontation with Ukraine.

The US Senate Banking Committee on Thursday approved Janet Yellen's nomination to become the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, sending it to the full Senate for a final vote.

The Dow and the S&P 500 hit new highs on Friday for a sixth straight week of gains, as investors continued to take cues from Federal Reserve Chair nominee Janet Yellen, who told a Senate Committee it was too early to end the central bank's stimulus.

Answering questions before the Senate Banking Committee, Yellen made plain she would press forward with the Fed's ultra-easy monetary policy until officials were confident a durable economic recovery was in place that could sustain job creation.

A government-appointed committee, that is probing into media reports on disclosures of Walmart in the US regarding its lobbying activities and whether the retail giant undertook any activity in India in contravention of law, will submit its report by April.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke strongly defended the US central bank's monetary stimulus before Congress on Tuesday, easing financial market worries over a possible early retreat from bond purchases.

Gold rose 1.3 per cent on Tuesday, its biggest one-day gain in three months, as Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's defence of US bond-buying stimulus boosted bullion's inflation-hedge appeal.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke faces the first of two days of congressional testimony that will subject the Fed's controversial bond-buying program to tough scrutiny and gauge his confidence in the resilience of the US economy.

HSBC is being investigated by the Reserve Bank of India after a US senate committee said the bank's Indian staff mishandled checks to ensure the global banking giant was following norms that guard against money-laundering and terror-funding.

Embattled Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has failed to disclose more than $700 million in previously undeclared accounts since 2014, in violation of a plea deal with the US Department of Justice, a Senate committee said Wednesday.

Facebook’s plans to create a global cryptocurrency will face scrutiny from the US Senate Banking Committee on July 16, the latest sign that policymakers around the globe are casting a wary eye on the project.

Facebook's plans to create a global cryptocurrency will face scrutiny from the US Senate Banking Committee on July 16, the latest sign that policymakers around the globe are casting a wary eye on the project.

The US Senate Banking Committee will question SEC and CFTC heads over how to better regulate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

The Federal Reserve is preparing to consider interest rate hikes "on a meeting-by-meeting basis", Fed Chair Janet Yellen told a congressional committee on Tuesday, a subtle shift of emphasis that helps lay the groundwork for the Fed's first rate hike since 2006.

Stock markets around the world jumped on Thursday, lifted by supportive comments from central banks in both Europe and the United States.

Two members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee called Sunday for tougher Western sanctions against Russia to include its petrochemical and banking industries and warned that Moscow thus far has ignored US and European efforts to persuade it to back off its confrontation with Ukraine.

The US Senate Banking Committee on Thursday approved Janet Yellen's nomination to become the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, sending it to the full Senate for a final vote.

The Dow and the S&P 500 hit new highs on Friday for a sixth straight week of gains, as investors continued to take cues from Federal Reserve Chair nominee Janet Yellen, who told a Senate Committee it was too early to end the central bank's stimulus.

Answering questions before the Senate Banking Committee, Yellen made plain she would press forward with the Fed's ultra-easy monetary policy until officials were confident a durable economic recovery was in place that could sustain job creation.

A government-appointed committee, that is probing into media reports on disclosures of Walmart in the US regarding its lobbying activities and whether the retail giant undertook any activity in India in contravention of law, will submit its report by April.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke strongly defended the US central bank's monetary stimulus before Congress on Tuesday, easing financial market worries over a possible early retreat from bond purchases.

Gold rose 1.3 per cent on Tuesday, its biggest one-day gain in three months, as Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's defence of US bond-buying stimulus boosted bullion's inflation-hedge appeal.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke faces the first of two days of congressional testimony that will subject the Fed's controversial bond-buying program to tough scrutiny and gauge his confidence in the resilience of the US economy.

HSBC is being investigated by the Reserve Bank of India after a US senate committee said the bank's Indian staff mishandled checks to ensure the global banking giant was following norms that guard against money-laundering and terror-funding.