Journals By Industry - Banking Institutions & Systems

Abu Dhabi-based investment firm, The National Investor (TNI), has shed more than half of its workforce and is planning more job cuts in a bid to reduce costs in response to tough financial...

The US Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 2 unanimously approved a new regimen of anti-Iran sanctions which will for the first time threaten to punish the global financial telecommunications network - nearly all...

Ader Investment Management (AIM) has launched Accelerator Fund Partners LP, a funding platform for hedge funds looking to boost assets under management and enhance their distribution into family offices and fund of funds....

Tokyo, Feb 2, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia (TMMR), its vehicle production subsidiary in Russia, plans to add stamping and resin-molding processes to...

Sources said that both Bank of China and Bank of Communications have received approval from the Taiwanese regulator to set up branches in Taiwan. Bank of China will invest TWD 1.2 billion (approx....

A loan from the Inter-American Development Bank is for an Agricultural Export Diversification Program (No. 1929/BL-GY). Part of the funds are for Supply, Delivery, Testing and Installation of Computer Software and Hardware for...

HEADNOTE On November 15, 2011, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held a conference to explore what has been driving the large and rapid increases in Midwest farmland values. Academics, industry representatives, and...

Hailstorms in Australia, tornadoes in the southeastern U.S. and windstorms in northern Europe: We're in the second month of the year and already receiving hints that 2012 may be shaping up to equal...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said Dec.17 it approved a US$50 million loan to support an air transport reform program. "The Bahamian economy is based on two pillars: tourism and international financial services,...

A loan from the Inter-American Development Bank is for a Coastal Risk Assessment & Management Program (Project No. BA-L1014; Loan No.2463/OC-BA). Some the funds are for Quality Assurance/Quality Control Consultancy. Deadline to prequalify:...

A $15 million World Bank loan to Belize is for Project: 127338-(N) Climate Resilient Infrastructure. The objective is to provide evidence-based climate resilient infrastructure and to enhance the capacity of the country in...

Following the adoption of a regulation by the Central Bank Board, the HSBC bank is the first authorized to offer currency derivatives, reports Nacion.com (Jan. 9, 2012). Currency derivatives ensure the value of...

The Costa Rica National Bank on Jan. 10, 2012 said it has put out to tender construction of a new branch in Tamarindo, Guanacaste Province, with an estimated value of $1.5 million. The...

Denis O'Brien, an Irish billionaire who runs the telecom Digicel, recently recently presided over the opening of the 50th school that his company has rebuilt since the quake struck in 2010, and then...

If all goes according to plan, by the time the next academic year begins in September, Furcy in Haiti will have a brand new public school, reports Caribbean News Now (Dec. 26, 2011):...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said Dec. 16 it has approved a $20 million grant to complete and supplement the financing needed to refurbish the Peligre hydroelectric plant, Haiti's largest renewable energy generation...

A loan from the Inter-American Development Bank is for Phase II of Support to the Social Protection Program (No. 2426-DR). Part of the funds are for Procurement and Implementation of Software Licenses. Bid...

The Treasury Ministry on Jan. 12 announced a $45 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to improve public transport of passengers and general traffic in the metropolitan area of San Salvador.The loan...