AFP The European Central Bank held key interest rates at historic lows Thursday, but made no announcement regarding Greece despite speculation it may offer a helping hand to its cash-strapped banks. Meeting in the Austrian capital instead of its usual home venue in Frankfurt, the ECB’s decision-making governing council voted not to alter borrowing costs, which have been at ...

  AP A US congressional committee is investigating how hackers managed to divert US$101 million from Bank of Bangladesh accounts held at the Federal Reserve in New York. The February theft led the Bangladesh central bank’s chairman to resign, and added to worries about the security of online bank data. This week, the Science Committee in the US House of ...

  REUTERS Kuwait’s Gulf Bank said a court ruled in favour of the lender in a 55.3 million dinar (US$182.99 million) dispute with The Cube Group to auction assets, according to a bourse filing. This is to go towards covering part of its debt to the lender, Gulf Bank said in the statement. The court ruling is final, the statement ...