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Mexico says ‘bank hack’ led to large cash withdrawals

Bloomberg Several Mexican banks experienced large cash withdrawals in recent weeks after possible cyber attackers infiltrated some financial institutions, triggering unauthorised money transfers, the central bank said in an interview with Bloomberg. Banco de Mexico has zeroed in on five financial institutions whose external connection to the central bank’s electronic payment system was compromised, Lorenza Martinez, the central bank’s head ...

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Morgan Stanley spars with Deutsche Bank as derivatives trades rebound

Bloomberg A legal battle is heating up over scraps of a synthetic securitisation structured before the global financial crisis, highlighting risks in derivatives trades that are proliferating again. Deutsche Bank AG and Morgan Stanley are fighting over 36 million euros ($43 million) that wasn’t repaid to junior noteholders. The deal matured in December 2016 and was designed to provide credit ...

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Wells Fargo growth ban won’t end until vote of Fed board

Bloomberg Unprecedented growth restrictions imposed on Wells Fargo & Co. will stay in place until the Federal Reserve’s board agrees that the bank has made enough progress in fixing flaws that led to customer-abuse scandals over the past two years, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said in a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren. In a letter to Warren dated May 10, ...

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