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TD defeats $4.5bn negligence claim in Stanford fraud case

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Bloomberg Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) was found not liable for losses related to convicted fraudster Allen Stanford’s Ponzi scheme, with an Ontario judge rejecting a $4.5 billion negligence claim against the firm. The lender doesn’t need to pay the claim filed by trustees trying to recover losses from Stanford investors because Toronto-Dominion “did not know or have any reason to suspect ...

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Goldman Sachs, Visa sign corporate payments deal

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Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc inked a partnership with Visa Inc as it builds out its newly formed transaction banking arm. The bank is using Visa capabilities that allow Goldman’s corporate clients to easily send and track high-value payments to other businesses overseas, according to a statement on Monday. Goldman agreed to the deal after talking with more than 100 ...

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ECB sees early tensions emerge over when to end crisis stimulus

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Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) tensions over how and when to discuss ending its emergency bond-buying program are starting to bubble over into the public domain. Little more than an hour after President Christine Lagarde said in an interview that it is “far too early” to debate when to end the stimulus, Austrian central-bank Governor Robert Holzmann said the program ...

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