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PBOC to revise reserve to cut cash instability

  Bloomberg China’s central bank will further adjust how it assesses the amount of deposits banks must set aside with it as reserves to help ease swings in cash markets. From July 15, the People’s Bank of China will check banks’ average deposit value during a certain period, instead of at the end of a period, it said in a ...

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Suspension cost JPMorgan banker US$3million

  Bloomberg A JPMorgan Chase & Co foreign-exchange salesman who was fired for failing to follow rules introduced in the wake of the market-rigging scandal said his suspension left him anxious and isolated and eventually cost him 2 million pounds (US$3 million). Patrice Ktorza, a former executive director, is suing the bank for unfair dismissal in a London tribunal. He ...

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Nova Scotia bank profit plunges 12% on soured loans

  Bloomberg Bank of Nova Scotia said fiscal second-quarter profit fell 12 percent on higher losses from energy loans and restructuring charges as it shifts toward digital banking. Net income for the period ended April 30 slid to C$1.58 billion ($1.21 billion), or C$1.23 a share, from C$1.8 billion, or C$1.42, a year earlier, the Toronto-based bank said Tuesday in ...

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