Amid the ongoing financial regulation overhaul, the banking industry is hoping to pull off a quiet power grab that has eluded its grasp since the Great Depression, by...

Despite well-spoken pres­i­den­tial speeches, the fren­zied activ­i­ties of 100s of cheer-leading lib­eral and left­ist blogs, and the dreams and prayers for...

Wealthy Americans seeking to take advantage of Switzerland’s famous banking secrecy laws to avoid paying even more takes to the federal government are finding...

A bank in South Africa has fitted pepper sprays at 11 of its high-risk cash machines to deter thieves and fraudsters. Attacks on ATMs are a growing problem in the...

Whatever happened to a penny saved is a penny earned? Ok, I’m Mexican, so we’re gonna’ have to talk pesos, but you get my drift; what the hell...

I keep getting letters asking about the economic situation. How it started, affects us and if, and when, it will sort itself out! People keep saying to me; What’s...

It is time we all unite to stop this rapid slide in our profession’s dignity caused because of an inherent lacuna in our auditing environment caused due to sheer...

Dear readers, amidst all the mayhem, I just couldn`t pick up my pen to write these words until the dust settled a little. The infamous Crisis is by now becoming...

Some of the world’s biggest banks have revealed they are victims of an alleged fraud which has lost $50bn (£33bn).Bernard Madoff, who was arrested on Thursday,...

Today, when I read the papers there was an article on how most of the medals that India won in the individual category at the Olympics was mostly due to the individuals...

Higher inflation and increasing interest rates have forced middle class consumers to cut back their spending on shopping, amusement and eating out by nearly 55 per cent...

There is one question that arose a few times here and that became a real debate: in what extent the banks, in time to adopt rural credits, are responsible for the...

Finance ministers from the “Group of Seven” rich nations have urged banks to come clean over their subprime-related losses

Bihar ranks among the poor states in the country. Now, the scenario is being changed in Bihar under the governance of Nitish Kumar government. According to the...

Almost half of the Indians living in urban areas borrow money from friends and relatives not from any financial institutions. The Max New York Life Insurance and the...

If you habitually withdraw cash from any automated teller machine (ATM), just check the notes once whether it is original or fake. The complaints are increasing about...

The concept of buying by cash seems to be an age old tradition with today’s consumer becoming more comfortable in buying on credit. As far as gratitude is...