* Draghi, Carney to hog spotlight * ECB, BOE firmly on hold but unease stir over euro strength * Trade data eyed for sig...

After spending the last few years taking a wait-and-see approach to financial reform, several banking regulators in the U.S. and Europe kicked off 201...

Until the culture within the banking sector is systematically overhauled by regulators whose policies reflect the moral code of our society as a whole, we will never put our banking sector in order.

NEW YORK (AP) — Standard & Poor's says the United Kingdom will keep its top "AAA" credit grade. The rating agency late Friday affirme...

Namely, duty to market is the foundation of a well-functioning market. Only when combined with supervision, regulation, and codes of conduct stressing trust and personal integrity, can systemic failure, fraudulent practices, and rate manipulation be curtailed.

* UK GDP falls 0.7 pct in Q2, biggest drop since Q1 2009 * Osborne warns of "deep-rooted economic problems" * Opposition...

As the interest rate manipulation scandal grips the banking industry, regulators have defended their actions and trumpeted their efforts to overhaul t...

* Talks in September to discuss whether Libor can be saved * Bernanke, Carney float possible market-based alternatives ...

It's easy to bash regulators. But it's not so easy to be one.

LONDON (AP) — The governor of the Bank of England said Tuesday that U.S. authorities did not show him any evidence of manipulation of a key market r...

LONDON — A senior Bank of England official denied Monday that he had given any hint to Barclays that it should manipulate reports of its borrowi...

In the fast-exploding Barclays rate-fixing scandal, Bob Diamond may have just produced a smoking gun -- one that could have the power to take a Bank o...

* Records show chances missed over Libor * Fault lines detailed on at least five occasions * Critical questions raised i...

* Northern Rock "run" was due to bank risk * Threat now is country risk * Currency risk another concern for bank deposit...

Is the SEC looking into traditional malfeasance -- the usual seamy kickbacks or bribes -- or the more esoteric: faster portals into exchange servers for certain select customers? This range of "advantages" may be built into the very concept of HFT. Will the SEC put HFT itself on trial?

Banks' contribution to the economy may be hugely overstated, underscoring anger about the scale of taxpayer rescues and resultant government cutba...

FRANKFURT, Germany — The central banks of the wealthiest countries, trying to prevent a debt crisis in Europe from exploding into a global panic...

As the outlook for growth continues to deteriorate, whilst the price for goods and services remain stubbornly high, the risk of stagflation returns. This would be a tough scenario, where policy options tackling one of these issues would only worsen the other.

LONDON -- A dozen British banks saw their credit ratings downgraded Friday over doubts over the strength of the government's support, in another sign ...

(Leigh Thomas) - The outlook for economic growth in developed countries has got much worse in the last three months, the OECD said on Thursday and...

On the face of it, Glencore International AG doesn't look too scary. With about $80 billion in assets, the Swiss-based commodities trader is a lightwe...

The classic safe-haven investment has seen a strong uptrend in value since the autumn of 2008. Various factors have been credited as drivers of this move, but what is the risk gold could lose its luster?

FRANKFURT, Germany -- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet is saying Europe faces continuing inflation risks despite the economic diffi...

By Paul Carrel, Mark Felsenthal, Pedro da Costa, David Milliken and Alan Wheatley FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON - On a warm, Lisbon day last May, Jean-Clau...

We have the worst possible banking system because it is built on two pillars of straw -- proprietary information and leverage.