Category: Commerzbank

Panama Papers: Denmark buys leaked data to use in tax evasion inquiries

Denmark pays up to £1m for documents from anonymous source and plans to investigate up to 600 Danes who may have evaded tax Denmark has become the first country in the world to apparently buy data from the Panama Papers leak, and now plans to investigate whether 500-600 Danes who… – Continue reading

Offshore Yuan Declines as China Seen Planning Currency Trade Tax

The offshore yuan was set for the biggest two-day decline in six weeks after China’s central bank reduced the currency’s reference rate and policy makers were seen preparing a levy on foreign-exchange transactions. The monetary authority has drafted rules for a so-called Tobin tax in an effort to curb currency… – Continue reading

China: offshore banks’ must reserve more yuan

China’s central bank said on Monday it will start implementing a reserve requirement ratio (RRR) on offshore banks’ domestic deposits, in what appears to be its latest attempt to stem speculation in the yuan and manage money flowing in and out of the country. Confusion over China’s foreign exchange policy… – Continue reading

China to start implementing RRR for offshore banks’ domestic deposits

China’s central bank said on Monday it will start implementing a reserve requirement ratio (RRR) on offshore banks’ domestic deposits, in what appears to be its latest attempt to stem speculation in the yuan and manage money flowing in and out of the country. Confusion over China’s foreign exchange policy… – Continue reading

Report :Julius Baer Seeks Deal With US To Settle American Offshore Accounts Case

Swiss private banking group Julius Baer Group Ltd. (JBAXY.PK,JBARF.PK) may have to pay more than it anticipated to settle a case with the U.S. Justice Department over American offshore accounts, according to media report quoting people familiar with the matter. The report indicated that the U.S. prosecutors could ask Julius… – Continue reading

China ready to moderate sharp offshore yuan falls: sources

[BEIJING] China’s central bank is on guard against a sudden attack on the yuan in offshore markets, and is ready to intervene if the gap between offshore and onshore exchange rates becomes destabilising, sources involved in policy discussions say. Though the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) wants to avoid a… – Continue reading

Offshore Yuan Gains on Speculation Traders Paring Weakening Bets

The offshore yuan strengthened the most this month on speculation traders are paring bets the currency will weaken after a surprise drop in U.S. consumer confidence pushed down the greenback. A gauge of the dollar’s strength fell for a second day as an index of consumer sentiment slumped to the… – Continue reading

The inaugural “Sudanese U-Turn” Prize for Creative Financial Chicanery is awarded to Credit Agricole

The French bank Credit Agricole will pay US regulators $787 million for flagrant violations of international sanctions against Iran, Sudan, and other countries. While it almost isn’t news anymore that a global bank got caught violating the law and will pay a giant fine to make up for it, we… – Continue reading

Commerzbank agrees with prosecutors on fine for tax evasion -report

Oct 14 Germany’s Commerzbank has agreed with Cologne prosecutors to pay 17 million euros ($19.49 million) of fines for tax evasion, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Wednesday, without citing the source of the information. Germany’s second biggest bank by market value is the country’s third lender after Hypovereinsbank and HSH Nordbank… – Continue reading

Bank pays €22 mn for Luxembourg tax evasion activities

(CS) German financial institution HSH Nordbank reportedly reached a 22-million-euro settlement with prosecutors in Cologne over setting up offshore companies through Luxembourg to hide client assets from tax authorities. Newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” and broadcasters NDR and WDR first reported on the deal on Tuesday. Allegedly, HSH Nordbank approached the prosecutor’s… – Continue reading

Unicredit’s German unit in talks to strike tax deal with authorities – sources

HypoVereinsbank, the German arm of Italy’s UniCredit, is in talks with German prosecutors to pay a fine to put two tax probes behind it, two people familiar with the matter said. HypoVereinsbank and the Cologne prosecutors declined to comment on the development, which was first reported by German daily Sueddeutsche… – Continue reading

Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense – April 2015

In This Issue: • It’s Stifling in Here! SEC Rules That Companies Can’t Put Restrictive Language in Confidentiality Agreements That Could Potentially Stifle Whistleblowers • An Opinion on Opinions: U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Omnicare • Is OFAC the New Black? Schlumberger and PayPal—The Rise in the Enforcement of Sanctions… – Continue reading

CORRECTION: AS „TRASTA KOMERCBANKA” audited financial report for the year 2014

Riga, 2015-03-31 08:32 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In the audited financial report of AS “TRASTA KOMERCBANKA” has been made some changes in the design of the document. These changes do not affect the important financial information about the Bank. In 2014, Latvia’s GDP grew by 2.4%, and this growth was… – Continue reading

Commerzbank raided over possible tax evasion

Tax investigators and police have raided commercial offices in Germany as they looked into allegations of large-scale tax evasion with regard to profits made in Luxembourg. Commerzbank was at the center of the searches. Media reports said police had raided scores of office premises across Germany on Tuesday as investigators… – Continue reading