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Collateral use in derivatives rockets

April 24, 2009

The use of collateral in privately negotiated derivatives transactions rocketed by 86% in 2008, a survey reveals.

News in brief

April 7, 2009

World Bank’s $50bn trade pledge

April 3, 2009

The World Bank plans to kick-start trade flows in developed markets

Retail banks go Tweet

April 3, 2009

Retail banks embracing social media.

Tesco to launch bank branches

March 30, 2009

UK supermarket giant Tesco is to target the banking business.

S&P downgrades Nigeria’s outlook

March 30, 2009

Standard and Poor's (S&P) has downgraded its outlook on Nigeria from stable to negative.

Hypo prepared for nationalisation

March 25, 2009

Germany has moved to privatise one of the country's major specialist lenders.

International rescue in Eastern Europe

March 25, 2009

Multilateral lenders in the CEE have joined forces to help the region's most vulnerable banks.

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