Banking fraudsters 'switch to raiding online accounts' BBC News | Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, according to new research. | Fraud losses on UK credit and debit cards totalled £440m in 2009 - a drop of 28% compared with the previous year - the UK Cards Association said. | But the number ...
Swiss to Submit Revised UBS Tax Deal to Parliament The New York Times | The Swiss government confirmed Wednesday that it would place a settlement made between the giant bank UBS and U.S. authorities before the country's Parliament in a bid to overcome objections raised by a Swiss court. | The Justice Ministry said it would first need to make amendments to the text, ex...
Former cab driver convicted of �34m Ponzi fraud The Times | A company director who tricked thousands of people out of their savings by promising them a fivefold return on their investment was convicted yesterday of a �34 million Ponzi fraud. | Kevin Foster was remanded in custody to await sentence next mont...
AIG subsidiaries settle discrimination charges The Times | Two subsidiaries of American International Group (AIG) agreed to at least $6.1 million to settle allegations that they discriminated against African-American borrowers. | According to the complaint filed against the companies in a Delaware court, A...
Don't be confused, cost of insurance is going up The Times | You may be a safe driver, have no points on your licence and have never had an accident, but the chances are your car insurance still went up by about 12 per cent last year. | And, according to Henry Engelhardt, chief executive of Admiral, the pric...
Sallie Mae launches savings accounts online CNN March 2, 2010: 5:19 PM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Students can now pay their college loans and save with Sallie Mae. | The largest U.S. student loan company took its first steps into retail banking Tuesday with the launch of two new online savin...
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Check this out: Deposit money by taking a photo Newsvine NEW YORK — In the near future, you might not even have to visit a bank or an ATM to deposit a check. You'll simply snap a couple of photos of it with your cell phone. | Appli...
Former UBS Banker Settles Insider Trading Claims The New York Times | A former senior executive at the Swiss banking giant UBS has agreed to pay a $2.75 million settlement to resolve claims of insider trading in auction-rate securities, the New Yor...
Yanukovych's Inaugeration in Ukraine to Be Feb. 25 The New York Times | Filed at 9:44 a.m. ET | KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Viktor Yanukovych will be inaugurated Feb. 25 as the new president of Ukraine despite Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's challenges t...
Summary Box: Cell phone apps for check deposits Syracuse | (AP) - BANKING BY PHONE: Soon, you might not even have to visit a bank or an ATM to deposit a check. You'll simply snap a couple of photos of it with your cell phone. | COMING THIS YEAR: Chase, Bank of America and Citibank are among the banks plann...
Cell phone photo apps let you bank money without waiting in line or filling out ... Star Tribune | NEW YORK - In the near future, you might not even have to visit a bank or an ATM to deposit a check. You'll simply snap a couple of photos of it with your cell phone. | Applications to do just that are already available for Apple's iPhone and other...
Check this out: Deposit money by taking a photo Newsvine NEW YORK — In the near future, you might not even have to visit a bank or an ATM to deposit a check. You'll simply snap a couple of photos of it with your cell phone. | Applications to do just that are already available for Apple's iPhone and o...
Sports Illustrated's honour for Tendulkar The Hindu | Mumbai: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the most influential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated (SI) Power List. | The top 50 rates Tendulkar as the No. 1 influencer in India, followed closely by IPL chairman Lalit Modi (second) and Vijay Mallya (third). | The Union Agriculture Minister and President-elect...
The truth about bad breath National Post National PostMarch 10, 2010 12:00 AM | H alitosis, colloquially known as bad breath, is the term used to describe unpleasant odours that are exhaled while breathing. the scientific explanation of why people develop halitosis has to do with pesky anaerobic sulfur-producing bacteria that live in the throat, tongue, and tonsils. A dry mouth is t...
