BREAKING: The US and allies promise to remove Russian banks from SWIFT network and impose restrictions on Russian Central Bank as they tighten financial sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine The West answered Ukrainian pleas to isolate the Russian banking system by preparing
EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen commits to cutting Russian banks from Swift financial system ‘to harm their ability to operate globally’ By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: 17:29 EST, 26 February 2022 | Updated: 17:29 EST, 26 February 2022 A
British banks are bracing themselves for Russian cyber attacks, with the boss of Lloyds saying the business is on a ‘heightened alert’. Steps are being taken over fears Vladimir Putin will unleash his criminal network of hackers on the UK following his
Tumbleweed. That’s what big banks are giving savers in the aftermath of two rate rises in quick succession. Barclays, NatWest, HSBC, Lloyds and Santander continue to insult savers with easy-access rates paying 0.01 per cent. In December, base rate nudged 0.15 percentage
Canada has ordered banks to unlock accounts belonging to people who participated in or supported the weeks-long Freedom Convoy protest that saw near 200 arrests and brutal force response from police. ‘They started [Monday] to unfreeze accounts,’ Isabelle Jacques, a senior official
The social media CEO, bankers and banks: Biden sanctions financial institutions and Kremlin insiders
Three wealthy and powerful sons of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies were hit by U.S. sanctions on Tuesday, as well as two banks described by the U.S. treasury as ‘crucial to financing the Russian defense industry’. The sanctions were announced in a White
Joe Biden announced on Tuesday sanctions on Russia after President Vladimir Putin moved forces toward a full-scale invasion of Ukraine following recognition of eastern regions of the country are now ‘independent republics.’ ‘Yesterday Vladimir Putin recognized two regions of Ukraine as independent
A suburb of Sydney has received a month’s worth of rain in just two hours as torrential downpours cause chaos on the city’s roads. Marrickville Golf Club in Sydney’s inner west reported 37mm of rain in an hour as the NSW Bureau
Up to 56,000 homes remained without power today as Britain suffered its third storm in less than a week with rail commuters told to avoid travelling following severe flooding, landslides and evacuations amid 87mph winds. Storm Franklin swept in overnight with a
Banks warn online shoppers that cards could be declined when new payment rules come into force, stopping millions of pounds of transactions each day By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EST, 19 February 2022 | Updated: 16:50 EST, 19