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Indonesian members of the parliament jostle during a plenary meeting on the inquiries of the government's US$715 million bailout of Indonesia's Bank Century in 2008, at the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.
(photo: AP / Karel)
End in sight for Bank Century circus
Asia Times
| By Gary LaMoshi | DENPASAR, Bali - An investigation of Indonesia's Bank Century, which required a bailout in 2008 that eventually climbed to 6.7 trillion rupiah (US$720 million), has been taken up by the quasi-independent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), a move that should end the politica...
The hands of a cyberathlete hover over mouse and keyboard during the preliminary round of the Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour New York Finals at web2zone in New York, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005. Launched in 1997, the Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour Finals is the world's first computer game sports league. At this event, thirty two players from accross the globe will compete over three days, Nov. 20-22, for a total purse of $500,000, with the winner receiving $150,000. The final round will be played at the Nokia Theater in New York's Times Square on Nov. 22, 2005.
(photo: AP Photo / Jason DeCrow)
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Apple Iphone - SMS - Texting - Cellphone - QWERTY Keypad
WN / Yolanda Leyba
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. | Applicati...
Apple Iphone - Touchscreen - Smartphone
WN / Yolanda Leyba
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...
In this Nov. 27, 2008 file photo shareholders leave the extraordinary general assembly of the UBS bank in Lucerne, Switzerland.
AP / Keystone, Steffen Schmidt, File
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...
Cheques to have even more security features: RBI
The Siasat Daily
| Mumbai, February 24: Cheques will have more security features like water marks and invisible logo with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deciding to ask banks to take additional measures to prevent forgeries and frauds. | Besides additional security ...
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...
Sports
President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform, Wednesday, July 15, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.
(photo: AP / Ron Edmonds)
Obama Tells Haitian Leader That U.S. Aid Will Continue
The New York Times
| WASHINGTON — Even as the United States military withdraws the forces it sent urgently to Haiti after its devastating earthquake in January, President Obama on Wednesday pledged a lasting commitment to aid and assistance. Win McNamee/Getty Images | President Barack Obama with President Rene Preval of Haiti during a news conference outside th...
Business
 Filipino left-wing Congressman Satur Ocampo gestures during a clandestine news conference with a select group of journalists Thursday March 8, 2007 in Manila, Philippines. Ocampo, jailed for several years under the regime of the late strongman Ferdinand
(photo: AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Ocampo jumps on Villar slip, denies link to NPA
Inquirer
| MANILA, Philippines—Senatorial candidate Satur Ocampo, a party-list representative of the militant Bayan Muna, Wednesday denied having any 'organizational links' with the communist New People's Army (NPA). | Ocampo said he could not understand why Sen. Manuel Villar, the presidential candidate of the Nacionalista Party (NP) under which Ocampo is ...



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