Goldman boost from business aid fund

Goldman Sachs’ programme for US small businesses could help it meet some of its duties under a law aimed at aiding low-income communities – a sign of the demands created by its conversion to a bank holding company last year

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ABN Amro and Fortis set for €4.4bn bail-out

The Dutch state plans to provide the two nationalised banks with further capital to keep their merger on track in what it says will be the groups’ final bail-out

Nationwide seeks help in new rash of acronyms

The building society sector, led by the leading operator, approaches regulators about a CoCo-based model that could buttress their stressed capital bases

Lex: Regulators inside banks

Self-sufficiency is becoming another victim of the crisis – whether in risk oversight, due diligence, or the wisdom of reading banks’ fine print

Trichet warns on bank bonuses

Jean-Claude Trichet, ECB president, has issued his strongest warning yet that banks must keep pay and bonuses ‘contained’ and prepare for withdrawal of emergency support

China’s banks face overseas pitfalls

Torture case brought in the US reveals the perils that could threaten the overseas’ expansion dreams of China’s government-owned entities

Lex: Minsheng IPO

The initial public offering of China’s eighth largest lender by assets has witnessed the largest haul by any local debutant this year

Ministers defend new FSA powers

The economy will not suffer if legislation allowing bankers’ bonus deals to be ripped up drives ‘reckless’ individuals from the City to other countries, says the government