Georgia's Piedmont Bank to be bought by mid-Atlantic lender – The Atlanta Journal Constitution
United Bank is unrelated to the existing Georgia-based United Bank, which has 16 locations, including one in Zebulon, south of Atlanta. The agreement between United and Piedmont will make the combined company the 39th largest banking company in the United States in terms of stock value. Much of the company’s growth has come from acquisitions, […]
Euro stock ETFs jump after Bank of England rate talk
Wells Fargo Advisors SVP Mark Smith is doubling down on his assertion that the Fed won’t raise interest rates this year and analyzing the gold market for “money making.” Investors flocked to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking European stocks after the Bank of England made no changes at Thursday’s meeting but dangled the carrot about the […]
Shohei Ohtani’s Former Interpreter Pleads Guilty to Bank and Tax Fraud
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s friend and former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara has pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars from Ohtani to cover gambling debts, the U.S. Department of Justice reported. Mizuhara, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud (30 years) and one count of filing a false tax return (3 years) […]
Bank creates money market account that lets depositors contribute to Baltimore bridge collapse recovery
Lewis Campion, president and CEO of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, spoke about the recovery from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and its impact on the trucking industry. CFG Bank, headquartered in Baltimore A special short-term offer that allows depositors to use a portion of the interest they accrued after the Francis Scott Key […]
Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara agrees to plead guilty to federal bank, tax fraud charges
Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, will enter guilty pleas to one count of bank fraud and one count of filing a false tax return, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. That’s what he said. . Mizuhara is suspected of embezzling millions of […]
TD Bank hit with $9.2M penalty after failing to report suspicious transactions – Yahoo Canada Finance
TORONTO — Canada’s financial crime watchdog has fined Toronto-Dominion Bank $9.2 million for non-compliance with anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations. This is because the bank is also under compliance investigation in the United States. The latest fine by the Financial Transactions and Reporting Analysis Center of Canada (Fintrac) follows the earlier fine of $7.5 […]
Second-Largest European Bank BNP Paribas Bought BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Shares: SEC Filing – Decrypt
Multinational bank BNP Paribas has purchased a stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), according to a Form 13F filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the company, 13F report BNP Paribas purchased 1,030 IBIT shares in the first quarter of 2024 at $40.47 per share for a total of $41,684.10, […]
Chinese Communist-Linked Battery Maker Breaks The Bank On Lobbying Amid Congressional Scrutiny
A Chinese Communist Party-linked company planning to build an electric vehicle battery factory in the United States has already spent more than $1 million on lobbying efforts in 2024, according to public information. Battery manufacturing company Gotion Inc. own A subsidiary of Goshon Hitech, a company based in China and affiliated with the Chinese Communist […]
Palestinian Mob Attacks German Ambassador in West Bank
On Tuesday, German Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Oliver Owtsa was attacked by a mob of angry students as he attempted to visit Birzeit University in the West Bank. As students were outraged by Germany’s support for Israel, the mob forced Mr. Outsa off campus, surrounded his armored vehicle, and threw stones at him. The […]
Crew of NY specs offenders uses stolen bank accounts to buy thousands worth of eyeglasses: feds
Federal authorities saw through the scam. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say a gang of credit card fraudsters charged thousands of dollars to stolen accounts to buy high-end glasses that they sold for a profit. Last week, three reputed gang members were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on six charges detailing alleged fraud carried […]