14-03-24 Visa and MasterCard have blocked credit card services to some Russian bank customers as a result of US sanctions. 美国对俄罗斯的制裁已开始生效，部分俄罗斯银行客户的Visa卡和MasterCard卡的信用服务已被停止。 Four banks are so far affected, all of which...

14-01-24 Monday was Nick's first day at the National Trust Bank. He wanted to make a good impression. 星期一是尼克到国家信托银行上班的第一天，他希望能给别人留下一个好印象。 When he arrived at work, everyone was already very busy. No one even bothered to look...

14-01-15 The global economy is at a turning point, the World Bank has said, as it forecasts stronger growth for 2014. 世界银行称，全球经济正处于转折点，并预测2014年将有强势增长。 In its annual report on the world economy, the bank said richer countries appea...

13-11-19 India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is due to inaugurate the country's first ever state-owned bank for women in the western city for Mumbai. 印度总理曼莫汉辛格将在西部城市孟买为国内首个为女性服务的国有银行举行开业典礼。 The Bharatiya Mahila Bank,...

13-09-05 The Indian currency and stocks have jumped a day after the country's new central bank chief took charge and promised tough action to boost growth. 印度货币与股市同时增长，一天前新任央行行长上任饼承诺采取严厉措施促进经济增长。 The Indian rupee, one o...

13-08-29 India's central bank says it will sell US dollars to three state-run oil firms as it looks to stem the decline in the Indian rupee. 印度洋行将向三大国有炼油企业出售美元以期阻止卢比的贬值。 It said the sales would help to meet the entire daily dollar...

13-08-21 India's central bank has said that it will inject 80bn rupees into the country's banking system by buying long-term government bonds. 印度央行将向银行系统中注入800亿卢比用于购买长期政府公债。 It comes just days after the central bank tightened the m...

13-07-11 The Bank of Japan has said the country's economy is starting to recover modestly. 日本银行总裁称，日本经济开始缓慢恢复。 The upbeat assessment of the economy came as the BoJ left its huge monetary easing programme unchanged. It is the first time the...

13-06-24 The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says banks have done their bit to help economic recovery and now governments must do more. 国际清算银行称，银行对经济复苏已经尽力了，政府必须付出更多努力。 The Basel-based organisation - usually dubbed th...

13-06-08 French authorities are formally investigating UBS for allegedly helping wealthy clients open undeclared bank accounts in Switzerland. 法国官方正在对瑞士联合银行展开正式调查，后者据称帮助其富裕的客户在瑞士开设未经申报的银行账户。 The Swiss bank is su...