Offshore Banking

After Tesco fraud, are other banks vulnerable to cyber-attacks?

Edit The Guardian 12 Nov 2016

Experts have called for card readers and tighter security after £2.5m was stolen from the accounts of Tesco Bank customers. Consumers worried about falling victim to online banking fraud should consider banks that give customers card readers and avoid those which rely on text messages, according to leading security expert Graham Cluley ... But the bank later moved to mobile phone verification, where it sends a code to your handset....

Nordic American Offshore Ltd. (NYSE:NAO) Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

Edit Topix 12 Nov 2016

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 11, 2016 -- Nordic American Offshore Ltd. conducted its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on November 10, 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The following resolutions were approved and adopted at the Meeting ... ....

Palomar's KKSM recognized as top for 2-year college radio

Edit The San Diego Union-Tribune 12 Nov 2016

KKSM is the best, most eclectic local radio station you’ve probably never heard. Run by Palomar College students from the school’s San Marcos campus, the station broadcasts on AM frequency 1320 from a 500-watt tower that was designed to be heard offshore. “Airplanes and boats off the coast can ... ....

Turnbull to renew focus on Operation Sovereign Borders to combat people smugglers

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 12 Nov 2016

... been judged to be genuine refugees will be given the option of resettling in the third countries or returning to their country of origin as the government seeks to close the offshore detention centres....

CHC Group Files Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement (CHC Group Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Nov 2016

... downturn will not continue to be prolonged; many of the markets in which we operate are highly competitive, and if we are unable to effectively compete, it may result in a loss of market share or a decrease in revenue or profit margins; we rely on a limited number of large offshore helicopter support contracts with a limited number of customers....

More rush, but less chaos at banks

Edit The Hindu 12 Nov 2016

It was a repeat of Thursday at banks on the second day of exchanging demonetised Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes in the northern districts ... At banks with on-site ATMs, there were two separate queues — one for exchange of scrapped notes and the other for withdrawing cash from ATMs ... The queues at private banks were relatively small....

Bank branches still witness heavy rush

Edit The Hindu 12 Nov 2016

The rush for getting the demonetised currency notes exchanged continued for the second day on Friday at various bank branches in the district. However, the crowd waiting at many bank branches were found a little bit patient. “We know, it would take a few days before the functioning of the banks returned to normal ... problem faced by the bank....

Noida turns up, ATMs don’t

Edit The Times of India 12 Nov 2016

It was a harrowing day for many in Noida on Friday as most ATMs remained non-functional and they had to stand in long queues in front of banks. Though there are 510 ATMs of different banks in Gautam Budh Nagar district, most of them had no cash, forcing many to return empty-handed. When TOI visited Sector 18 market, most ATMs of HDFC bank, ICICI bank and SBI were found without cash. The server of Punjab National Bank ATMs was down....

Banks say note exchange facility being misused

Edit The Times of India 12 Nov 2016

Confusion over the facility for exchanging old high-denomination notes, subject to a limit of Rs 4,000, at banks and post offices by providing valid identity cards has led to some people misusing the system to legalise their unaccounted wealth ... Several bank officials told ET that the exchange of demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes over the counter for Rs 4,000 is being misused and banks are taking steps to address the issue....

Banks, ATMs mobbed for third day

Edit Newstrack India 12 Nov 2016

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Tens of thousands of anxious people massed outside banks and ATMs here on Saturday for a third day to deposit or exchange their spiked currency or take out cash. Serpentine queues started forming outside all banks much before they opened, armed with their old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes ... banks, people desperate to get in....

Long queues continue at banks

Edit The Hindu 12 Nov 2016

With the promised functioning of ATMs not fully materialising on Friday long queues at banks continued for exchange and deposit of high denomination notes and withdrawal. ATMs of many of the public sector banks, including SBI, with major presence did not function on Friday. As a result long queues at bank branches continued ... At the bank’s Gopalapatnam branch small trader S ... Axis Bank ATMs were available by afternoon....

ATMs not configured to handle Rs. 2,000 notes

Edit The Hindu 12 Nov 2016

The ATMs across the country may not be able to dispense cash though the banks have enough stock of Rs ... The banks haven’t geared up to issue Rs ... The banks will have to configure the ATMs to load the Rs ... But, a majority of banks, including the SBI, sources say, haven’t configured the ATMs ... The banks are waiting ... The banks will have to pay Rs....

Jewellers urge government to end bank monopoly in import of yellow metal

Edit The Himalayan 12 Nov 2016

Alleging that banks are importing gold without studying the market demand, domestic dealers of gold jewellery have urged the government to allow even the jewellers to import gold ... Moreover, Shakya also said that commercial banks don’t have uniformity in profit margin ... “Since long we have been urging the government to increase import quota of gold for banks so that the market does not have to face gold crunch during festive seasons....

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