Neil Barofsky, a frequent critic of Wall Street and government bailouts, has been tapped to monitor Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) after the bank admitted to helping Americans evade taxes, a person familiar with the matter said. . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-24/credit-suisse-said-to-face-two-years-of-neil-barofsky.html

Eric Schneiderman says British bank misrepresented the safety of its trading system to investors with ‘disturbing disregard’ . . .

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/25/barclays-new-york-attorney-general-dark-pool-alternative-trading

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has charged Damian Frank Clarke (DOB: 06/10/1975), a former equities trader at Schroders Investment Management Limited, with 9 counts of insider dealing, contrary to Section 52(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1993. . .

http://www.fca.org.uk/news/firms/former-equities-trader-charged-insider-dealing

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today published for consultation its Review of the Pillar 3 disclosure requirements. . . .

http://www.bis.org/press/p140624.htm

The Bank of England has acted like an “unreliable boyfriend” in hints over interest rate rises, according to MP Pat McFadden. . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27994179#

BlackRock Inc. said Credit Suisse’s guilty plea in a U.S. tax evasion case does not affect its business relationship with the Swiss bank, the chief executive of the world’s biggest asset manager told a Swiss newspaper. . .

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/14/credit-suisse-blackrock-idUKL5N0OV08H20140614?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=swissMktRpt&rpc=401

Banks across the EU have been put on notice that regulators are preparing fresh guidelines to ensure they do not breach a cap on bonuses.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/13/european-banks-new-guidelines-bonus-cap-allowances

BNP Paribas SA (BNP) has given investors scant information about how much it expects to pay to settle a criminal probe of U.S. sanctions violations. . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-16/bnp-keeps-investors-guessing-about-u-s-sanctions-penalty.html

The US Supreme Court has delivered a double blow to Argentina over its long-running battle with holders of the country’s defaulted bonds. . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27871055#

Bonus curb workarounds being developed by banks from HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) to Lloyds Banking Group Plc will be scrutinized by European Union regulators for possible breaches of the bloc’s rules. . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-05/hsbc-to-lloyds-banker-bonus-strategy-faces-eba-scrutiny.html