Banks hoarding cash ahead of the ECB’s new “stress tests” are holding back vital funding from euro zone businesses, according to consultancy EY. . . .

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/03/31/banks-hoarding-cash-ahead-of-ecb-stress-tests/

Wishful Thinking or Effective Threat? Tightening Bank Resolution Regimes and Bank Risk-Taking

http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecbwp1659.pdf

Giant US retailer Wal-Mart has sued credit card firm Visa for $5bn (£3bn),  alleging that Visa worked with large banks to fix the price of transaction fees  it charged to Wal-Mart. . . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26780821#

Savers locked into rip-off pensions and investments could be given a free exit   or moved to better deals, regulators will say next week.

Switzerland’s competition commission is investigating possible manipulation of foreign exchange rates at several British, US and Swiss banks. . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26816057#

BNP Paribas SA (BNP) will seek to boost revenue at its corporate and investment bank by more than 6 percent a year through 2016, as France’s biggest lender sets out growth plans amid signs Europe’s economy is recovering. . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-24/bnp-targets-annual-revenue-growth-above-6-at-investment-bank.html

Credit Suisse has agreed to pay $885m (£536m) to settle claims it mis-sold  mortgage-backed securities in the US before the financial crisis . . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26692114#

The Bank of England’s supervision of financial market infrastructures – Annual Report is published . . .

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/news/2014/056.aspx

Speech by Mr Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank and Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, at the Affärs Världen Bank and Finans Outlook, Berns, Stockholm, 19 March 2014. . .

http://www.bis.org/review/r140321d.htm

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) face a European Union complaint as soon as next month as the bloc’s antitrust chief races to fine a quartet of financial companies that snubbed rate-rigging settlements. . .

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-13/jpmorgan-to-hsbc-face-eu-rate-rigging-fines-from-almunia.html