Police relieved after bodily waste snares bank robber
A Swedish bank robber, who locked himself in a Danish safety deposit vault over a weekend, was caught after police extracted his DNA from a bag of uri...
Teenage bank robber shot by police
A teenager, suspected of robbing a bank and taking a woman hostage in southern Stockholm, was shot and wounded by police who thought he was carrying e...
Sweden Bans ‘Bank’ Domain Names
The Post and Telecom Agency of Sweden (PTS), which monitors postal and communication sectors in the country, has taken a surprising and unusual step i...
Belgians to receive reimbursements from Kaupthing this week
Around 16,000 Belgians that had deposits and balances in Luxembourg’s Kaupthing branch will be expected to receive reimbursements later this wee...
Kaupthing Bank hf. granted a moratorium
PRESS RELEASE FROM KAUPTHING BANK: On 24 November 2008 the District Court of Reykjavik granted Kaupthing Bank hf. (“Kaupthing”) a moratori...
Payments to Icelandic banks
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: Due to the extraordinary circumstances in banking today we have a reason to believe that some payments...
Kaupthing to buy Landsbanki
Local media DV.is reported today that, according to their sources, Kaupthing bank would buy Landsbanki with the back-up of the Icelandic government. A...
FT awards Glitnir Bank for geothermal energy loan
Nordic bank Glitnir won second prize for ‘Sustainable Deal of the Year‘ at the Financial Times Sustainable Banking awards in London last week. Glitnir...