Nigeria's state-backed "bad bank" AMCON reports a 2.37 trillion naira ($15 billion) loss,

Penalty would be more than double that paid by Barclays in June.

Tax evasion and money laundering involving carbon trading permits alleged.

HSBC agrees to $1.9 billion settlement of money-laundering charges while Standard Chartered will pay an additional $327 million to settle charges of breaking U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Settlement on top of $277 million to be paid to U.S. Department of Justice and New York District Attorney.

Sale of ILFC would potentially be the largest acquisition in the U.S. by a Chinese buyer.

South Africa's Standard Bank has finalized the $400 million sale of its Argentina operations to Industrial & Commercial Bank of China.

A R18.3 billion ($2.1 billion) deal will combine Africa operations of Barclays and one of South Africa’s top four banks.

Alleged concealment avoided need for bank to ask for government bailout during 2008 global financial crisis.

Citigroup's new CEO will cut 11,000 jobs, about 4% of the banking group's work force, and take a $1 billion fourth-quarter charge against restructuring.