https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed British-based bank HSBC has agreed to pay a €267.5 million fine to settle French claims over alleged dividend tax fraud, a widespread inquiry targeting several large banks, an AFP reporter confirmed Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260108/hsbc-to-pay-267-5-mn-euros-in-france-over-tax-fraud-claim Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:52:44 +0100 hsbc-to-pay-267-5-mn-euros-in-france-over-tax-fraud-claim HSBC Private Bank, a Swiss unit of banking giant HSBC, has agreed to pay 300 million euros ($352 million) to avoid going to trial in France for enabling tax fraud, prosecutors said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171114/hsbc-to-pay-300-mn-euros-to-france-to-avoid-tax-fraud-trial Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:14:48 +0100 hsbc-to-pay-300-mn-euros-to-france-to-avoid-tax-fraud-trial A French court on Friday ordered Le Monde newspaper to pay damages to US film star John Malkovich over a story falsely claiming he had a hidden Swiss bank account. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161008/le-monde-ordered-to-pay-malkovich-over-swissleaks-story Sat, 08 Oct 2016 11:20:55 +0200 le-monde-ordered-to-pay-malkovich-over-swissleaks-story Mention expats and many minds are drawn to stereotypes of workers sent abroad for three years to live in a compound and sip gin. But today’s mobile professionals aren't posted overseas – they just get up and go, writes The Local's Managing Editor James Savage. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151026/the-end-of-the-expat-europes-cities-fight-for-inpats Mon, 26 Oct 2015 12:37:00 +0100 the-end-of-the-expat-europes-cities-fight-for-inpats France has once again failed to shine in a global rankings on expat quality of life, but it's not all bad news. We take a look at what the country is doing well, and where it's falling down. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150923/ten-ways-france-frustrates-and-thrills-expats-hsbc Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:14:43 +0200 ten-ways-france-frustrates-and-thrills-expats-hsbc John Malkovich has filed a defamation suit against French newspaper Le Monde over Swissleaks reports the US actor says incorrectly stated he owned a secret Swiss account, his lawyer said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150519/john-malkovich-sues-frances-le-monde-swissleaks Tue, 19 May 2015 11:20:20 +0200 john-malkovich-sues-frances-le-monde-swissleaks UPDATED: HSBC said on Thursday that it faces a formal criminal probe in France over an alleged global tax-dodging scheme that helped hundreds of French nationals and pothers around the world evade the tax man. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150409/hsbc-private-bank-heading-for-criminal-trial-in-france Thu, 09 Apr 2015 16:20:00 +0200 hsbc-private-bank-heading-for-criminal-trial-in-france France's Finance Minister Michel Sapin rejected on Friday an accusation from British authorities claiming that France barred them from accessing leaked HSBC files containing the names of thousands of alleged tax evaders. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150213/france-rejects-uk-claim-over-hsbc-files Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:42:00 +0100 france-rejects-uk-claim-over-hsbc-files Journalists at French newspaper Le Monde have reacted angrily after they were were accused of "informing" on businessmen by the paper's own owners. Le Monde had published names of wealthy HSBC clients who dodged tax by opening Swiss accounts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150212/hsbc-le-monde-owners-accuse-paper-of-informing Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:03:00 +0100 hsbc-le-monde-owners-accuse-paper-of-informing This week's explosive claims that 100,000 people around the world used HSBC Private Bank in Switzerland to evade the eyes of the tax man is just the "tip of the iceberg", the French whistleblower behind the leaks claimed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150210/swissleaks-frenchman-falciani-iceberg Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:43:00 +0100 swissleaks-frenchman-falciani-iceberg Hervé Falciani - the whistleblower behind the latest "breathtaking" revelations that have rocked HSBC and unearthed 100,000 tax cheats - has been compared to Edward Snowden, but the man himself prefers to liken himself to James Bond. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150209/falciani-swissleaks-france-snowden Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:49:00 +0100 falciani-swissleaks-france-snowden International banking giant HSBC helped around 6,000 rich French lawyers, artists, businessmen and even a World Cup winner dodge taxes, new explosive reports claim. HSBC's private bank has already been charged in France in connection to a major tax fraud probe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150209/swissleaks-french-lawyers-and-artists-on-hsbc-files Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:17:00 +0100 swissleaks-french-lawyers-and-artists-on-hsbc-files UPDATED: HSBC Private Bank, the Swiss subsidiary of British banking group HSBC, said on Friday it had been placed under formal investigation as part of a French tax fraud probe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141121/hsbc-private-bank-charged-in-paris-fraud-probe Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:39:00 +0100 hsbc-private-bank-charged-in-paris-fraud-probe