Banking

  Bloomberg Mexico’s central bank is expected to speed the pace of interest rate increases, hiking borrowing costs by the most in recent times, with inflation stuck near a two-decade high. Banco de Mexico, known as Banxico, is seen raising its key interest rate by 75 basis points to 7.75%, the highest in almost three years, according to all 27 ...

  Bloomberg The slump that’s taken the baht to its weakest in more than five years may be near an end as Thailand entices back tourists and the central bank edges towards hiking rates. The currency’s 6% drop versus the dollar this quarter — its worst three-month performance since Covid-19 devastated sentiment in early 2020 — has coincided with the ...

Bloomberg Zimbabwe’s central bank plans to more than double the benchmark interest rate — already the highest in the world — to 190%, a member of its monetary policymaking committee (MPC) said, as it seeks to put a brake on soaring inflation. Persistence Gwanyanya, from the bank’s MPC, said the intention was to achieve a positive real interest rate to ...

  Bloomberg Canadian banks fall about 20% from their record high set in early February as recession fears send investors fleeing. The S&P/TSX Commercial Banks Index, which tracks the country’s eight largest lenders, dropped, adding to another day of losses after inflation in Canada surged to a four-decade high and US data pointed to rising unemployment and slumping manufacturing and ...

  Bloomberg Barclays Plc has agreed to buy Kensington Mortgage Company Ltd, expanding the reach of its offering in Britain’s housing market. The lender’s UK unit will pay about £2.3 billion ($2.8 billion) for the specialist mortgage lender that is owned by Blackstone Inc. and Sixth Street, according to a statement. Kensington, which is based in Maidenhead, England, and has ...

  Bloomberg The first hints that consumer belt-tightening is passing through to corporate earnings are coming in, posing a bigger risk to US equities than stock-selling by American households, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. High inflation and declining asset prices have started to strain household finances, Goldman strategists led by David Kostin wrote. They cited the 0.3% drop in ...

  Bloomberg SumUp has achieved an 8 billion euro ($8.4 billion) valuation in its latest funding round, raising 590 million euros in a deal split between debt and equity in a bid to develop new products and gain clients. Bloomberg News first reported in January that SumUp was considering raising a fresh round of funding. People with knowledge of the ...

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group is considering replacing its top lawyer Romeo Cerutti, as the troubled lender struggles to resolve legacy legal issues and focus on looming court battles, people familiar with the matter said. The Zurich-based lender is considering hiring former UBS Group AG general counsel Markus Diethelm, the people said. Diethelm is fresh from exiting as chief legal ...

  Bloomberg Zimbabwe penalised 12 banks for “financial indiscipline” that fueled inflation and undermined the currency, the Herald newspaper cited President Emmerson Mnangagwa as saying. The unidentified institutions have received unspecified “hefty penalties,” Mnangagwa told supporters of the ruling party after opening a gold-processing facility, according to the Harare-based paper. The central bank probed a total of 16 lenders suspected ...

  Bloomberg A supply glut is set to hit India’s government bond market, and drive benchmark yields towards 8% by year-end, according to Standard Chartered Plc. The lender estimates that excess supply of sovereign and state debt may total as much as 6.3 trillion rupees ($81 billion) this fiscal year. That’s likely to further upset a market that’s struggling to ...