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  Bloomberg China’s central bank and banking regulator urged lenders to boost loans as the economy is battered by Covid outbreaks that have threatened growth this year. People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Yi Gang and other officials met with 24 major financial institutions to discuss credit conditions and work, the central bank said in a statement on Tuesday. The ...

  Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said cryptocurrencies are “based on nothing” and should be regulated to steer people away from speculating on them with their life savings. Lagarde told Dutch television that she’s concerned about people “who have no understanding of the risks, who will lose it all and who will be terribly disappointed, which is ...

  Bloomberg Gold stored at the Bank of England (BOE) has been trading at an unusually low price, in a sign that central banks may be shedding some of their holdings. The Bank of England’s vaults contain 5,676 tons of bullion, one of the largest stockpiles in the world, which it holds on behalf of other central and commercial banks. ...

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank is among a number of investment banks included in a sweeping probe by US regulators to find out how much employees rely on private communication channels such as WhatsApp to conduct business. There’s an “industry-wide” investigation in the US and Deutsche Bank is part of it, legal head Stefan Simon said at the lender’s annual general ...

  Bloomberg The Philippine central bank raised its key interest rate for the first time since 2018 to combat Southeast Asia’s second-fastest inflation. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas increased the benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%, it said in a statement, as forecast by 14 of 21 economists in a Bloomberg survey. The rest saw no change. Philippines joined ...

  Bloomberg Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. is anticipating a loss of $300 million in net comprehensive income this quarter, as uncertainty swirls across the broader cryptosphere. The crypto merchant bank revealed the potential hit in a preliminary update “in light of recent market conditions.” Comprehensive income typically combines both a company’s net income as well as any yet-to-be realised financial ...

Bloomberg Nomura Holdings Inc is building a team to help firms tap opportunities in the metaverse, as Japan’s biggest brokerage pushes deeper into digital services and private markets to boost profit. The Tokyo-based firm is considering using its investment banking knowledge to help companies in the virtual space raise money and advise on how to navigate regulations as they emerge, ...

  Bloomberg Chinese banks may cut their benchmark lending rates for a second time this year, giving consumers and businesses some relief as Covid-19 lockdowns and outbreaks wreak havoc on the economy. The one-year loan prime rate — the de facto benchmark lending rate — will likely be reduced by 5-10 basis points from 3.7% on Friday, according to 11 ...

  Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is losing its most powerful Black women, according to new data the firm released in a report on its website. The bank had 19 Black women among its executives and senior officials as of November 2021, the bank said, down from 25 a year earlier, while the 24 Black men in that top rank ...

  Bloomberg Some of the world’s biggest banks haven’t moved enough senior staff into the European Union (EU) after Brexit, the bloc’s top regulator has concluded, an assessment that will likely lead to renewed pressure for more job moves to the EU. An exercise by the European Central Bank (ECB), known as “desk mapping,” found that several of the lenders reviewed ...