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Bloomberg The Bank of Ghana is strengthening its capacity to regulate lenders and avoid a repeat of a sector cleanup which cost the West African nation more than 14 billion cedis ($2.5 billion). The central bank’s supervision unit is employing more staff and acquired a new IT system to monitor compliance, Osei Gyasi, head of the division, told a conference ...

Bloomberg Pound volatility is at emerging-market (EM) levels and UK assets are set for a substantial repricing once the Brexit outcome becomes known, according to Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney. Carney made the comparison, which echoes a long-standing quip on trading desks, at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. When asked to comment ...

Bloomberg The pain from the Fed’s rate cuts is a little worse than the biggest US banks expected. JPMorgan Chase & Co reduced the annual net interest income target it set two months ago, joining Citigroup Inc and Wells Fargo & Co in lowering the bar. Longer-term rates have continued to fall as investors expect the Federal Reserve to continue ...

Bloomberg Societe Generale (SocGen) SA is studying ways to save 600 million euros ($662 million) in annual costs tied to its operations in Paris, part of an effort to win back investor confidence and improve returns. The review, known internally as “Ithaque,” started in June, according to a person familiar with the matter. No decision has been made and the ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG Chief Financial Officer James von Moltke softened the lender’s mid-term revenue target just two months after setting it. The company now expects revenue of 24 billion euros ($26.6 billion) to 25 billion euros in 2022, von Moltke said at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York. That compares with a goal of about 25 ...

Bloomberg Barclays Plc is putting aside an estimated 1.6 billion pounds ($2 billion) more after a rush in last-minute payment protection insurance claims, threatening t he lender’s promise to return more money to shareholders. The bank said a “significantly higher volume of PPI-related claims” ahead of the regulatory deadline led to the provision of between 1.2 billion pounds and 1.6 ...

Bloomberg Few geopolitical events have distracted global banks more than the endless twists and turns of Brexit. Now, Goldman Sachs Group Inc is hiring a former public servant steeped in the UK’s attempts to sever itself from the European Union. Olly Robbins, who was former Prime Minister Theresa May’s chief Brexit negotiator, plans to join the US bank as a ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc told US senators that the initial basket of currencies that will back its Libra cryptocurrency will likely include the US dollar, euro, yen, British pound and Singapore dollar. The list responds to concerns from Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner that China may push the Libra Association to include the yuan in the so-called stable coin, which Facebook ...

Bloomberg Online banks have been more aggressive than their established rivals in attracting customers with high deposit rates. Now that rates are falling, they’re quicker to cut as well. Ally Financial Inc and American Express (AmEx) Co lead the pack in lowering rates across deposit products, Credit Suisse Group AG analysts led by Moshe Orenbuch said in a note. Ally ...

Bloomberg Citigroup Inc trading revenue is set to drop this quarter amid volatility that gripped markets for most of August, while a top Bank of America Corp executive said his traders are “doing OK” in the period. Investment-banking revenue at Citigroup is also likely to decline from a year earlier, Chief Financial Officer Mark Mason said at an investor conference. ...