Bloomberg Societe Generale SA added to concerns about excessive bitcoin speculation, with the bank’s deputy head following Credit Suisse Group AG’s top executive in saying that it’s a bubble. “Bitcoin today is in my view very clearly in a bubble,” Severin Cabannes said in a Bloomberg Television interview. His comments came a day after Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam said ...

Reuters Kuwait’s Burgan Bank, the country’s third largest lender by assets, is in early discussions with banks for the refinancing of a $350 million loan due in December, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The bank raised the original debt facility in 2015 with a group of seven banks, including regional and international lenders. The new loan would ...

Bloomberg Reforming the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s monetary policy mandate could potentially result in lower interest rates, the new finance minister said. Requiring the central bank to target full employment as well as price stability when making rate decisions will ensure its objectives are more aligned with the well-being of New Zealanders, Grant Robertson said in a television interview ...