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Credit Suisse posts $4 billion loss ahead of crucial revamp

Credit Suisse Group AG reported its fourth straight loss as its investment bank continued to struggle, wealthy clients fled and the lender booked a charge related to a critical overhaul that’s been in the making for months. The net loss of 4.03 billion Swiss francs ($4.08 billion) in the three months through September included a 3.7 billion-franc impairment of deferred ...

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JPMorgan recruits more staff for Asia Pacific units

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is building out teams that handle card transactions and other payments for businesses by recruiting staff across key Asian markets amid the boom in digital commerce. The New York-based lender has begun providing services within its merchant-acquiring unit in Australia, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and New Zealand this year, with Hong Kong planned by the ...

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ECB weighs options to limit banks’ gains from crisis loans

The European Central Bank (ECB) is searching for ways to stop lenders from profiting unduly as it raises interest rates to combat record inflation. The issue concerns about €2.1 trillion ($2 trillion) of ultra-cheap loans, known as TLTROs, that were granted at the height of the pandemic to keep credit flowing and stave off deflation. While the initiative was successful, ...

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