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China’s PBOC adds less cash than expected before lunar holidays

  Bloomberg China’s central bank added less cash than expected into the banking system via policy loans while keeping the rate unchanged this month even with funding demand on the rise into Lunar New Year holidays. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) injected a net 79 billion yuan ($11.8 billion) via its one-year medium-term lending facility this month, less than the ...

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‘UBS doesn’t plan to buy US firms, Credit Suisse’

  Bloomberg UBS Group AG doesn’t plan acquisitions in the US “in the foreseeable future” and has no intention to buy Credit Suisse Group AG, the bank’s chairman Colm Kelleher told Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung. UBS hasn’t yet realised its full potential in the US, Kelleher said in an interview. “We need to get our wealth management business up ...

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US banks see consumers piling on debt, boosting bottom lines

  Bloomberg US banks see tougher times ahead for consumers. That may not be so bad for the banks. The heads of the nation’s four largest lenders — JPMorgan Chase &, Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup — took turns in calls describing customers who are drawing down savings, piling up debt on credit cards and ...

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