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PayPal, Apple to accept each other’s products

PayPal Holdings Inc. announced it has reached a truce with Apple Inc. and the two technology giants will begin accepting each other’s products in their separate payment ecosystems. Starting next year, PayPal and Venmo debit cards will be accepted inside the Apple Wallet, meaning consumers will be able to use them anywhere Apple Pay is accepted, PayPal said in a ...

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UBS expands into ‘Brazilian Texas’

UBS Group AG is branching out into rural Brazil to find millionaires created by rapid growth in the agribusiness and tech industries. The Swiss bank plans to open a wealth-management office in the midwestern city of Goiania, the capital of what’s known as Brazilian Texas because of its similarities to the farm-rich US state. Another will open this month in ...

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McDonald’s China lines up $2 billion in bank loans

The operator of McDonald’s restaurants in China has raised about $2 billion in bank loans to free up liquidity that will help operate the business, according to people familiar with the matter, as the country maintains its zero-tolerance approach to fighting Covid-19. Chinese state-backed Citic Ltd., Citic Capital and US private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc. acquired control of the ...

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