Bloomberg Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed into law the country’s first framework for cryptocurrency, with ground rules for brokerages that offer crypto as well as the assets’ day-to-day use. Though a formal designation is needed, the central bank is likely to be responsible for regulating and overseeing the new structure, according to the bill’s rapporteurs — the lawmakers who make ...

  Bloomberg Japan’s biggest bank sees value in further share buybacks as its $7.5 billion deal to sell a US regional lender adds to a growing cash pile. “We are always looking for growth investment opportunities,” Hironori Kamezawa, chief executive officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc, said in an interview, adding that the lender will consider acquisitions in Asia ...

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG has filed a criminal complaint against a Zurich financial blog, ratcheting up a legal attack begun over readers’ comments attached to a series of stories it ran about the Swiss bank earlier this year. The complaint, which the blog Inside Paradeplatz confirmed, follows a 265-page civil lawsuit filed over comments that the bank said ...