Bloomberg Visa Inc became the latest payments firm to face a hit from the spread of coronavirus. The company warned that cardholders’ spending overseas has slowed sharply, especially for travel related purchases, and that this quarter’s revenue growth will be about 2.5 to 3.5 percentage points lower than the outlook it shared on January 30. Visa said it won’t give ...

Bloomberg Several of the biggest US banks and the nation’s largest life insurer expanded their restrictions on employee travel, curbing all non-essential trips abroad as the coronavirus spreads across the globe. Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo & Co told employees not to travel internationally without approval from top company executives, expanding earlier restrictions that targeted countries where the ...

Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it’s ready to act to counter financial market volatility amid the coronavirus outbreak, reiterating comments from global central bankers in recent days. While spillovers into domestic financial markets have been relatively contained, the RBI said in a statement on Tuesday it “stands ready to take appropriate actions to ensure orderly functioning of ...