Bloomberg Banco Santander SA pledged to increase profitability and shareholder payouts as rising interest rates in key markets from the Americas to Europe are set to boost income from lending at the Spanish retail banking behemoth. The bank also signalled it has done strengthening capital buffers after rebounding from steep losses two years ago at the onset of the …

  Bloomberg Global stocks headed for the biggest four-day rally since November 2020 as companies from the US to Europe reported better-than-forecast earnings and dip-buying returned to technology shares. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 Index jumped 1.1%, while those on the S&P 500 added 0.4%. Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index traded above its 50-day moving average for the first time since …

  Bloomberg Bitcoin slipped back on Wednesday after touching a near two-week high, spotlighting the token’s struggle to vault a key technical hurdle and reclaim the $40,000 level. The world’s largest cryptocurrency retreated about 1.3% to $38,300 as of 3:40 pm in Singapore, after touching $39,267 a day earlier. Ether, the second-largest coin, falls some 1.5%. A Bitcoin price trendline …