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British banks face 25% earnings hit from no-deal Brexit, says Citi

Bloomberg As the likelihood of Britain crashing out of the European Union (EU) without a trading agreement rises, Citigroup Inc estimates that such an event could cut domestic banks’ earnings by as much as 25 percent. A “no-deal exit” would curtail the revenue of high street lenders as economic growth slows and interest rates remain depressed, analysts including Andrew Coombs …

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India’s Modi creates bank giants to spur economy

Bloomberg India announced its most sweeping bank overhaul in decades, minutes before data showed economic growth in Asia’s No. 3 economy slumped to a six-year low. Four new lenders that result from a series of state-bank mergers will hold business worth 55.8 trillion rupees ($781 billion), or about 56 percent of the Indian banking industry, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said …

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Facebook’s Libra rouses EU antitrust interest: Vestager

Bloomberg Facebook Inc’s Libra digital currency will be a focus for antitrust and financial regulators in the near future, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said, confirming an early-stage probe into how the new payment system will work. “From both a competition and a financial stability perspective, Libra will have our interest,” Vestager told reporters in Copenhagen. She said the EU …

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