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UniCredit to skip coupon payment after 2020 loss

Bloomberg With one of his first major moves at the helm of UniCredit, Andrea Orcel added tens of millions to bank’s bottom line. The question is whether the cost will be even higher in the long run. UniCredit’s new CEO shocked investors with a decision to skip a coupon payment on $3.6 billion of hybrid bonds due later this month, an ...

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Crypto lender mistakenly deposits Bitcoin into user accounts

Bloomberg BlockFi Inc., a crypto-lending startup, mistakenly sent some users Bitcoin as part of a promotion and is working on reversing it. The company made what it called incorrect promo payouts in Bitcoin instead of US dollars to certain customers. Though BlockFi worked on reversing them, a number of recipients withdrew the coins before the company could backpedal. (It was ...

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US futures climb; China’s stance weighs on metals

Bloomberg US equity-index futures gained as investors wagered that the Federal Reserve will maintain monetary support in coming months while a rebound in the world’s biggest economy stokes inflation fears. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 gauges pointed to gains after US stocks closed mixed. The dollar and Treasuries were steady. Bitcoin advanced above $35,000 following another weekend ...

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