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JPMorgan’s UK digital bank attracted 1 million customers in one year

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s UK digital lender has attracted 1 million customers in its first year of operation, making it one of the UK’s most popular neobanks. Chase UK clients hold an average of £27,000 ($29,084) in their Chase Saver account, according to a statement on Wednesday. The lender said it has processed about 92 million card and payment …

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Goldman Sachs signs lease for new Birmingham office

  Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. signed a lease for a new office in Birmingham, England, that could eventually accommodate as many as 1,000 staff. The Wall Street bank has signed a long-term lease for about 110,000 square feet of space in One Centenary Way, an office being built at the Paradise Birmingham development, according to a statement Wednesday. Goldman …

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Bank Indonesia intervention lifts rupiah from lowest since 2020

  Bloomberg Bank Indonesia stepped in to prop up the rupiah for a second day, joining a host of other policy makers which are pushing back against a surging dollar. Indonesian authorities are intervening in the spot and domestic non-deliverable forwards markets to prevent the rupiah from weakening excessively, Edi Susianto, executive director of monetary management, said in a text …

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Dollar rallies, UK bonds surge after Bank of England statement

Bloomberg The dollar rises to another record after the White House talked down the prospect of weakening the currency, while UK bonds surged after the Bank of England (BOE) said it would carry out temporary purchases of long-dated government bonds to help restore order to the market. US futures were mixed, while European stocks dropped for a fifth day as …

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Citi says European stock outflows are at euro zone crisis levels

  Bloomberg Investors are abandoning European stocks at levels last seen during the euro zone debt crisis, according to Citigroup Inc. strategists, adding that this could represent a contrarian signal to buy. European equity funds are on track for eight straight months of outflows totalling $98 billion, or 6% of assets under management, the bank said in a note citing …

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Credit Suisse working on asset sales as part of new strategy

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG said it’s working on possible asset and business sales as it seeks ways to drive down costs and restore profitability under a strategic plan to be announced next month. While Credit Suisse didn’t give details on divestments, Bloomberg reported that executives are weighing the sale of its Latin American wealth management operations excluding Brazil. …

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Hungary to hike key rate as forint plunges again

  Bloomberg Hungary will raise its key interest rate to a new European Union high as a standoff with the bloc over the rule of law complicates the central bank’s efforts to end its monetary-tightening cycle. Policy makers will raise the benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point to 12.75%, according to 8 out of 12 analysts in a …

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BOE lays out stress test scenario for banks

  Bloomberg The Bank of England’s (BOE) stress tests are meant to provide an unlikely ‘tail risk’ scenario designed to test the resilience of British lenders. The current UK market turmoil means this year’s scenario is looking increasingly plausible. The scenario released amid a UK sell off includes the UK base rate rising rapidly to 6% in early 2023 before …

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Nigeria’s naira crashes to record low

  Bloomberg Nigeria’s naira declined further to record lows in both official and unauthorised markets ahead of the central bank of Nigeria rate decision. The local currency unit weakened 1.18% in early morning trading to 436.42 against the dollar in the spot market as of 9 a.m. in the commercial capital of Lagos. It slipped to 720 a dollar in …

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