Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG faces a criminal probe for helping more than 2,600 Belgian clients to hide untaxed earnings in Swiss accounts, L’Echo reported. The inquiry into Swiss lender concerns money laundering and acting as an illegal financial intermediary, the newspaper said, citing a spokesman for Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s office. Prosecutors obtained the bank details of unidentified Belgian clients …

Bloomberg People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Yi Gang urged banks to support smaller companies through innovations in financial services and products. The current economic situation is “complex and severe,” Yi told a seminar in the eastern city of Hefei, according to a statement posted on the central bank’s website. The governor said banks should adapt financial services and products, …

Bloomberg European stocks climbed to a one-week high and equity futures rose amid a thaw in US and China relations and hopes of wider access to new coronavirus treatments. The rally in the Europe Stoxx 600 Index was broad based, with all 19 industries posting gains. BT Group advanced after Sky News reported that the board is on alert for …

Bloomberg Indian stocks climbed along with Asian equities, with the benchmark index forming a pattern that some analysts read as a sign of more gains to come. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.6% to 38,673.41 as of 10:17 am in Mumbai, making a ‘golden cross’ — a bullish indicator when the 50-day moving average rises above the 200-day line. The …

Bloomberg South Africa’s main stock index advances for a second day, rising 1.3% by 9:46 am in Johannesburg, as improved risk appetite among investors spurs gains for 104 of the 150 listed companies. Naspers Ltd. contributed the most to the rising benchmark index, climbing 2.5% to the highest in more than a week after assurances from White House officials that …

Bloomberg Shares of Hong Kong-based companies climbed, with a gauge reaching its highest in five months, after local media reported the number of new coronavirus cases fell to single digits for the first time since July. The MSCI Hong Kong Index rise 2% as of 4:22 pm The city was expected to report nine new infections on Monday, the South …

Bloomberg TikTok plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday to challenge its executive order banning transactions with the video app in the US, the company said. TikTok said it “strongly disagreed” with the concerns raised by President Donald Trump as he ordered on August 6 to ban the app from the US within 45 days. He …

Bloomberg US oil exports to China are set to reach a record next month in a sign that Beijing is stepping up purchases to meet its commitments under a landmark trade deal. About 19 tankers have signed provisional bookings to load American crude for China in September, according to shipping fixtures, which are subject to change. If all of them …

Bloomberg Botswana and Namibia are set to sign an agreement to develop solar projects of as much as 5,000 megawatts through installations built across their mostly flat, sunny landscapes. The southern African nations are working with US government initiative, Power Africa, to help structure the deal, Namibian Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo said in an interview. The electricity will …

Bloomberg German turbine makers and natural gas companies are exploring producing green hydrogen in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to what could become the world’s largest hydropower complex. Should the project go ahead Congo would join Morocco as a potential site for hydrogen production in Africa. The North African country this year signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany …