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Bloomberg Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is taking over Capital One Financial Corp’s Costco Wholesale Corp credit card business in Canada, helping diversify its portfolio away from travel rewards. CIBC will buy Capital One’s existing portfolio of Costco-branded Mastercards, which has more than $2.4 billion in outstanding balances, and become the exclusive issuer. The change is expected to begin …

Bloomberg Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) is boosting its wealth management and corporate banking staff for Greater China to capture regional business flow from the world’s second-largest economy. The lender plans to double the number of relationship managers for wealthy Chinese clients to 500 by 2023, Chief Executive Officer Helen Wong said in her first in-person interview. The planned hires will be …

Bloomberg The split screen views of US-listed Chinese stocks falling as the S&P 500 marches higher suggest that China’s pains are localised. That may be true, but one group of investors is not taking its chances. Hedge funds that make both bullish and bearish wagers on stocks are slashing their exposure to American companies that lean heavily on China for …

Bloomberg Blank-check companies could revive Singapore’s languishing market for initial public offerings as stock exchanges from Mumbai to Seoul profit from blockbuster deals. Singapore Exchange Ltd. this week presented rules for the listing of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, as it attempts to get a slice of what has become a worldwide frenzy. It is allowing SPACs to list …

Bloomberg Oil in New York posted its second weekly gain as the impact of Hurricane Ida continues to snarl US oil production, though prices edged lower following a weak US jobs report. West Texas Intermediate futures capped a gain 0.8% for the week despite shedding 1%. The deceleration in hiring reflects growing fears of the delta variant of Covid-19 and …

Bloomberg Philippine Airlines Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York with a lender-supported plan that helps the country’s main carrier recover after the pandemic devastated global travel. The company aims to cut $2 billion in borrowings through a proposed restructuring plan, which needs court approval, it said. Philippine Airlines will also get $505 million in equity and debt …

Bloomberg Wizz Air Holdings Plc has narrowed the gap with much larger Ryanair Holdings Plc during the coronavirus crisis, based on traffic figures for August, the peak month for summer tourist travel. Wizz carried almost one-third as many passengers as Ryanair last month, after expanding in markets such as Italy and Germany, according to traffic updates. In August 2019, the …

Bloomberg Walmart Inc said it will raise wages for a swath of its US workforce, bringing its average hourly wage to $16.40 as the big-box retailer competes for employees amid a labour shortage. The raise of at least $1 per hour will start on September 25 and cover more than 565,000 workers, Walmart US Chief Executive Officer John Furner said …

Bloomberg Ethiopian Airlines Group plans to resume flights with the Boeing Co 737 Max jet by early next year after reaching an out-of-court settlement with the US planemaker over a deadly crash in March 2019. Chief Executive Officer Tewolde GebreMariam is now convinced “beyond reasonable doubt” the model is safe after various modifications. He had previously said Africa’s biggest carrier …

Bloomberg Malaysia lifted its ban on Boeing Co’s 737 Max jet, ending more than two years of grounding following two crashes involving the aircraft. The directive is applicable to local and foreign airlines operating commercial flights in Malaysia using the aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) said in a statement. Malaysia’s decision comes after authorities in several countries …