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Chinese business database Qichacha said it passed a data export security assessment that allows the company to resume overseas operations. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese business database Qichacha said Friday it passed a data export security assessment that allows the company to resume overseas operations. The news signals an

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday that he and his fellow policymakers are encouraged by the slowing pace of inflation but are unsure whether they’ve done enough to keep the momentum going. Speaking a little more than a week after the central bank voted to hold benchmark policy rates steady, Powell said in remarks

In this article HSBA-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT HSBC is the largest bank in Europe by total assets. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images HSBC on Wednesday announced it will offer custody services for tokenized securities, making the British bank the latest major institution to embrace digital assets. HSBC is using technology

Visitors around the Charging Bull statue near the New York Stock Exchange, June 29, 2023. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images The S&P 500 is up 14% this year, but just eight days that explain most of the gains.  If you want a simple indication of why market timing is not an effective

The Cleveland Federal Reserve launched a search Wednesday for its new leader, after current President Loretta Mester retires in mid-2024. Often one of the central bank’s bigger proponents for tighter monetary policy, Mester, 65, will reach mandatory retirement as she will have served in her current position for 10 years come June of next year.

Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images UBS on Wednesday began selling Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds — which were at the heart of controversy during its emergency rescue of Credit Suisse — for the first time since completing the takeover. The Swiss banking giant is marketing two tranches of U.S. dollar AT1 bonds, a

“Buy-now, pay-later” firm Klarna aims to return to profit by summer 2023. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Buy now, pay later firm Klarna has established a holding company in the U.K. that will sit at the top of its corporate structure, in a symbolic move that paves the path for an eventual listing.

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Tuesday a soft landing is still on the table as the central bank seeks to combat inflation without hurting the economy significantly. “Because of some of the strangeness of this moment, there is the possibility of the golden path … that we got inflation down without a recession,” Goolsbee

A logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen in Zurich, Switzerland March 29, 2023.  Denis Balibouse | Reuters UBS on Tuesday reported a bigger-than-expected third-quarter net loss of $785 million as it works to integrate fallen rival Credit Suisse. Analysts polled by Reuters had anticipated the Swiss banking giant would record quarterly net loss of

Workers at an e-commerce logistics industrial park sort parcels on an express delivery line in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu Province, Nov 5, 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Most consumers in China are planning to keep a lid on spending during this year’s Singles Day shopping festival, which ends Nov. 11. That’s

In this article C Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CEO of Citigroup Jane Fraser testifies during a hearing before the House Committee on Financial Services at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images When Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser announced in September that

DBS branch in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images, LightRocket | Getty Images Southeast Asia’s largest lender DBS Group reported a 17% jump in third-quarter profit on Monday, benefiting from a high-interest rate environment. During the quarter, net profit rose to 2.63 billion Singaporean dollars ($1.94 billion) compared to SG$2.24 billion a year ago.