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☆ Citigroup in talks to recoup errant $500 mln Revlon loan payment
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

In a Thursday filing in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for the bank and the lenders said they have been discussing a "consensual resolution" to end Citigroup's August 2020 lawsuit to recoup the mistaken payment. Citigroup, which was Revlon's loan agent, had accidentally used its own money in August 2020 to pay off the company's $894 million loan three years early instead of paying $7.8 million in interest. Furman sided with them in February 2021, leading Citigroup to lower previously reported profit to reflect $390 million of added legal expenses. The case is In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Chris Reese and Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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NEW YORK, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N) is in talks to end litigation against hedge funds and investment firms that it mistakenly paid about $500 million on a loan owed by Revlon Inc (REVRQ.PK), billionaire Ronald Perelman's now-bankrupt cosmetics company. Both sides had been expected to apprise U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan on their next steps in the case by Nov. 10. Others refused, saying Citigroup paid what they were owed and noting that Perelman had bailed out Revlon before. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said it would improperly leave them with a "huge windfall" and returned the case to Furman. The case is In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Eastern Canada, with its strong electricity-generating winds and short shipping distance, is a prime potential source for green hydrogen. Most hydrogen output uses natural gas or coal, called gray hydrogen, but companies want to produce green hydrogen without emissions by separating hydrogen from oxygen in water using wind-powered electrolyzers. Green hydrogen is typically more expensive, but soaring natural gas prices have elevated gray hydrogen production costs above those of green hydrogen, according to an October report. GERMANY-CANADA HYDROGEN PARTNERSHIPGermany and Canada signed a non-binding agreement in August to ship clean Canadian hydrogen to Germany by 2025. "We believe in green energy, but we don’t believe in destroying nature for a profit or supplying Germany," Rowe said.

☆ Revlon creditors challenge 2020 loan transactions
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Dietrich Knauth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

If successful, their challenge could eliminate the Brandco lenders' right to claim Revlon's brands as their exclusive collateral, reducing the Brandco lenders' leverage in the bankruptcy. Both lender groups participated in a $2 billion loan that Revlon used to purchase Elizabeth Arden in 2016. Revlon and an attorney for the Brandco lenders did not immediately respond to a request for comment. When Revlon filed for bankruptcy in June, the Brandco lenders held about $1.88 billion of Revlon's $3.5 billion debt. Those transactions allowed Revlon to borrow an additional $880 million in 2020 from the Brandco lenders, according to the complaint.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog, starts a two-day meeting in Paris on Thursday and is expected to take up removal of Pakistan from a list of countries under "increased monitoring". In a meeting in June, the FATF said it was keeping Pakistan on the list - also known as the "grey list" - but said it might be removed after an on-site visit to verify progress. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterHere are some key points:WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR PAKISTAN? If removed from the list, Pakistan would essentially receive a reputational boost and get a clean bill of health from the international community on terrorist financing. Removal from the FATF list would provide Pakistan a boost after the country's sovereign credit rating was downgraded by Moody's.

☆ Strikes, possible blackouts and a plunging currency: Brits are being hit by a wave of bad news
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

'The recession has begun' The U.K. is the only G-7 economy not to have re-attained its pre-pandemic GDP level by the second quarter of 2022, Citibank Chief U.K. The ONS said GDP was only just returning to its pre-pandemic level, highlighting the challenge facing Prime Minister Liz Truss' "growth, growth, growth" agenda. "We now believe the recession in the U.K. has begun in the third quarter of 2022 and will likely last for three quarters. "The cost of living crisis is having a detrimental effect on individuals, not only financially, but physically and mentally too." Members of the CWU (Communication Workers Union) also continue to strike, including 115,000 postal employees of former state monopoly Royal Mail.

☆ Citizens is targeting wealthy clients with the launch of a new private bank. Here's how the firm is beefing up its wealth management business.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Carter Johnson | Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

On Tuesday, Citizens said it plans to launch a new private bank by the end of the year. Citizens Private Client will cater to customers with $200,000 more in deposits or investments. Citizens Private Client is intended to retain these customers as their financial needs become more complex. Private banking is a profitable business with relatively stable revenue that is often based on fees. The new private bank program is the latest step in Citizens' strategy to beef up its wealth management offerings.

☆ The Truss tax plan cushions the wealthy while pushing borrowers toward a financial cliff
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

That’s because the Bank of England is now widely expected to hike interest rates even further to tackle inflation that will be exacerbated by the government’s sweeping tax cuts. That means many as 1.8 million borrowers are now hurtling toward a financial cliff as they prepare to refinance next year, when the mortgage rate may well have doubled. The vast majority (nearly two-thirds) of the tax gains go to the wealthiest one-fifth of households, according to one think tank estimate. According to the US Treasury, tax cuts reduced federal revenues by about 9% in the first couple of years. However, Congress eventually decided the sweeping tax cuts were unsustainable and, with Reagan’s approval, raised taxes by a lot in 1982.

☆ Premarket stocks: Ronald Reagan's tax lesson for Britain
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Citibank analysts called the decision a “huge, unfunded gamble for the UK economy.” Markets dropped precipitously on the news. But much like Truss, Reagan argued that massive tax cuts and deregulation would stimulate productivity and he championed a sweeping tax cut that was passed by Congress that year. According to US Treasury estimates, Reagan’s tax cuts reduced federal revenues by about 9% in the first couple of years. A lesson from history: “When tax cuts are really too big to be sustainable, they’re often followed by tax increases,” wrote David Wessel, director of The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy. The US dollar appreciated during the Reagan tax cuts because it benefits from global reserve currency status.

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☆ Wall Street is on a knife's edge until Jay Powell speaks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Analysis Allison Morrow | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Financial markets are on a knife's edge, and have been for weeks, as they await word from the central bank on how much monetary tightening to expect. On Monday, Wall Street vacillated between slight gains and losses , effectively in a holding pattern while investors awaited word from the Silver Fox himself, Mr. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Hayden Powell. Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee in July. Of course, emoticons became emoji (style note: the plural of emoji is emoji), and our text conversations added a new layer of meaning. Like, check this out:OK, fine 😂OK, fine 😔OK, fine 🙃OK, fine 🙄...You get the idea.

☆ Wall Street is on a knife’s edge until Jay Powell speaks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Financial markets are on a knife’s edge, and have been for weeks, as they await word from the central bank on how much monetary tightening to expect. On Monday, Wall Street vacillated between slight gains and losses, effectively in a holding pattern while investors awaited word from the Silver Fox himself, Mr. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Hayden Powell. Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee in July. Of course, emoticons became emoji (style note: the plural of emoji is emoji), and our text conversations added a new layer of meaning. Like, check this out:OK, fine 😂OK, fine 😔OK, fine 🙃OK, fine 🙄…You get the idea.

Today, there are 56 Hispanic American banks and credit unions that are FDIC or NCUA insured around the US. We selected Hispanic American-owned credit unions from the National Credit Union Administration's list of minority depository institutions which was also updated on June 30, 2022. In our list of Hispanic American-owned banks and credit unions, many of the institutions listed offer customer support in Spanish and English. You can open up savings accounts, checking accounts, CDs, and money market accounts in most of the institutions listed. To help you learn more about a specific Hispanic American-owned bank or credit union, we've included links to reviews of individual institutions.

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The Citi Premier® Card and Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card are both mid-tier credit cards that offer generous rewards, impressive (and overlapping) transfer partners, and travel perks. Here's a look at how the Citi Premier® and Chase Sapphire Preferred stack up against each other. Compare the Chase Sapphire Preferred and Citi Premier Chase Sapphire Preferred® CardCiti Premier® Card Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Winner: TieShopping and travel benefitsAs mid-tier cards, the Citi Premier® and Chase Sapphire Preferred offer standard benefits like no foreign transaction fees. Meanwhile, the Chase Sapphire Preferred offers free DoorDash DashPass membership through December 31, 2024, and a $10 monthly Gopuff credit through December 31, 2023.

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☆ The public cloud is changing how Wall Street works. Here's how the tech is upending everything from trading to dealmaking.
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-23 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Cloud technology has now percolated through nearly every nook and cranny of Wall Street, affecting everything from investment banking to risk management and marketing. What's motivated the recent trend stems from two things that typically elicit change at financial firms: saving money and moving faster. But at least 30 Wall Street firms and well-known fintechs have publicly sided with one provider as a primary partner. "If you look at Wall Street, they have tens of thousands of people in back offices. Take Citibank, which accidentally wired $900 million to Revlon lenders in what is considered one of the largest blunders ever on Wall Street.

☆ How to combine multiple Citi credit cards for ultimate travel rewards
▼ + stars: | 2021-09-22 | by ( Jennifer Yellin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Then, we also want to add the Citi Double Cash Card, the Citi Custom Cash Card and the Citi Rewards+ Card to complete the group. Citi Premier Card: The key to transfersUse the Citi Premier card to transfer your ThankYou points to Citi's airline partners for the best redemptions. And when you combine the Citi Rewards+ with other Citi ThankYou credit cards, this rebate includes all points redeemed from your combined ThankYou account. There’s one caveat to those looking to apply for the Citi Rewards+ card at the same time as the Citi Premier. Citi only allows you to apply for one Citi card every eight days, and a maximum of two Citi cards every 65 days.

☆ The young lawyer who became the 'Don Quixote' of canceling student debt
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-29 | by ( Cezary Podkul | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

The victory marked the starting point for what's become Smith's raison d'être to help as many student loan borrowers as possible. But of those who did, around 60% managed to get a discharge of some portion of their student debt, Iuliano found. And thanks to a widely-held belief that student debt is categorically exempt from discharge, few are willing to take that chance. "I have $50k student debt, no degree, was a victim of attempted murder, out of work, and homeless," reads another. Austin SmithEventually, he says, he vowed to make it his life's cause to help the student loan borrowers.

☆ PPP SMALL BUSINESS LOANS: How $525 billion in coronavirus-linked loans were spread across banks lenders
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-03 | by ( Insider Intelligence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This is an update to our May and July PPP Small Business Loans reports. Its average loan size of $104,760 is just over the program's overall average of $101,000—this is particularly impressive when compared with its average loan size of $515,304 in the PPP's first tranche. It approved $6.55 billion in loans with an average loan size of $32,960, making it the bank with the lowest average loan size among top lenders. Best PPP LendersIn PPP Small Business Loans—the final of three updates—Insider Intelligence looks at how different lenders fared at implementing the PPP. Looks into PPP loan sizes and total fees gained by lenders, and examines total funded loans and average loan amounts for the top PPP lenders.

☆ O familie a plătit doar cu bitcoin, timp de patru ani, călătorind în 40 de țări
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Timp de patru ani, familia a supraviețuit doar cu bitcoin. „Am așteptat până am găsit o persoană care era dispusă să accepte bitcoin”, a spus Didi Taihuttu, capul familiei Bitcoin. Adoptarea în masă a criptomonedelor în ultimii ani a făcut ca familia să poată tranzacționa criptomoneda, dar pentru a se descurca, au trebuit să devină creativi. Printr-o combinație de troc, negociere, carduri de debit bitcoin și convingerea vânzătorilor să accepte criptomoneda, familia a reușit să traverseze o mare parte din Europa, Asia și Oceania. Prețul bitcoin a atins maxime istorice, aproape de 20.000 de dolari, iar unii analiști spun că are încă spațiu pentru a urca mai sus.

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☆ Here are the best brick-and-mortar savings accounts of March 2023
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-07 | by ( Elizabeth Gravier | Jason Stauffer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +23 min

To determine which brick-and-mortar savings accounts are the best overall, CNBC Select analyzed and compared dozens of savings accounts offered by the largest banks and credit unions. The brick-and-mortar savings accounts we selected for our ranking are all FDIC-insured, with access to at least 700 physical branches and over 4,000 non-fee ATMs in the U.S. (See our methodology for more information on how we choose the best brick-and-mortar savings accounts.) Like Wells Fargo, Chase offers two brick-and-mortar savings accounts: the standard Chase Savings℠ and the Chase Premier Savings℠. Find the best savings account for you: Help your money grow by finding the savings account that offers the best rates and features for you. Our methodologyTo determine which brick-and-mortar savings accounts offer the most convenience, CNBC Select analyzed dozens of U.S. savings accounts offered by the largest national banks and credit unions.

☆ Here are the best brick-and-mortar savings accounts of May 2023
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-07 | by ( Elizabeth Gravier | Jason Stauffer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +23 min

To determine which brick-and-mortar savings accounts are the best overall, CNBC Select analyzed and compared dozens of savings accounts offered by the largest banks and credit unions. The brick-and-mortar savings accounts we selected for our ranking are all FDIC-insured, with access to at least 700 physical branches and over 4,000 non-fee ATMs in the U.S. (See our methodology for more information on how we choose the best brick-and-mortar savings accounts.) Best brick-and-mortar savings accountsCompare offers to find the best savings accountBest at Bank of AmericaBank of America Advantage Savings Learn More Bank of America, N.A. Like Wells Fargo, Chase offers two brick-and-mortar savings accounts: the standard Chase Savings℠ and the Chase Premier Savings℠. Find the best savings account for you: Help your money grow by finding the savings account that offers the best rates and features for you.

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