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ARCHEGOS LOSSES: UBS TAKES UNEXPECTED $774 MILLION HIT


UBS reported on Tuesday a net income of $1.8 billion for the first quarter, revealing that it had taken a considerable hit to earnings from the collapse of Archegos Capital Management. The Swiss bank said that it had taken a $774 million hit to revenue as a result of Archegos’s default earlier in the quarter.

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CREDIT SUISSE POSTS ‘UNACCEPTABLE’ ARCHEGOS LOSS


Credit Suisse on Thursday reported a net loss of 252 million Swiss francs ($275 million) for the first quarter following the implosion of US-based hedge fund Archegos Capital. The bank reported that the loss reflected a “significant charge with respect to the US-based hedge fund matter in 1Q21 (first quarter), offsetting positive performance across wealth

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HOW BANKS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPEN BANKING TO INCREASE CUSTOMER RETENTION


Open Banking now has three million active users in the UK as of January 2021 according to the Open Banking Implementation Entity. However, since PDS2 came into force, the big transformation that was expected has not come to fruition. The directive paved the way for data sharing from multiple accounts from different providers, helping people

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HOW IS AI REVOLUTIONIZING FX MARKET IN A WAY WE DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE


The foreign exchange or forex market is the biggest financial market in the world. It is even bigger than the stock market. Moreover, the forex market continues to grow, and one major reason for this is the use of the latest technologies, including artificial intelligence. In fact, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that AI