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Read more(Adds launch and final size, yields and demand)By Yousef SabaDUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - The Emirate of Sharjah launched $1.25 billion in two-tranche bonds of 12- and 30-year paper on Wednesday, a document from one of the banks arranging the deal s...
Read more(Adds expected size, revised guidance, demand)DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - The Emirate of Sharjah is expected to raise around $1 billion on Wednesday in a two-tranche bond issue of 12 and 30-year paper, a document from one of the banks arranging the...
Read more* Leaving surcharge unchanged would damage industry - government* Surcharge raised 1.5 bln stg in 2019-20 fiscal year* Proposed changes will be laid out in the autumn (Adds further industry reaction)By Iain WithersLONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Britai...
Read moreLONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister Rishi Sunak has said the government will review the surcharge levied on bank profits, in a bid to keep the UK competitive with rival financial centres in the United States and the European Uni...
Read more* Leaving surcharge unchanged would damage industry - government* Surcharge raised 1.5 bln stg in 2019-20 fiscal year* Proposed changes will be laid out in the autumn (Adds context, industry reaction)By Iain WithersLONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Brita...
Read moreLONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister Rishi Sunak has said the government will review the surcharge levied on bank profits.Sunak said in his Budget statement on Wednesday he was launching the review so that the combined tax burden...
Read moreBy Anshuman DagaSINGAPORE, March 3 (Reuters) - Staff at Singapore's banks engaged in key operations are being offered COVID-19 vaccinations, making it one of the first global centres to inoculate its financial services industry."Workers performing...
Read more(Adds more detail)LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Britain is more than doubling to 100 pounds ($139.75) the limit on contactless payments made with debit or credit cards, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, as COVID-19 accelerates a shift to elect...
Read moreLONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce in his budget speech on Wednesday that the legal limit on contactless payments made with debit and credit cards will more than double to 100 pounds ($140), the finance ministry...
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Read moreDUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - The Emirate of Sharjah began marketing a two-tranche U.S. dollar-denominated bond deal on Wednesday comprising benchmark tranches of 12 and 30 years, a document showed.Initial price guidance was around 3.875% for the 12-...
Read moreBy Iain Withers and Lawrence WhiteLONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - Britain's big four banks amassed more than 200 billion pounds ($277.52 billion) of new deposits last year as customers reined in spending through pandemic lockdowns, far outstripping e...
Read more(Refiles to fix typographical error in third paragraph)DUBAI, March 2 (Reuters) - The Emirate of Sharjah has hired banks to arrange an issue of dollar-denominated dual-tranche bonds, a document showed on Tuesday.Bank ABC, Citi, Emirates NBD Capital...
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