According to the Financial Times report published on Saturday, HSBC is weighing a complete departure from the US retail banking.
On Saturday, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visited three of India's coronavirus vaccine facilities, as COVID-19 cases continue to surge.
On Saturday, the Vice-President of the European Central Bank Luis de Guindos said that the bank expects lower inflation in the Eurozone until the end of the year.
On Saturday, the Iranian Health Ministry spokeswoman announced a slowdown in COVID-19 infections.
The EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier arrived in London on Saturday to restart a post-Brexit trade deal negotiations with the British negotiator David Frost.
On Saturday, Kia Motors and Hyundai Motor Co American units agreed to a $210M civil penalty for failure to recall 1.6M cars timely.
The Health Minister of Canada Patty Hajdu stated on Saturday that from now on the government would prohibit exporting prescription drugs in case of their shortage in the country itself.
HSBC Holdings is exploring a possibility of a complete withdrawal from the US retail banking after it had narrowed options for performance improvement at its North American business, according to the Financial Times report published on Saturday.
Deutsche Bank's executive stated the lender was expecting a rebound in trade financing to the pre-coronavirus levels by the mid-2021.
The European Commission granted its approval for the acquisition of France's fibre optics operator Covage by the rival SFR FTTH that is controlled by Allianz, Altice and Omers.
Tesla's CEO Elon Musk stated the company was likely to widen the roll-out of its "Full Self Driving" software in two weeks.
Amazon.com pledged to give over $500M in bonuses to the company's US front-line employees working for the holiday season during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UniCredit has hired JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs as strategic advisers, as the bank seeks updating its business plan in 2021 and considers a potential acquisition deal of Monte dei Paschi.
According to the Wall Street Journal, GM wants to make an application for a banking charter to extend its auto-finance part of business.
The European Central Bank VP Luis de Guindos stated on Saturday that the bank expected prices to continue falling at least until mid 2021.
The German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier stated on Saturday that partial lockdown most probably would last the whole winter.
According to the Financial Times, HSBC is considering possibility of leaving the US retail market amid inability to substantially improve the business there.
Airbus resold its six A320neo jets, which have been rejected by Malaysia's AirAsia, as the planemaker works off its surplus left by COVID-19-caused crisis.
Kia Motors and Hyundai Motor's US units agreed to a $210M civil penalty after the US car safety regulators had claimed they did not recall 1.6M vehicles over engine issues.
Deutsche Bank is expecting trade finance to rebound to pre-coronavirus levels by the middle of 2021, Daniel Schmand, Deutsche Bank's Head of Trade Finance and Lending said on Friday.
On Friday, the European Commission announced that it had approved SFR FTTH acquisition of the French fibre optics firm Covage.
On Friday, the United Kingdom and the European Union said that there were still big differences on a post-Brexit trade agreement.
According to The Sun newspaper, the UK is not accepting an offer from the EU negotiator Michel Barnier that 15%-18% of the amount of fish quota the EU fleets catch in British waters be restored in Britain.
According to data from the statistics agency IBGE, the unemployment rate in Brazil rose to 14.6%, the highest since IBGE's series began in 2012.