PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Federal Reserve is looking at a broad range of issues around digital payments and currencies, including policy, design and legal considerations around potentially issuing its own digital currency, Governor Lael Brainard said on Wednesday.

UNIONBANK OF THE Philippines, Inc. is seeking to raise P5 billion through unsecured subordinated notes.

JPMORGAN CHASE & Co. may jump back into a US mortgage program that helps low-income Americans buy homes, mulling a return years after most banks pulled back from the business in frustration over billions of dollars in penalties.

HSBC Holdings Plc is overhauling the management of its struggling European business, weeks ahead of a strategic review across its global operations.

SYDNEY — Australian regulators will consider intervening to stop banks from automatically directing “tap-and-go” card payments through the world’s largest payment processors Visa and Mastercard, Inc., the central bank said on Wednesday.

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THE PESO ended stronger against the greenback on Thursday as global equities and the local stock market continued to recover.

BIDS FOR THE central bank’s term deposits declined as investors were looking ahead to a possible rate cut at this week’s policy meeting and amid concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak.

SECURITY BANK Corp. has raised P2.07 billion via long-term negotiable certificate of deposits (LTNCDs), which will be used to diversify its funding sources and finance expansion plans.

THE PESO weakened on Wednesday with the market factoring in a possible rate cut this Thursday and on expectations of upbeat US non-manufacturing data.

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Bank Indonesia (BI) may consider going into a joint regulatory sandbox to test cross-border retail payment linkages following the central banks’ recently signed memorandum of understanding (MoU), according to BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno.

SYDNEY -- Australia’s central bank held its cash rate at record lows at its first meeting of the year on Tuesday and sounded doggedly optimistic even as markets bet devastating bushfires at home and a viral epidemic in China would force aggressive easing.