Capital markets

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is in talks to invest about $200 million in Akulaku, an Indonesian online lender backed by Jack Ma's Ant Group, according to people familiar with the matter.

The challenger bank for Black and Latino individuals introduced Elevate, a membership-only tier that includes access to private clubhouses and networking aimed at people of color.

The increased limit on the size of the mortgages the government-sponsored enterprises will be able to buy reflects the year-over-year change in home prices.

However, a tiered pricing system will limit an inflation-driven increase to under 10% for a small group of originators.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler and Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang see urgency in shoring up liquidity in government debt markets during times of stress.

Btech Consortium, a partnership between several small banks, a venture capital firm and an asset manager, will identify emerging technologies that meet their members' near-term needs.

Bank loans to private equity, mortgage companies as well as other lightly regulated — and increasingly volatile — industries have soared in recent years. The central bank says it needs to know how leveraged those borrowers are and how much risk they pose to the banking system.

Both sides in the litigation over 2012 Federal Housing Finance Agency amendments to stock purchase agreements say they're weighing their options.

The crypto custodian Copper Technologies has obtained $196 million in fresh funding this year, as part of an ongoing series C investment in the business.