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#ubs

UBS Group AG is preparing to offer bitcoin trading to a select group of private banking clients in Switzerland. According to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter, the Swiss banking giant has been in discussions for several months about launching a cryptocurrency trading offering and is currently in the process of selecting external partners. The service would initially be limited to a small subset of Swiss private banking clients, with a broader rollout possible at a later stage.

Swiss banking giant UBS will pay €835million to settle a long-running French legal case over helping wealthy clients dodge taxes, the group and French authorities have said. UBS will pay a €730million fine and €105million in damages to the French state to close the 14-year legal saga. "UBS AG is pleased to announce it has resolved the legacy matter concerning its cross-border business activities in France between 2004 and 2012," the bank said in a statement.