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The app-based bank said it had seen lending activity spike thanks to the U.K. government's emergency coronavirus financing schemes.

Stocks in Asia Pacific were mostly lower on Friday as tensions between Beijing and Washington weighed on investor sentiment.

Standard Life Aberdeen reported Friday a 30% fall in pre-tax profit for the first half of the year.

The coronavirus has infected more than 19 million people around the world as of Friday morning, killing at least 714,767 people.

India has the third-highest caseload in the world after the United States and Brazil. It has the fifth-most deaths and its fatality rate of about 2% is far lower than the other hardest-hit countries.

With fewer places to see and be seen, shoppers are slowing their spending, with an estimate from consultancy firm McKinsey forecasting the global luxury goods market will contract by 35% to 39% in 2020.

"Canada was taking advantage of us, as usual," Trump said during a lengthy, campaign-style speech at a Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Ohio.

A slew of viral videos show people claiming medical exemptions to avoid wearing masks on airplanes and in grocery stories. Doctors say there are legitimate health reasons to do so, but that the list is quite short.

Uber narrowed losses, and saw a spike in demand for its food delivery service during the second quarter. However, the company's core ride-sharing business was down 73% from last year.

Brown Brothers Harriman's Win Thin expects the dollar to bottom later this year.

Fintech companies in Asia saw their capital raise fall around 37% from $2.56 billion in the first quarter to $1.62 billion in the second, a CB Insights report said.

The Lyriq, a midsize crossover, includes a massive diagonal 33-inch curved LED screen on the interior, advanced lighting technology on the exterior and GM's Super Cruise driver-assist system.

Gilead said it plans to produce more than 2 million treatment courses of the drug by the end of the year and anticipates being able to make "several million more" in 2021.

The "Make Billionaires Pay Act" would impose a one-time 60% tax on wealth gains made by billionaires during the pandemic to fund health care.

Epic said the deal included a $250 million strategic investment from Sony, which it announced last month.

A persistent inability of Congress and the White House to agree on more rescue funding threatens to push those still reeling from virus-related impacts further down the ladder.

As Congress haggles over stimulus to help the nation's unemployed, the July jobs report Friday is even more critical for markets.

The last time the weekly claims number was this low was March 14, just as the coronavirus hit pandemic status and the U.S. economy came to a standstill in an effort to halt the spread.

Facebook will allow its employees to continue to work from home until July 2021, the company told CNBC on Thursday.

The latest revelation comes at a critical time for U.S. diplomatic relations with Iran.