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It was released on Wednesday morning, October 31, the balance for the third quarter of Santander Brasil. The net profit of the Spanish group operating in Brazil stood at 2.2%, compared to the previous quarter, with a value of 3,039 billion reais. In addition to 2018, Santander Brasil posted a 60.6% increase in net income compared to 2017, with an amount of 8,831 billion reais. While the multinational's managerial profit on Brazilian soil was 3,108 billion reais in the quarter. In its global operation, the Spanish financial institution announced that the third quarter of 2018 represented a 36% increase. Value achieved mainly by the positive results coming from Spain, Mexico and Brazil, countries where their performance is greater. The group's profit surpassed what was pointed out by specialist, reaching 1.99 billion euros. Earlier in the week, Itaú Unibanco had already released its data for the week, presenting, as well as Santader Brazil, growth.

Facebook released its balance sheet for the third quarter of 2018, with a net profit of US $ 5.2 billion, 9% higher than the previous year. Still comparing to 2017, Facebook's revenue in the third quarter of 2018 was $ 13.7 billion, compared to a year earlier of $ 10.3 billion. Increase of 33%. Among the factors that provided such numbers is, mainly, the publicity. Area that represents 92% of the total. In this front the social network added 13.5 billion dollars, high of 33%. While gaining on other fees was $ 188 million, up 1%. According to Mark Zuckerberg, president of the social network, more than 2 billion people use the services of the platform daily. In them, they are included: WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, besides the own 'Face'. The number of active users per day on Facebook increased by 9% compared to the same period last year to 1.49 billion. While in the monthly comparison, growth was 10%, reaching 2.27 billion users.

Smile Fidelidade released its balance sheet on the morning of this Wednesday, October 31. Net income of R $ 212 million was 37.5% lower than in the same period in 2017. However, by disregarding extraordinary effects, Smile's net income in the third quarter of 2018 is 4.8% higher than the year to R $ 153 million. The Group's EBITDA reached R $ 231.3 million, up 41.9% year-on-year. While the Ebtida margin reached 87.8% in the period. The results reflected in the actions of the loyalty company. Around 11:20 am, the group's shares fell 2.22% and were trading at R $ 36.96. Another issue that involved Smile in the last month was the announcement of incorporation of the service by Gol.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's government said on Wednesday it would propose new measures to reverse the slowdown in the country's economy. Among the objectives is mainly to give confidence to the market. This new approach of the Chinese government comes amid the disclosure of negative figures regarding the service industry and industry performance. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Tuesday night (30), the service sector of the Asian country was index of 53.9, while in September was 54.9. Lowest number in 14 months. Already the industry performance was 50.2 in October, while September had been 50.8. The figures released represent the lowest level in 27 months. The unstable situation in China's economy comes amid a trade war between the United States and China.

Sales in supermarkets across the country increased 1.92% from January to September over the same period of 2017. This is the balance sheet released today (30), in São Paulo, by the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (Abras). The president of the entity, João Sanzovo Neto, said, however, that the movement is below expectations, taking into account the estimate to close the year with a rise of 2.53%. The price of the basic basket of products surveyed increased by 0.39%, from R $ 458.53 to R $ 460.29. The highest elevations hit the rice, frozen chicken, cheese plate and creamy margarine. Already the biggest casualties affected the prices of onion, soap powder, manioc flour and potato.

The Federal Government has formalized a decree that will help the entry of fintechs, with foreign capital, in Brazil, in order to increase the level of competitiveness of the financial market of the country. The decree will enable the entry of Brazilian technology companies with up to 100% of foreign capital to operate in the Brazilian market, provided that it is within the operational standards promoted by the Central Bank. "Fintech's operations will increase competition in the financial system, helping to reduce the cost of credit by offering products to a public that has not yet been served by the traditional banking system," the BC said in a statement. Today, only the entry of fintechs in Brazil is allowed, if the government sees its operation on Brazilian soil as national interest. "The realization of foreign investments in fintechs is fundamental to foster advances and technological innovations," concluded the Brazilian Central Bank.