PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times - March 24

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March 24 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

- Apple buys UK fintech start-up Credit Kudos https://on.ft.com/3D4S48R

- Chelsea to be allowed 30 mln stg cash injection from parent company https://on.ft.com/3wvJKxC

- Tensions intensify at Generali as rival CEO candidate suspended https://on.ft.com/3IByVN0

- Credit Suisse loses case over banker who stole from billionaire clients https://on.ft.com/3IENjnA

- Renault suspends Russia business and looks at options for AvtoVaz stake https://on.ft.com/3JBzJml

Overview

- Apple Inc has acquired UK-based fintech start-up Credit Kudos, signalling a deeper push into payments technology by the iPhone maker.

- Chelsea's parent company is to be allowed to inject up to 30 million pounds ($39.63 million) into the football club to help the Premier League side "resolve any cash flow or liquidity issues".

- Generali SpA has suspended the executive who had been put forward by one of its rebel shareholders as a rival candidate to lead the company, in the latest twist to the power struggle at Italy's largest insurer.

- Former Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has won a long-running battle with Credit Suisse Group to reclaim funds stolen by a former employee of the Swiss bank, according to people with knowledge of the case.

- Renault SA is suspending some of its Russian operations indefinitely and is preparing to walk away from its investment in Lada maker AvtoVaz AO, in a significant shift for the biggest foreign carmaker remaining in the country after rivals had retreated.

($1 = 0.7569 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)