Banking

Bloomberg ICICI Bank Ltd. posted a more than threefold rise in fourth-quarter profit, helped by strong earnings from its lending business even as it set aside a smaller pot of money to cushion the impact of more bad loans that could result from India’s deteriorating coronavirus situation. Net income at the nation’s second largest private lender stood at 44.03 billion ...

Bloomberg Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc is considering ways to reduce its real estate footprint in the Americas while preparing for a post-pandemic world in which many workers come to the office just a few days a week. The lender anticipates that roughly 25% of workers in the region will be fully remote after the pandemic and another 25% will ...

Bloomberg National Bank of Canada Chief Executive Officer Louis Vachon said the Bank of Canada (BoC) is being “prudent” in reducing government bond purchases and hinting it may raise interest rates earlier than expected. “We don’t know how this thing will evolve — we’re navigating in uncharted waters,” Vachon said in an interview after the bank’s annual meeting. “But by ...

Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) restricted American Express Banking Corp (Amex) and Diners Club International Ltd (Diners) from adding new local customers, citing non-compliance with data-storage rules. The order will take effect from May 1 and won’t impact existing customers, the RBI said in a statement. The firms are the first to be penalized under India’s data-storage rules ...

Bloomberg The Bank of Russia unexpectedly raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points and signalled more tightening as ruble volatility contributed to inflation risks. The benchmark rate was raised to 5%, the Bank of Russia said in a statement. Thirteen economists out of 41 analysts forecast the move, while 28 expected a smaller cut, according to a Bloomberg ...

Bloomberg Australia’s biggest banks are expanding their sustainable finance teams even as they struggle to find talent in the fast-changing sector. Commonwealth Bank of Australia has doubled the size of its sustainable division, while Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) has boosted its group to 14 people, with more hires on the way. The nation’s top lenders are ...

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co is joining major Wall Street banks in rewarding junior bankers for fielding a surge in business amid the coronavirus pandemic. The San Francisco-based bank will pay special bonuses of $10,000 to analysts and $20,000 to associates, incrementally over six months, according to person with knowledge of the plan. “The past year has placed great pressure ...

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG’s prime-brokerage co-heads are leaving the bank in the wake of its $4.7 billion loss from the implosion of Archegos Capital Management, according to a company memo. John Dabbs and Ryan Nelson will step down immediately while assisting Credit Suisse through mid-May on an orderly transition, the bank said in the memo. Roger Anerella was appointed ...

Bloomberg India’s second largest private lender ICICI Bank Ltd. is making its biggest hiring push in investment banking and institutional equities in four years, as it anticipates a rise in companies going public. The Mumbai-based firm plans to add five mid-to-senior level hires in each of the two units, which currently have 130 bankers in total, according to Ajay Saraf, ...

Bloomberg China’s yuan is overvalued, and that could end up stoking global inflation. The yuan ranks as the most overvalued among 32 major currencies in real effective exchange rate terms, an analysis of JPMorgan Chase & Co. indexes show. As Chinese exports are ubiquitous across a range of goods, the strength could translate into quicker inflation globally, adding to investor ...