Banking

Bloomberg A probe into the failure of VBS Mutual Bank found that at least 53 people and companies may have benefited from the looting of 1.9 billion rand ($130 million) from the South African lender before its collapse. Investigator Terry Motau, who was appointed by the central bank to lead the inquiry, is calling for arrests to be made and ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve is moving too fast with interest-rate increases and dismissed concerns about inflation, exte- nding his run of criticism that central bankers have largely disregarded as they push ahead with higher borrowing costs. “I don’t like it,” Trump said at the White House, referring to the Fed’s rate hikes, the most recent of ...

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. won a decisive ruling at France’s top court in its bid to strike down an indictment that ordered the bank to stand trial for helping clients commit tax fraud more than a decade ago. France’s Cour de Cassation ruled last month that a lower court should have thrown out the 2016 indictment after finding that ...

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc will pay $765 million to settle allegations that it sold defective residential mortgage-backed secur- ities, resolving one of the last remaining US investigations stemming from the mortgage melt- down a decade ago. The sum, announced by US Attorney Bob Troyer in Colorado, is substantially lower than the billions paid by other banks to resolve misconduct linked ...

Bloomberg As the money laundering scandal engulfing Danske Bank A/S threatens to taint other Nordic lenders, Nordea Bank Abp says it has spent years getting rid of suspicious customers in a move designed to dramatically reduce its exposure to such risks. Julie Galbo, chief risk officer at the Helsinki-based bank, said in a phone interview that she can’t rule out ...

Bloomberg The worst run of rupee losses in 16 years is set to extend. Only this time, the declines might not be triggered by oil but by the surprise move by India’s central bank to hold rates despite the currency’s free fall. The rupee, which has fallen for six straight months in the longest stretch since 2002, is seen sliding ...

Bloomberg The Bank of England ratcheted up the pressure on the European Union to help stave off the threat a no-deal Brexit poses to trillions of pounds of derivative contracts and millions of insurance policies. The EU has made “only limited progress” in mitigating the financial-stability risks of a disorderly Brexit, and the need for action is now “pressing,” the ...

Bloomberg A punishing selloff triggered by a money laundering scandal may have left Danske Bank A/S badly undervalued, according to analysts covering the stock. That means that shares in Denmark’s biggest financial group could be poised to soar more than 50 percent in the coming year, according to the average estimate of 24 analysts tracked by Bloomberg. The gap between ...

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc is looking to restrain the rapid expansion of its online lending platform as the firm grows more cautious on the consumer debt market that’s a key area of growth. The firm’s Marcus unit cut its loan-originations target for next year, according to people with knowledge of the plans. The revision reflects concern about the stage ...

Bloomberg Greek banks slid as contagion from Italy exacerbated concerns they’ll need to raise more capital to deal with their mountains of bad loans. The FTSE/Athex Bank Index was down 4.9 percent at 3:18 p.m. in Athens, having earlier fallen as much as 7.9 percent. Eurobank Ergasias SA tumbled as much as 14.4 percent before paring its losses to 8.6 ...