Bloomberg South Africa’s banks are going on the offensive after being criticized by some politicians over their lending practices and records in addressing racial inequality. Attacks on the lenders have been led by President Jacob Zuma, who’s accused them of monopolizing the financial services industry, and questioned whether they colluded when closing accounts belonging to members of the wealthy …

  Bloomberg China’s policy makers support opening financial markets for capital and investment to flow both in and out of the country, according to central bank Deputy Governor Pan Gongsheng. China will push ahead on oversight and enforce existing regulations on foreign exchange, Pan said in an interview Sunday with Bloomberg News and Caixin Magazine. Scrutiny of foreign companies transferring …

  Bloomberg When global banking regulators met in secret in a London conference room to try to clinch a deal on capital rules, European industry lobbyists were nowhere in sight. They didn’t have to be. European Union officials at the meeting in December doubled down on their call to soften rules pushed by the U.S., concerned they would penalize the …