Bloomberg ABN Amro Bank NV reported fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts’ expectations as the Dutch lender restrained costs and announced a $536 million share buyback. Net income of €354 million in the three months through December compared with expectations for profit of €55.1 million, with the result aided by a combination of lower loss provisions and operating expenses, according …

  Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA plans to buy back €5 billion ($5.4 billion) of shares after the sale of its US unit, and raised its profitability targets as traders posted a quarter that beat many Wall Street peers. The Paris-based bank is set to distribute about €4 billion related to the sale of Bank of the West and €962 million …

  Bloomberg India’s central bank (RBI) slowed the pace of interest-rate increases while keeping the door open for further policy tightening to curb core inflation. The RBI’s six-member Monetary Policy Committee voted 4-2 to raise benchmark repurchase rate by a widely expected quarter-point to 6.50%, slowing from the 35 basis-point hike in December. The panel also retained its stance of withdrawing …