Bloomberg The UK government is tightening rules on buy now, pay later loans to try to prevent borrowers from taking on unaffordable debts. After months of consultations, the Treasury confirmed that lenders will be required to carry out affordability checks on customers and ensure advertisements are fair. Providers will need to be approved by the Financial Conduct Authority and …

  Bloomberg AIB group is set to be hit with a possible record fine from Ireland’s central bank for its role in a mortgage overcharging scandal, according to three people familiar with the matter. The central bank is preparing to sanction the bank for its role in charging thousands of customers the wrong interest rate on mortgages that tracked the …

  Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc has lost two senior investment bankers in Asia, according to people familiar with the matter, as global banks compete for financial technology talent and the dealmaking slows down. Nate Tan, a managing director, has left the British lender and will join Singapore’s United Overseas Bank Ltd. in its digital banking platform team, the people said, …