Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund is scouting for possible investments in quantum computing, an experimental science being researched by companies such as Google and IBM to succeed current computer processor technology. Shu Nyatta, who helps invest money for the fund, said the group wanted to find and back the company whose quantum computing hardware or software that runs atop …

Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) plans to increase capital requirements for UK lenders by 11.4 billion pounds ($14.5 billion) to tackle risks posed by consumer credit growth and prepare for the uncertain outcome of Brexit talks. The BOE set the countercyclical capital buffer at 0.5 percent of risk-weighted assets for UK loans effective in June 2018. “Absent a material …

Bloomberg Bankia SA agreed to acquire Banco Mare Nostrum SA (BMN) in an all-stock deal, part of a plan by Spain to recoup the costs of bailing out lenders following the country’s property bust. Bankia, the country’s fourth-biggest bank by market capitalization, will issue new stock amounting to 6.7 percent of its post-merger capital to the shareholders of Banco Mare …