Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has started approaching banks for its first-ever loan, aiming to establish a group of banks with which it will work on future deals, reports said. The Public Investment Fund (PIF), has asked lenders to participate in a multi-billion dollar loan, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. Lenders ...

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. (BofA) agreed to pay an undisclosed multimillion-dollar sum to settle claims of defamation brought by former executive Omeed Malik, who was fired by the bank earlier this year, according to a person familiar with the matter. The settlement comes in response to a claim Malik brought in April, said the person, who asked not to ...

Bloomberg Punjab National Bank that saw its earnings wiped out by an unprecedented fraud aims to report the nation’s biggest bank profit by selling some assets, according to people familiar with the matter. Punjab National Bank (PNB) is targeting net income of more than ₹5,000 crore ($730 million) for the three months through September 30, boosted by asset sales and ...