DOHA / Reuters Qatar National Bank (QNB), the Middle East’s largest lender by assets, said it had taken immediate steps to ensure customers would not suffer any financial loss after a security breach last week exposed personal data of thousands of clients. “We are taking every measure to protect the privacy of our customers and have engaged an external third …

  Bloomberg Hackers are likely to get away with about $70 million of Bangladesh’s foreign reserves after a brazen cyber-attack against the South Asian nation, according to Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith. The Philippines — where most of the funds ended up — will probably recover as much as $10 million of the $81 million stolen in February from …

  Bloomberg Spanish banks are gobbling up a growing slice of Portugal’s financial industry, taking advantage of the country’s halting recovery from Europe’s debt crisis. CaixaBank SA, a Barcelona-based giant, is the latest pursuer, offering about 900 million euros ($1 billion) last month for the portion of Oporto-based Banco BPI SA that it doesn’t own. The deal would mark the …