Bloomberg Lloyds Banking Group Plc is seeking to catch up with peers and will invest more than 3 billion pounds ($4.2 billion) in technology as part of a new three-year strategic plan. It will also buy back up to 1 billion pounds of its own shares. Chief Executive Officer Antonio Horta-Osorio called the investment in technology a “massive undertaking,” at ...

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc’s new Chief Executive Officer John Flint says he’s exploring all options for the lender’s asset management unit, including a merger, to create a larger player that can compete better as the industry consolidates. “We continue to do a lot of work around asset management, to explore all the options, but it’s too early to give any ...

Bloomberg The story of how India’s biggest bank fraud went undetected for seven years includes an $81 million cyber-heist in neighbouring Bangladesh, penny-pinching lenders and a series of missed opportunities. In 2016, after revelations that hackers had infiltrated the Bang-ladeshi central bank’s computer systems to siphon off money, its cou- nterpart in India sensed a danger to its own banking ...