Bloomberg The Bank of England may increase a key financial safety measure for a third time because it’s worried that a combination of a disorderly Brexit and a global recession could be enough to put the brakes on lending. The central bank is going ahead with a planned increase in the countercyclical capital buffer to 1 percent from 0.5 percent, ...

Bloomberg Paytm Payments Bank is targeting to become the world’s largest digital bank with 500 million bank accounts and aims to turn into an integrated financial services company that offers everything from wealth management to share trading. “We are unveiling our money market fund, launching our debit card and we’ll have the capabilities to allow enterprises to open business accounts,” ...

Bloomberg Bank of Nova Scotia is proving to be no pushover on its home turf. Canada’s third-largest lender had record annual profit of C$4.06 billion ($3.17 billion) from domestic banking, aided by 12 percent growth in the final quarter, according to a statement on Tuesday. It’s the third time this year that the Scotiabank unit, which also includes wealth management, ...