Bloomberg As Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lends more money to Main Street, one question won’t go away: How many borrowers will pay them back? Goldman’s fledgling online lender Marcus, named after the company’s founder, is targeting consumers at a time when many are bracing for a downturn after eight years of economic expansion. A recent example it gave suggests the ...

Bloomberg While the yuan has been having its best year since 2011 against the dollar, China’s banks continue stocking up on foreign currency in a sign that they are preparing for greater swings in the exchange rate. Depository corporations — a majority of which are lenders — boosted their holdings to 5.39 trillion yuan ($812 billion) in October, up 383 ...

Bloomberg Mozambique’s central bank, whose pension fund owns 80 percent of Moza Banco SA, is considering the sale of a minority stake after it injects further funds in the failed lender, according to four people familiar with the matter. European Central Bank policy maker Benoit Coeure said he expects policy makers to change their guidance on monetary policy next year, ...