Bloomberg Bank of Ireland Plc Chief Executive Officer Richie Boucher, who took over amid the nation’s worst economic crisis in living memory and helped the lender recover from a bailout, intends to step down. Boucher, 58, will remain in charge of Bank of Ireland while the board seeks a new CEO, the Dublin-based company said in a statement. He ...

  Bloomberg The European Central Bank gave euro-area banks 233.5 billion euros in its last offer of free long-term cash, the largest net amount since the program was launched. Banks’ interest in Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTRO) — four-year loans at a rate that starts at zero and could go lower — increased as the economic recovery spurs calls for ...

  Bloomberg Yes Bank Ltd., the Indian lender that scrapped a $1 billion equity offering last year, has picked Bank of America Corp. and CLSA Ltd. to arrange another attempt at an institutional share sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. The lender, backed by billionaire Rana Kapoor, plans to seek as much as $750 million including a so-called ...