Bloomberg Vietnam’s central bank bought about $25 billion worth of US dollars over the past two years, according to a deputy governor. The move helped inject the Vietnamese dong into the banking system and boost the economy, Pham Thanh Ha told an economic forum in Hanoi. The US Treasury last week announced that Vietnam met all the criteria again of …

Bloomberg Paul Pester, former chief executive officer of TSB Bank Plc, is preparing to launch a social network for digital payments, according to Sky News. Loop, as the startup is called, raised a seed round of investment and plans to bring in more money next year, according to the report. Pester’s partners on the project are Anthony Thomson, the founder …

Bloomberg Shorter-maturity Indian bonds are poised to extend losses amid growing expectations the central bank will accelerate its policy normalisation as the economic revival gains traction. Rates on notes with maturities of up to two years climbed in recent weeks as the central bank expanded its efforts to remove excess liquidity from the banking system, with the one-year bill yield …