Bloomberg Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is formulating hybrid, flexible work arrangements for its employees and doesn’t plan any “one-size-fits-all mandates” on how much time its staff will need to be in the offices when they reopen. “We believe that flexible and hybrid work models are here to stay, and that the role of the office has forever changed,” Chief …

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co.’s average loans tumbled in the second quarter as consumers and businesses, buoyed by pandemic stimulus programs, refrained from more borrowing. The average balance of the bank’s lending book dropped 12% to $854.7 billion, according to a statement. The result mirrored a similar decline at Bank of America Corp, which said earlier that loans and leases …

Bloomberg Pain is likely to come down fast and hard for any European company that doesn’t deliver this earnings season. At least, that’s the early read from a handful of names among the ones that have reported so far. Online-only fashion retailer Asos Plc saw almost a fifth of its market value wiped out in a single day on weaker …