Bloomberg Standard Chartered Plc plans to offer flexible work options to more than 90% of its 85,000 staff over three years, a sign of how pandemic crisis management is leading to long-term change in the role of the office. The bank said about half its staff will be able to apply for some form of hybrid work from early 2021. …

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG has added nine Standard Chartered Plc bankers to its team servicing wealthy clients in China and Hong Kong, according to a person familiar with the matter, continuing a raid on its London-based rival that began with the hiring of Boris Kwok. The appointments, which were made in recent months, bring Deutsche Bank’s total hires from Standard …

Bloomberg Even as European banks reported lower-than-expected loan losses and strengthening capital ratios in the third quarter, the job cuts kept coming across the continent. Spain’s Banco Santander SA plans to get rid of as many as 2,000 staff at its Polish business. Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group Plc announced it was cutting about 1,070 roles, mostly at its technology and …