Bloomberg The euro-area faces elevated risks to financial stability as it emerges from the pandemic with high debt burdens and “remarkable exuberance” in markets as bond yields rise, according to the European Central Bank (ECB). The language, echoing former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan’s description of the dot-com bubble in the 1990s as “irrational exuberance,” highlights mounting concerns that the ...

Bloomberg Swiss lawmakers will debate whether banking regulations should be tightened when a parliamentary committee sits to discuss the losses suffered by lenders in the collapse of Archegos Capital Management LP, SonntagsZeitung reported. The conduct of Credit Suisse AG, the biggest loser to emerge from the blowup of Archegos, will be among the topics at the meetings, the newspaper reported. ...

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) will boost its minimum hourly wage to $25 an hour by 2025 from a current $20, according to its Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan. The move follows four years of pay increases that brought the company’s minimum wage to an hourly $20 in 2020 from $15. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender will also require ...