Bloomberg A federal judge said he’s not ready to sign off on Wells Fargo & Co. collecting $240 million in insurance payments from 20 bank officials in connection with the lender’s unauthorised-accounts scandal — even though the settlement was touted as the largest-ever of its kind. That came just hours after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated that the regulator …

Bloomberg As major central banks scale back plans to raise interest rates amid signs of a weaker economic expansion, some parts of eastern Europe are set to push for measures to cool price growth. Hungary will kick off the deliberations on Tuesday by starting to unwind its monetary stimulus. Two days later, the Czech Republic will debate whether to resume …

Bloomberg Sweden will likely push through a proposal to force banks to keep offering cash to customers who require it as the Nordic nation grapples with how to balance the rapid transformation into a cashless society. Key lawmakers said in interviews over the weekend that the government will probably seek to enact proposed legislation that had been roundly criticised by …