Bloomberg Swedbank AB may now be facing substantial fines for money laundering that could put pressure on its capital buffers. Sweden’s oldest bank has so far failed to convince markets that it stayed on the right side of the law amid allegations it was used to launder more than $10 billion from the former Soviet Union. A report intended to …

Bloomberg India delayed the introduction of tough new accounting rules for the second year running, in a move that will spare the country’s banks from adding another layer to the $190 billion pile of bad loans on their books. The Reserve Bank of India said that legislative amendments needed to implement the new Indian Accounting Standards are still under consideration …

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG pledged to reverse years of declining revenue and kept a key profit target intact, striking a more upbeat tone than some rivals as it starts merger talks with Commerzbank AG. The defiant outlook — just two days after UBS Group AG warned that the first quarter was one of the worst environments in recent history — …