Bloomberg ICICI Bank Ltd. posted a more than threefold rise in fourth-quarter profit, helped by strong earnings from its lending business even as it set aside a smaller pot of money to cushion the impact of more bad loans that could result from India’s deteriorating coronavirus situation. Net income at the nation’s second largest private lender stood at 44.03 billion ...

Bloomberg Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc is considering ways to reduce its real estate footprint in the Americas while preparing for a post-pandemic world in which many workers come to the office just a few days a week. The lender anticipates that roughly 25% of workers in the region will be fully remote after the pandemic and another 25% will ...

Bloomberg National Bank of Canada Chief Executive Officer Louis Vachon said the Bank of Canada (BoC) is being “prudent” in reducing government bond purchases and hinting it may raise interest rates earlier than expected. “We don’t know how this thing will evolve — we’re navigating in uncharted waters,” Vachon said in an interview after the bank’s annual meeting. “But by ...