Bloomberg Italy’s populist leaders are focussing on how to shield the nation’s banks in case market pressure worsens amid a standoff with the European Union over the government’s budget plan. Premier Giuseppe Conte asked government entities to prepare options to help the lenders if the decline in the value of their holdings of government debt requires them to recapitalise, Corriere …

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer John Flint delivered the kind of growth that investors have been waiting for. Flint, who took over this year, succeeded in posting third-quarter revenue gains that outpaced expenses: adjusted rev- enue climbed 9 percent while costs increased 2 percent. The shares in Hong Kong jumped after falling close to a two-year low last …

Bloomberg Big regional US banks such as US Bancorp, Capital One Financial Corp. and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. are about to get more relief from regulators appointed by President Donald Trump. The Federal Reserve and other agencies — responding to legislation that’s meant to soften rules for smaller lenders — are set to propose this week that a series …