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‘Polish lenders warn of $16b risk from EU ruling’

Bloomberg Poland’s bank association has asked the government and industry regulators for help in case the European Union’s top court rules against the country’s lenders over foreign-currency mortgages, according to Puls Biznesu newspaper. The lobby’s initial estimate shows banks could face “huge” costs of at least 60 billion zloty ($16 billion), or about four years of industry profits, in a ...

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Bankers across Denmark face fallout of scandal linked to overcharging

Bloomberg Denmark is investigating whether banks besides Danske Bank A/S have recommended loss-making investment products to their clients. The country’s biggest lender fired one of its star executives after an internal review concluded that management was aware it was charging its retail customers too much for products that were likely to offer very low returns. The bank has pledged to ...

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UK’s peer-to-peer lender plans fundraising, IPO

Bloomberg Zopa Ltd is planning to raise as much as 200 million pounds ($253 million) as the online lender works to satisfy regulatory requirements en-route to winning a UK banking license. The company is talking to private equity and sovereign wealth funds about the cash, which could come in the next several months, Chief Executive Officer Jaidev Janardana said in ...

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