Bloomberg The Bank of Japan said the financial system remains stable and growth in bank lending continues to support the economy, signalling it’s comfortable that lenders are coping with its record monetary easing program for now. Banks “have maintained their active lending attitudes,” the central bank said in its semiannual financial system report on Monday. “The financial cycle has shown ...

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has been brawling with regulators over the Volcker Rule for years. And it’s still fighting even though officials appointed by President Donald Trump are now working to soften the landmark constraint on banks. Goldman said a revamp that regulators proposed earlier this year falls far short of what’s needed to ease undue burdens on Wall ...

Bloomberg Sweden’s central bank said it wants all banks, and not just the biggest financial institutions, to be obliged to handle cash, as lawmakers seek ways to limit the nation’s rapid development into a cashless society. Commenting on a proposal by the parliament committee reviewing the central bank laws to force the biggest banks to handle cash, Riksbank Governor Stefan ...