Bloomberg The main shareholder in Danske Bank A/S just made clear it won’t stand by and watch the chairman muddle through the lender’s biggest crisis in a century. As Danske finds itself at the center of one of Europe’s worst ever money laundering scandals, A.P. Moller Holding A/S used its roughly 20 percent stake in the bank to force Chairman …

Bloomberg The People’s Bank of China sold 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) of bills in its first issuance in Hong Kong on Wednesday, a move that could reduce the offshore yuan’s liquidity and support the Chinese currency. PBOC sold 10 billion yuan of three-month bills at 3.79 percent, according to a statement on the central bank’s website. It issued 10 …

Bloomberg Spain’s largest banks soared in Madrid trading after the Supreme Court said they aren’t liable for mortgage stamp duty payments that could have imposed billions of euros in extra costs. The court reversed an earlier ruling that lenders should pay the tax, which had typically been passed on to customers, sparking fury across the Spanish political spectrum and prompting …