Bloomberg The man poised to become chairman of Danske Bank A/S is aware that the task ahead is huge. If elected to the post this month, Karsten Dybvad says he and the board will spend the “coming years” trying to “restore confidence in the bank.” The 62-year-old trained economist has been handpicked by Danske’s biggest shareholder, A.P. Moller Holding A/S. …

Bloomberg Spanish banks were hit for the second time in a week after the Mexican government proposed scrapping certain bank commissions, including ATM withdrawal fees. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA plummeted as much as 7 percent, the biggest intraday drop in two years. The lender was down 5.7 percent as of 4:25 pm in Madrid trading, the largest decliner in …

ABU DHABI / WAM President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, issued a federal law, authori- sing UAE Cabinet to grant temporary licenses for tes-ting and vetting of innovations that utilise future tech and its applications such artificial intelligence (AI). The study towards developing new legislations will begin with launch of RegLab in January 2019. RegLabwill be largest lab …