Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA plans a major hiring spree in German wealth management, seeking to become a leader in one of Europe’s biggest markets. The Paris-based lender wants to add as many as 150 staff to its private-banking operations across German cities over the next three years, according to Vincent Lecomte, co-head of the bank’s wealth-management business. That will about …

Bloomberg Kenya plans to repeal a law that caps commercial interest rates, after it crimped lending by banks in East Africa’s biggest economy, Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich said. The surprise proposal to repeal section 33B of the Banking Amendment Act will be welcomed by Kenyan banks that have complained the 400 basis-point ceiling on the cost of loans nullified their …

Bloomberg The former boss of top French supermarket chain Carrefour SA walked away from a multi-million-euro payment after the country’s economy minister denounced his package as exorbitant. Former Chief Executive Officer Georges Plassat decided to waive his right to a non-compete fee valued at 4 million euros ($4.6 million) because of the “misunderstanding” surrounding the award, the company said in …