Bloomberg Kuwait Finance House KSCP wants to hold renewed talks with Bahrain’s Ahli United Bank BSC about a takeover, a potential boost to the island kingdom as it seeks financial support from richer neighbours. Shares in Ahli United Bank, or AUB, rose 6.8 percent on Tuesday to the highest levels since April last year, valuing the Manama, Bahrain-based lender at …

Bloomberg India is preparing to infuse about 20 billion rupees ($290 million) into Punjab National Bank (PNB) by next week to help it meet dues on its perpetual bonds, people familiar with the matter said. India’s third-largest state-run lender will issue preferential shares to the government, the people said, asking not to be named as the information isn’t public. This …

Bloomberg US consumers are levering up again, and Bank of America Corp. (BofA) is using that, along with cost cuts, to boost profit. Bank of America’s consumer unit posted its highest earnings in more than eight years in the second quarter, helping the lender top analysts’ estimates. Loans in that business climbed 6.6 percent compared with a year earlier, according …