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Danske scam reveals top-down culture that silenced bankers

Bloomberg The bank at the center of Europe’s worst ever money laundering scandal has yet to fully address the corporate culture issues that led it astray in the first place. That’s according to the watchdog that oversees Danske Bank. Denmark’s biggest bank spent years locked in a top-down hierarchy that left its management cut off from people further down the ...

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India’s central bank delays MPC meeting as posts lie vacant

Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of India rescheduled this week’s interest-rate meeting over the possible lack of a quorum in the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). “The dates of the MPC’s meeting will be announced shortly,” the RBI said in a statement on Monday, without giving reasons for the delay. The meeting was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, with the rate decision ...

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Australia banks rise as lending laws eased to boost economy

Bloomberg Australia will make it easier for banks to approve mortgages and small-business loans to help the economy recover from its first recession in almost 30 years. Shares of the nation’s biggest lenders surged. As part of a sweeping overhaul of so-called responsible lending obligations, the government will allow banks to rely on income and spending information provided by borrowers ...

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