Bloomberg Italian bank executives and central bankers, take note: people trust you less and less. Just 16 percent of Italians have confidence in the country’s lenders, down from an already meager 17 percent in June, according to a poll by the SWG research group of Trieste. Only 24 percent trust the Bank of Italy, plunging from 36 percent in June. …

Bloomberg One week after Nordea Bank AB said it will cut 6,000 jobs in a digital bet, a key investor says the rest of the industry would do well to watch and learn. Sampo Oyj, Nordea’s biggest owner with about one-fifth of its stock, says digital adequacy is overtaking capital adequacy as a top consideration for investors. “In the Nordics, …

Bloomberg China’s central bank moved to stabilize money supply, capping a week that began with a bond rout and more than 1 trillion yuan ($151 billion) of loans due to mature. The People’s Bank of China offered 404 billion yuan of one-year funds under the Medium-Term Lending Facility, compared with 207 billion yuan of maturities, according to a statement on …