Bloomberg ABN Amro Group NV, the state-controlled Dutch lender, reported a 23 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit, helped by higher net interest income and lower provisions set aside for risky loans. Underlying net income, which strips out one-time items, rose 333 million euros ($352 million) from 272 million euros a year earlier, the Amsterdam-based company said in a statement …

  Bloomberg India may cut the amount of capital it plans to inject into state-controlled lenders this fiscal year by as much as 78 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) because of slow loan growth, people with knowledge of the matter said. The government, which had promised to inject 250 billion rupees into the lenders in the year ending March 31, has …

  Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) said it won’t pull its new plastic banknotes from circulation following controversy over the use of animal fat in their production. The central bank will keep the polymer five-pound ($6.22) note and will issue the new ten-pound bill as planned in September, it said in statement Wednesday. The BOE said it gave “careful …