Bloomberg FirstRand Ltd., Africa’s biggest bank by market value, fell after full-year profit missed estimates as the company invested in an expansion on the continent and loan-impairment charges rose. Earnings excluding one-time items rose to 22.4 billion rand ($1.6 billion) in the 12 months through June from 21.1 billion rand a year earlier, Johannesburg-based FirstRand said in a statement …

  Bloomberg US prosecutors are considering a criminal charge against a unit of HSBC Holdings Plc related to conduct on its foreign-exchange desk, according to two people familiar with the matter, imperiling an earlier deal that let the bank avoid prosecution. The Justice Department has already charged two people who were on the bank’s foreign-exchange desk with improper trading and …

  Bloomberg The Chinese bank with the biggest branch network in the country is pigging out on capital. Not only does Postal Savings Bank of China hope to scoop up at least $8 billion in an initial public offering this month in Hong Kong, it also plans to raise almost as much money by selling Tier 2 securities. Postal Savings …