AFP US and European stock markets retreated, as banking shares led by Deutsche Bank slumped on news US authorities were hunting down Germany’s biggest lender over a record fine. Frankfurt’s DAX 30 was the hardest hit, closing down 1.5 percent, while the Paris CAC 40 shed nearly 1.0 percent from Thursday. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index lost 0.3 percent, …

  Bloomberg Investors in Europe’s biggest banks, frustrated with the problems of today, just got a reminder that the lenders still have to pay for the sins of the past. Shares in Credit Suisse Group AG, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Barclays Plc and UBS Group AG fell after Deutsche Bank AG disclosed that the US Department of Justice …

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. was sued by customers in what may be the first of many lawsuits to come after disclosures that employees created unauthorized accounts to boost the bank’s fees. Three Utah customers sued the bank in federal court, blaming the scandal on the lender’s push to increase the number of accounts held by clients to an …