Bloomberg China’s central bank said it provided a “temporary liquidity facility” to some major commercial banks for 28 days to help ease a cash crunch before the Lunar New Year holiday. The operation provides more effective liquidity transmission before the week-long break, the People’s Bank of China said in a statement. The PBOC said the new lending facility will ...

  Bloomberg Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Britain’s largest mortgage lender, is set to pick Frankfurt as its base to maintain access to the European Union’s single market following Brexit, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The UK bank will choose to convert its German branch into a subsidiary and plans to apply for an extension to its ...

  Bloomberg Some of India’s biggest lenders are asking the central bank to ease debt-management rules as they try to restructure about Rs87,000 crore ($13 billion) owed by Essar Steel Ltd. and Bhushan Steel Ltd., according to people with knowledge of the matter. Lenders including State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank Ltd. are aiming to restructure the debt ...