BLOOMBERG  HSBC Holdings Plc said rising interest rates have put a deal to sell its French retail banking business into question, a potential blow to its plans to streamline its global operations. The UK lender said in a statement that “significant, unexpected interest rate rises in France” since it signed a memorandum of understanding with Cerberus’s My Money Bank in …

BLOOMBERG  Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) topped JPMorgan Chase & Co last year to become the world’s largest backer of fossil-fuel companies, providing more fodder to critics who say the lender isn’t living up to its climate commitments. Royal Bank provided $42.1 billion of funding to the industry, up 4.2% from a year earlier, surpassing the $39.2 billion provided by …

BLOOMBERG  JPMorgan Chase & Co surged the most in almost 11 months after boosting its guidance for net interest income (NII) and reporting an unexpected increase in deposits. NII soared 49% in the first quarter, a bigger jump than analysts expected, and the bank said it now expects the figure to clock in at about $81 billion for this year. …