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HDFC sets target to issue one million credit cards a month

  Bloomberg India’s largest private bank HDFC Bank Ltd is seeking to issue a million credit cards a month, a remarkable bounce-back for the lender after the country’s regulator banned it from taking on new card clients two years ago. The bank wants to double the current pace of half a million new credit card issuances every month, according to ...

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Bonus curbs led to higher pay for top bankers: BOE

Bloomberg Limits on banker bonuses led to pay rising for top British financiers, according to a study by the Bank of England (BOE) released as part of the UK’s plans to abolish the rules. The restrictions, designed to curb risky behaviour following the 2008 financial crisis, have meant fixed salaries increased to offset the curbs — particularly the delay in ...

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ECB’s Guindos says rate hikes to persist at ‘similar pace’

Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) Vice President Luis de Guindos said increases in borrowing costs will continue at a pace similar to the latest half-point move as officials try to tame soaring prices. The ECB will raise interest rates until projections show that unprecedented euro-area price gains are headed back to the 2% target, Guindos told an event in Madrid. ...

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