Bloomberg Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda just gave investors a glimpse of what to expect when the world’s boldest experiment with ultra-loose monetary policy comes to an end. In the face of sustained market pressure, Kuroda shocked markets by saying he’ll now allow Japan’s 10-year bond yields to rise to around 0.5%, double the previous upper limit ...

  Bloomberg UK regulators have fined TSB Bank Plc £48.7 million ($59.2 million) for risk management and governance failures after technical failures in the lender’s IT system resulted in customers being unable to access banking services. The lender failed to organise and control an April 2018 IT upgrade adequately, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority said. ...

  Bloomberg For European banks, home is no longer such a bad place to be. Lenders such as Spain’s BBVA that sought to escape Europe’s negative interest rates by expanding in emerging markets are looking at domestic deals again. France’s BNP Paribas SA is planning to reinvest proceeds from the sale of a US unit in Europe as it builds ...