Bloomberg Hong Kong’s banks will suspend operations at one in every four branches in the city after a number of employees were infected with Covid, the South China Morning Post has reported. HSBC Holdings Plc, Standard Chartered and Bank of China and another 13 major lenders will close a total of 276 branches. The closures started last week and …

  Bloomberg Starling Bank Ltd. is weighing plans for a fresh funding round that could value the UK challenger at around 2.5 billion pounds ($3.4 billion). The digital lender is considering raising money from its existing backers, which include Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. London-based Starling is bidding …

  Bloomberg Banco de Sabadell SA is exploring a sale of its payments business, according to people familiar with the matter. The Spanish banking group is working with an adviser on the potential disposal, which could fetch between 250 million euros and 350 million euros. The payments business handles the processing of transactions made with credit and debit cards. Any …