Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) plans to scrap rules introduced in the aftermath of the financial crisis designed to test whether borrowers could afford their mortgages in the event of significant interest rate rises. The central bank’s Financial Policy Committee said it would withdraw the so-called affordability test from August 1, according to a statement on Monday. The rule, ...

  Bloomberg Jyske Bank agreed to buy the Danish unit of Svenska Handelsbanken, in what is potentially the biggest bank deal in Denmark in two decades. Jyske will pay a cash consideration to be determined at the closing, plus a premium of $420 million for the unit which has assets of almost $10 billion, the banks said in statements on ...

  Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will support internationalisation of the country’s popular unified payments interface (UPI) digital payments system, part of its vision for the coming years. “Enhanced interest evinced by major countries across the globe in India’s UPI could accelerate growth in trade and commerce with partnering countries while reducing speed and cost of remittances,” the ...