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Credit Suisse’s top China banker steps aside for new role

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG’s chief executive officer (CEO) at its securities venture in China is stepping aside after less than two years on the job, becoming the second top banker at a major foreign lender in the nation to quit this month. Tim Tu informed management that he decided to pursue other opportunities within Credit Suisse, according to ...

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Barclays sells 7.4% stake in Absa for $687m

Bloomberg Barclays Plc has sold a 7.4% stake in former African unit Absa Group Ltd for 526 million pounds ($687 million), cutting its holding by half. The firm priced an accelerated placing of 63 million shares at 164 rand each ($10.88), according to a statement. That was a 7.3% discount to the Johannesburg-listed stock’s Wednesday close. Barclays gathered enough investor ...

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Philippine bank wants tough laws against cybercrimes

  Bloomberg BDO Unibank Inc, the Philippines’ largest lender by assets, wants the country’s next president to be tough against the cybercrimes. Financial service providers that are outside the scope of central bank regulations have proliferated, and “for the health of the industry and the public, they should look at how these entities should be managed relative to banks” which ...

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