Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) boosted Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan’s compensation 31% to $32 million for 2021, a year in which the firm set a record for profitability. His package includes $1.5 million in salary and a $30.5 million in stock-based incentive awards, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender said in a filing. A year ago, Moynihan took ...

  Bloomberg As interest rates finally inch up, European banks are telling investors to expect something they haven’t seen in almost 15 years: returns in the teens. Several of the region’s top lenders recently raised their profitability targets as they expect higher income from lending. The upgrades range across the whole of Western Europe, from Nordea Bank in Helsinki to ...

  Bloomberg China called on banks to boost real estate lending in the first quarter and eased a key debt restriction for developers, a sign that authorities are becoming increasingly concerned about the industry’s liquidity crisis. In previously unreported window guidance issued last month, regulators told banks to step up lending to developers after at least two quarters of consecutive ...