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India’s largest bank posts record quarterly profit

Bloomberg State Bank of India (SBI) posted a record quarterly profit that beat estimates, helped by higher interest and other income as well as lower provisions for bad loans. However, India’s largest lender broke with trend and didn’t offer guidance on fresh soured assets — the so-called slippage ratio — citing uncertainty arising from the coronavirus outbreak that is ravaging ...

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BofA expands affordable-housing programme to $15 billion by 2027

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) is expanding a mortgage program for low- to moderate-income homebuyers in an effort to address racial wealth gaps. The lender, working with the non-profit Neighbourhood Assistance Corp of America, set a goal of providing $15 billion in mortgages through May 2027, according to an announcement. Buyers get loans with no down payment, at below-market ...

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US banks could shed 200,000 jobs in decade

Bloomberg US banks could cut as many as 200,000 jobs in the next decade as they try to boost efficiency to compete with fintech and other upstarts encroaching on their territory, according to Wells Fargo & Co. The eliminations are likely to accelerate as the economy reopens following the Covid-19 pandemic and conditions normalise, Wells Fargo analysts led by Mike ...

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