Bloomberg Daimler AG’s truck unit agreed to buy a majority stake in US autonomous technology company Torc Robotics as the world’s biggest commercial-vehicle maker prepares to spend more than $561 million on self-driving vehicles in the next few years. The deal is part of a plan to start running highly automated vehicles on US roads, starting with routes between logistics …

Bloomberg Mynt, the Philippine mobile payments operator backed by billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Financial, plans to roll out insurance products en route to becoming a sprawling financial services platform in its Chinese ally’s image. The operator of the GCash app is now trying to become a conduit for insurance policies with the help of strategic partners that can help it …

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Officer Tim Sloan gave in to critics and abruptly stepped down, after the 31-year company veteran struggled to tame a range of scandals, launching the fourth-largest US bank into a hasty search for a successor. Sloan, 58, will be replaced on an interim basis by the firm’s general counsel, C Allen Parker. The …