Bloomberg Swedbank AB has hired the law firm Nordia as its external legal counsel to handle a criminal investigation into potential fraud, amid a growing money-laundering scandal that has engulfed the bank. Swedbank fired Chief Executive Officer Birgitte Bonnesen as laundering allegations against Sweden’s oldest bank and biggest mortgage lender pile up. The lender is being investigated by the financial …

Bloomberg A former Mizuho Bank Ltd executive — who was fired for taking a part from a bicycle in the company storage shed — is suing the bank, saying it used the episode as a “convenient way” to get rid of him after he complained about bullying and potential regulatory breaches. Marius Caracota, who worked as a relationship manager for …

Bloomberg The ceremony at the Elysee palace in Paris exuded the full pomp of the French state. Under ceilings dripping with chandeliers, executives of Airbus SE and the agency that buys planes for China’s airlines signed an order worth $35 billion as French President Emmanuel Macron and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, looked on. Normally, such an event would be …