Bloomberg Banco Santander SA delivered its highest adjusted profit in more than a decade as provisions for loan losses fell and its US unit rebounded, bolstering Chairman Ana Botin’s bid to restore gains eroded during the pandemic. The bank’s net income more than quadrupled, topping analyst estimates, as provisions fell by almost half. Underlying profit jumped to 2.14 billion euros, ...

Bloomberg Standard Chartered Plc (StanChart) is weighing options to downsize its office space in what could become the biggest floor cuts by a bank in Singapore in recent years, according to people familiar with the matter. The London-based bank is weighing options that would see it give up some of the 21 floors it leases at Marina Bay Financial Tower ...

Bloomberg Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc’s securities unit has hired external lawyers to look into how the firm lost $270 million from its dealings with Archegos Capital Management. “We are sorry to cause concerns about losses from transactions with a US client,” Hiroyuki Ogata, an executive officer at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., said at an earnings briefing on Wednesday. ...