Bloomberg Banco Santander SA could eventually bring staff back to the office most of the time, according to Ana Botin, executive chair of the Spanish bank. “We’re looking at 60% to 70% in person, 30% to 40% remote. That, I would say, is the range of options we’re considering,” Botin said during the Institute of International Finance annual membership meeting, …

Bloomberg HDFC Bank Ltd.’s quarterly profit rises 18%, buoyed by strong loan growth, as the coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout waned. Net income for the quarter ended September stood at 88.3 billion rupees ($1.17 billion), compared to 75.1 billion rupees a year ago, according to an exchange filing on Saturday. That beat the average estimate of 86.50 billion rupees by analysts …

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co beat analysts’ expectations for third-quarter profit as Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf makes progress on his turnaround efforts, but shares declined as expenses were higher than anticipated and loans fell. The bank reported net income rose to $5.1 billion, padded by a $1.7 billion reserve release, according to a statement. Still, the firm took a …

Bloomberg Car and motorbike maker Honda Motor Co is positioning itself for a vertical takeoff. The Tokyo-based company is embarking on efforts to field a new electric-hybrid air taxi, a robot with human-like hands that may one day toil on the moon and a reusable rocket to carry small satellites into space more economically. Honda’s vision of how people will …

Bloomberg Google’s cloud-computing division unveiled tools to help clients monitor and reduce their environmental impact, part of the company’s broader push to fight climate change. Customers can now use a carbon-footprint feature to see the gross emissions associated with their use of the Google Cloud platform, the Alphabet Inc.-owned company said in a blog post. Google Cloud also is teaming …

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp cut its global car production target for November by around 15% from an earlier plan as a shortage of parts continues to weigh on the world’s No. 1 automaker. The Japanese company had initially planned to make 1 million cars next month but now expects to do only around 850,000 to 900,000 units, it said. “Since …

Bloomberg Apple Inc is likely to slash its projected iPhone 13 production targets for 2021 by as many as 10 million units as prolonged chip shortages hit its flagship product The company had expected to produce 90 million new iPhone models in the last three months of the year, but it’s now telling manufacturing partners that the total will be …

Bloomberg Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Ju-yeol gave his strongest signal yet that a rate hike is likely in the works for November as he flagged worsening financial imbalances, growing inflationary pressures and solid recovery momentum. The central bank’s decision to hold rates at 0.75% was opposed by two members who called for a back-to-back increase following August’s liftoff. Dissension …

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) is giving businesses new ways to transfer money to their customers. The new system, known as Recipient Select, allows consumers to choose among various options for receiving refunds, rebates and other payouts while increasing the speed and efficiency for transferring the funds, Bank of America said in a statement. The digital portal, launched this …

Bloomberg NatWest Group Plc said it will lend 100 billion pounds ($136 billion) to customers cutting carbon emissions by the end of 2025. The British bank said it will focus on projects that help the UK move towards a net-zero economy with products including sustainability bonds and lending to firms that can show they are mostly low-carbon. NatWest has previously …