Bank of Queensland Ltd said on Wednesday it had entered into separate undertakings with the country's financial crime and prudential regulators to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws and address risk governance practices.
Indian shares fell on Wednesday after hitting five-month highs for three sessions in a row, as caution set in ahead of the U.S. Congress's approval of the debt deal and fresh concerns about China's stuttering economic recovery weighed on the sentiment.
Sweden's Handelsbanken said on Wednesday it has agreed to sell parts of its Finnish operation to three local companies for about 1.3 billion euros ($1.43 billion), equal to the net assets of the divested businesses.
Credit Suisse has scrapped plans to set up a locally incorporated bank in China to sidestep a potential regulatory conflict arising from its merger with UBS , said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.