Australia’s central bank is honing its focus on potential financial shocks linked to the nation’s fast-growing A$4.1 trillion ($2.6 trillion) pensions industry, and working through multiple scenarios with regulators.

BBVA posted fourth-quarter profit that was well above expectations. Spain’s second-largest lender reported net income of €2.43 billion ($2.53 billion), it said in a statement Thursday. The Bloomberg-compiled analyst consensus had forecast €2.28 billion.

Nordea Bank Abp reported better-than-expected net interest income in the fourth quarter with its core business demonstrating resilience in the face of declining interest rates.

Ein Regionaljet der American-Airlines-Gruppe ist in der Nähe von Washington, D.C., in der Luft mit einem Militärhubschrauber kollidiert. Der Absturz führte zur Einstellung des Flugbetriebs am Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport und löste eine Such- und Rettungsaktion im Potomac River aus.

When you buy a company’s stock, you buy its future earnings. It’s still amazing how much can be taken on trust.

French lawmakers on Thursday will try to reach a budget compromise that can get enough support to avert another government collapse and restore financial certainty for the country.

DeepSeek has captured the world's attention, but the chatbot doesn’t want to talk about what happened at Tiananmen Square. Here’s how the seminal protests in 1989 shaped modern China.

Why is the prime minister spending so much of his time making decisions he doesn’t like? It’s not paying off with voters.

Parmy Olson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology. A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, she is author of “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World.”

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Insurance and financial services giant Prudential has made significant investments in data analytics and artificial intelligence, developing proprietary tools to increase productivity and efficiency.

Assicurazioni Generali SpA plans to return more than €7 billion ($7.3 billion) in dividends and buy back at least €1.5 billion in shares by 2027, as Chief Executive Officer Philippe Donnet pursues growth in asset management and high-margin insurance.