| | Sales of Green, Social and Sustainability (GSS) bonds in Europe could total 1.6 trillion euros ($1.68 trillion) by 2026, making up almost half of all new bond issuance in the region, according to a new report released on Tuesday. | | | Italian bank UniCredit said it had launched a pilot project to train staff in Italy to try to boost retention rates, weeks after rival heavyweight Intesa Sanpaolo announced a venture with a private equity firm centred around its learning operations. | | | Wells Fargo & Co has disclosed to the Office of Foreign Assets Control that certain foreign banks used its software to conduct transactions with sanctioned entities, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. | | | The euro held close to a five-year low against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday with the Federal Reserve expected to hike rates this week, while traders wait for European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde to give clues on her monetary policy plans. | | | Private equity firm KKR & Co Inc said on Tuesday that its first-quarter distributable earnings rose 47% year-on-year, thanks to a surge in asset sales and a rise in revenue from fees it charges investors to manage their money. | | | Venture capital is making a big move on crypto in 2022. | | | French bank BNP Paribas posted a better than expected 19% rise in net income in the first quarter as trading boomed and reaffirmed its medium-term profitability targets, sending its shares higher. | | | Shares in HSBC Holdings gained on Tuesday after its largest shareholder, Chinese insurance giant Ping An , urged a break-up of the London-headquartered bank in a bid to improve returns. | | | Citigroup's Mexican consumer banking arm Citibanamex has started to share information with banks and other parties interested in bidding for the country's No. 3 consumer lender, Citi executives said last month. | | | Citigroup Inc is in "active dialog" to carry out the sale of its Russia consumer business that it announced a year ago, Chief Executive Jane Fraser said on Monday. | | | | |