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Bank of America (BAC.N) must allow shareholders to vote on a proposal that calls for the company to consider spinning off its investment banking business, after U.S. regulators told the bank it cannot exclude the proposal from its corporate ballot.

Britain's newest and most powerful financial regulator has pledged to introduce "meaningful" change this year to help new banks steal market share from the "Big Five" lenders who dominate in commercial and retail banking.

Brazil's Comptroller-General Office on Wednesday added another six construction and engineering firms to an investigation of contractors that allegedly participated in a corruption ring at state-run oil company Petrobras.