San Fransisco Chronicle – - HSBC Holdings Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Barclays Plc will set aside about $3.4 billion for customers improperly sold personal-loan insurance after abandoning a lawsuit to avoid paying compensation. Barclays, Britain’s second-biggest lender by assets, will earmark 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) and HSBC $440 million, the [...]

