Press Digest: Canada - October 15

IDBI Bank

15/10/2026 13:42

The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
     
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** Fairfax Financial Holdings FFH.TO is acquiringa 60.7% stake in India's IDBI Bank IDBI.NS for US $5.6 billion and plans to expand the bank by combining it with its 49% stake in Go Digit General Insurance GODG.NS and its holding in investment bank and wealth manager IIFL Capital Services IIFS.NS. 
     
** Toronto-Dominion Bank TD.TO and Bank of Montreal BMO.TO are among a list of nine lenders identified by a major US banking regulator as having denied or limited access to financial services to customers due to political or religious beliefs.
     
** Canadian Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has warned US steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs CLF.N, owner of Stelco, that it could face financial penalties or be forced to divest its Canadian operations if it proceeds with hundreds of layoffs in Ontario. 
      

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