The Maldives has embraced technology to modernise its banking system and serve its citizens, but coronavirus now threatens its crucial tourist sector.
A look at how development banks in Asia are adapting their plans to support their clients through the coronavirus crisis.
The latest potential existential threat to the eurozone is not from reckless banks this time. A highly contagious virus is something regulators had never planned for.
After a slow start to open banking adoption compared with Europe, Asia is looking to take its capabilities to the next level.
Myanmar is looking to the international banking and insurance community to strengthen its domestic market and tackle a legacy of NPLs.
After decades of isolationist government policy, Uzbekistan is taking tentative steps into the global capital markets and is looking to attract foreign investment. Kimberley Long looks at the country’s steep learning curve.
The normal rules do not apply when confronted by extreme risk such as the coronavirus outbreak, writes the chairman of the European Risk Management Council.
Though flat oil prices are having an effect on Bahrain’s economy, the country’s banking sector continues to perform well, in spite of calls for consolidation.
UK regulators have given the industry a sharp reminder that they are not doing enough to transition from Libor to alternative rates, giving the whole project a new sense of urgency.
Mounting pressures on banks across Asia-Pacific are pushing many towards consolidation. The Banker looks at the factors behind these moves.
With the UK having left the EU on January 31, one uncertainty has been traded for another: the post-Brexit UK-EU relationship.
Mortgage origination and cyber attacks are among the top concerns of the US Financial Stability Oversight Council but, surprisingly, the rapid growth in collateralised loan obligations is not seen as one of them.
The Banker recently assembled an expert panel to give their reaction to the US Federal Reserve's latest batch of regulations, issued in late 2019.
UK regulators see Brexit as an opportunity to review the country’s regulatory regime and shift the focus to an outcomes-based approach.
Bangladesh’s phenomenal economic growth is obscuring the fact that parts of its banking sector are suffering with persistent NPLs.
Uncertainty continued to plague the world economy in 2019 and there is not much optimism among economists that it will fare much better in 2020.
The Basel III rules on capital are supposed to ensure stronger banking – but in Asia's less developed markets, meeting the requirements is creating challenges.
Aggressive tax planning costs governments billions of dollars a year, not helped by an uneven regulatory playing field.
Al Rajhi CEO Stefano Bertamini talks about growth areas at the bank, including high take-up of its mobile app.
Faced with an increase in geopolitical and economic threats, Canada's banks are ramping up activity in loan-loss provisions and wealth management.