The old pan-regional banking model is under threat but that presents opportunities for new champions to emerge.

Chinese M&A ambition is good news for banks chasing advisory fees but soaring debt levels give cause for concern.

Under a new CEO, investors in Italy’s biggest bank need to see shock and awe.

Star photographer Annie Leibovitz was in Singapore recently, promoting a new exhibition commissioned by UBS.

ICMA’s annual gathering in May kicked off this year with a speedy whizz through key global events since 1963, when the association was launched.

When an investment bank sponsors a national award in investigative business journalism, there will occasionally be inevitable tension between the bank that rewards the journalism while also being on the receiving end of it.

Analysts want bravado and blood lust alongside new data to input into their spreadsheets; staff will be anxious, so the best bet is to invoke the tried and trusted ‘attrition’ approach, writes John Anderson.

US growth should start a strong rebound this year, increasing the chances of rate rises.

Doubts that are helping to keen the share price of Barclays at well below book value – just one of the challenges that new CEO Jes Staley faces

The chairman of one of the world’s biggest banks apologises for the size of his company’s annual report, which his PR chief had just handed to us

SoFi is becoming increasingly reliant on former Deutsche Bank staff as it seeks to expand the use of complex financing structures to fuel growth in its loan sales.

Cheerleaders for marketplace lending took comfort from two events in late May that seemed to signal a potential recovery in a sector that had been rocked by the near failure of Lending Club, the leading listed specialist in online lending.

Banks’ experimentation with blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, is gathering pace in a fevered atmosphere.

Everything you thought you knew about blockchain is wrong. Rather than wait for the blockchain to re-engineer banking, the banks are going to re-engineer the blockchain. It will not be public, it will be private. And across the shared ledger there will not be that much sharing. In an atmosphere somewhere between excitement and paranoia, banks are trying to turn an existential threat into a competitive advantage.

Deutsche Bank’s John Cryan might have the toughest job in banking, but Jes Staley probably runs a close second. The Barclays CEO has had an impressive first six months, all things considered. As always, there is more to do.

Markets have entered territory once thought unimaginable: a negative interest rate environment, with European interbank markets, government yield curves, and even some benchmark policy rates all below zero.

Welcome boost from Singapore’s Manulife Reit listing; structural problems remain for SGX.

Bank chairmen confident they can tackle NPL problem; Chinese economy undergoing necessary restructuring.

Access Bank questioned over safe deposit box; law enforcement agency targets two other banks.

‘Cumbersome’ lender may struggle for demand; Apollo targets 25% market share for NKBM.

UBS Americas teams up with robo-adviser; small business owners the new target market.

Manifesto decries foreign control; signatories call for local bank.

Stock market opens up further; influx of foreign money still capped.

Deal shows appetite after February sell-off; bank’s tier-2 issuance could herald TLAC surge.

Existential threat to euro wholesale industry; fears for loss of single-market passport.

UBS oncology fund raises $471 million; banks turn to foundations to collaborate.

Peru’s strong fundamentals protected the country from the harsh economic conditions in the region. But as solid commodity-led growth returns, will the chance to diversify into a broader economic model be lost?

Profit windfalls from GSEs evaporate; SoFi approved to become seller and servicer.

Mario Centeno has the unenviable task of being the face of fiscal responsibility in a government elected on an anti-austerity ticket. The finance minister must cut his way through international criticism, privatization and the struggles of the local banking system.

Alpha and Eurobank join Pillarstone platform; regulatory changes could spur more deals.