“Qatari banks are well capitalised and profitable, and we expect this to persist in the next 12 to 24 months,” says Juili Pargaonkar, senior analyst at S&P Global Ratings. She expects that ...

HSBC’s UK chief executive Ian Stuart told members of parliament on Tuesday that cyber security has become the bank’s single largest cost, as it faces relentless attacks from online criminals.

Donald Trump’s executive order in February calling for a plan to establish a US sovereign wealth fund was short on details ...

Research from the UK regulator published on Friday shows that approximately 3.5mn adults relied on high-cost credit in the 12 ...

A draft version of the government’s banking reform bill, due to be published on June 6, is expected to require UBS to fully match the capital held by its foreign subsidiaries with equivalent capital ...

Senior US Democrats have criticised the chief executives of leading financial institutions, including JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, for pulling ...

In 2022 BNP Paribas set an ambition in its current growth, technology and sustainability plan for 1,000 AI use cases to be in production, and to generate €500mn in AI value, by the end of 2025. BNP ...

Overall, digital channels accounted for 66 per cent of the bank’s new client acquisition in 2024. Mobile penetration across this user base has hit 75 per cent, while monthly logins and transaction ...

Piraeus Bank has transformed risk intelligence from a compliance obligation into a strategic enabler. Within the past year, the Greek lender delivered major advancements across credit risk, compliance ...

Positioning itself as “a digital bank with branches”, Banorte has focussed its strategy on a customer-centric approach with high degree of personalisation, fast implementation of innovative ideas, ...

A US regulator’s sweeping overhaul of how it will supervise banks, and its aim to “reduce the regulatory burden”, could backfire on smaller lenders, experts have said. The moves come as the US ...

HSBC’s Danny Alexander says new tools — including blended finance and risk-sharing structures — are essential to make infrastructure projects commercially ...