Bitcoin’s move into the mainstream is forcing crypto financiers to develop code switching skills to communicate with Wall Street without alienating online evangelists.

Bitcoin’s boom is dependent on ‘whales’ holding on to long positions, but trading techniques from older markets could create opportunities for whale hunters.

The country’s banks have successfully weathered a series of crises during the past six years. Will this time be different?

Thomas Gottstein’s first year in charge of Credit Suisse began with a pandemic. The second has been overshadowed by events surrounding a key client, Greensill Capital, whose collapse revives lingering questions about the bank’s operating model.

Bankers sign up to open letter decrying the government’s handling of the crisis.

Singapore always knew its fintech superstar might ditch the city state’s exchange in favour of US markets. Now it looks like Grab will do so through a Spac – the biggest yet – as Asia joins the Pipe party.

Less charismatic chief executives will serve Europe’s banks well in the 2020s – unless it simply means that more power will reside with their chairmen.

The data-cloud company has laid down an intriguing marker for its peers

Deliveroo’s pending stock sale gives London a much-needed financial boost, but the global IPO market is becoming a straight fight between China and the US.

The ‘bad bank’ asset management company recently launched in the Philippines has not just been designed to make life easier for the banks, it could boost growth as well.

The RMB7 billion emergency loan handed out by the New Development Bank to China this week will be the last of its kind, the Shanghai multilateral’s CFO Leslie Maasdorp tells Euromoney.

Rob Karofsky will become sole president of the investment bank at UBS, ending his ‘odd couple’ partnership with co-president Piero Novelli.

Citadel founder Ken Griffin may have felt more annoyed than threatened by his day testifying to Congress about volatility in GameStop and other stocks popular with retail investors, but scrutiny of market making and clearing is set to increase.

HSBC has been talking about pivoting to Asia for decades. Now, it doesn’t just mean Hong Kong and its immediate surroundings. It is about time.

It has the backing of Prince Charles, as well as several big names in banking – but will the Financial Services Taskforce contribute anything new to the fight against climate change?

Narendra Modi’s decision to privatize two state-owned banks is significant, but the shortlist suggests the ones on sale are going to be small in scale but big in non-performing loans.

That China wants – needs – to put its own spin on the events surrounding Ant Group’s failed IPO last year is clear from recent leaks by mainland officials.

The UK has been hit by Brexit as well as the pandemic, making for poor returns and a weaker recovery. UBS argues that this allows investors to buy while it is cheap.

Banks are guiding to lower cost of risk in 2021, but government support and forbearance make the true state of their loan books hard to discern.

A primarily national approach to post-Covid bad debt has cut adrift states such as Greece and Portugal, making future banking crises more likely.

As policymakers worry about achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, companies and asset managers are still working out how to make sense of them.

When Robinhood stopped retail investors from buying more GameStop shares in their battle with the hedge fund short-sellers, it put itself squarely in their sights.

The consummate dealmaker appeals to shareholders and the board, by being an Italian with a big international profile.

Goldman’s chief executive David Solomon isn’t impressed by Spac deals from Credit Suisse and Citigroup.

Capital is already shifting out of the UK and people will follow, leaving the big Brexit question: can the EU take advantage to complete its capital markets union?

Gary Gensler could start his tenure running the Securities and Exchange Commission with a dramatic flourish by taking steps to burst the bubble in special purpose acquisition companies.

The position of CEO Andre Brandao – and his plan to rationalize the bank's cost base – are both surrounded in doubt.

It’s a new year, but Spacs are still facing the same old debates – with a few new twists.

In publicly breaking with Trump, banks and corporates are set to make scrutiny of their choices more intense, not less. This is a good thing.

If you want to see what a strong economic and financial recovery might look like in 2021, you’ll find it in Dubai.