Why being positive on Chinese macro and the big four banks, but bearish on the rest of the financial sector, is not a contradiction in terms.

The departure of SoFi founder Mike Cagney as CEO should serve as a warning against believing the hype about fintech firms without testing the self-interested assertions of their managers.

It is a truism that technology is set to transform banking.

In the month when Jamie Dimon dismissed cryptocurrency as a fraud, there was a string of new breakthroughs in banking on blockchain and Euromoney caught first sight of a crypto investment bank.

The repolonization of the country’s banking sector may have hit its limit, but are foreign banks still interested?

Santander’s takeover of Banco Popular was certainly in the public interest, but did it break EU law?

China is leveraging its middle class to clean up its banks – an approach rife with moral hazard.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has decided to steer clear of corporate bonds, which will help it to avoid the reputational traps that loom for some other large investors.

Hurricanes, electric cars and pollution rules are bringing volatility back to the commodity markets.

To solve the world’s problems will take coordination between NGOs, governments and the private sector – banks should not shy away.

President Mauricio Macri’s success in Argentina’s primary elections suggests that his gradualist approach to reform might be the right strategy after all.

Nearly every time Europe’s Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive is called into play, there seems to be a new justification for using public money.

Why did CIMB sell half its international brokerage business to China Galaxy? It is a coincidence of interests: survival on one side, expansion on the other.

Goldman Sachs has laid out a three year revenue growth plan that is nothing short of extraordinary

As Stockholm loses its biggest bank, the threat by Nordea’s chairman Björn Wahlroos – peeved at higher Swedish resolution fees – to redomicile to Helsinki proves to have been no empty one, but the bank’s new home under the ECB could hold some disappointments in store.

An appearance by a senior Goldman executive at a forthcoming conference could herald a new strategy for its fixed income franchise

Panic buying of altcoin offerings is an obvious bubble that hints at a far more worrying loss of faith in the world monetary system

There was no shine to the firm’s quarterly results, especially in fixed income sales and trading. They came in as the worst of the top five.

In a yield-hungry world, what could be more appetizing to investors than a nation with stability offering 7% on its Eurobonds?

Banks are learning about the damage that being on the wrong side of environmental issues can cause.

It is no understatement to say that the country is uncharted territory. The news is all good right now. But next year’s presidential election could return it to familiar, volatile territory.

In the spirit of summer supplements, here is Euromoney’s must-have guide to some of the main winners and losers of the past year in central and eastern Europe.

There was an air of mild incredulity in some quarters of the City of London when John Varley, the former CEO of Barclays, was charged with fraud alongside the bank he once headed and three ex-colleagues.

Why did CIMB sell half its international brokerage business to China Galaxy? It is a coincidence of interests: survival on one side, expansion on the other

Greater transparency on CSR would save banks from duplicated efforts while learning from each other.

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged Barclays and four former managers with fraud in June, alleging misconduct relating to two capital raising deals in 2008 and a loan to Qatar.

In a decade of tech developments, don’t forget that insight and experience will trump any app

Banks are exploring new and radical ways to offer more to their clients through digital platforms. But they shouldn’t forget the bedrock of banking.

Have HSBC and Citi found a way to cut costs and maintain revenues in Latin America? If so, local banks will not accept that quietly.

Maybe not, but we might at least have a few more trees.