Everyone is hungry for data to help navigate the coronavirus crisis, but thorny questions remain about consent and privacy.

Lessors and bondholders had little choice but to keep Norwegian Air alive, but bigger losses will come as the industry gets used to its new normal.

Banks have been trying to rebuild trust since the global financial crisis. They have touted corporate responsibility and stakeholder capitalism as core tenets of their businesses. Covid-19 and the subsequent economic crisis will be a big test of their commitment.

For European banks, the tensions between communities, supervisors and shareholders needs careful navigation.

During the coronavirus crisis, Euromoney’s mission is to get the key figures in finance to tell us what it means for their firms and for the industry. We’ll run some of the key things they tell us each month.

The bank reports record profits, loan growth and no advance provisioning while Bradesco and Itaú focus on risks ahead.

Bank of America has seen mandates increase in the last month as digital solutions become increasingly important to overcome isolation and social-distancing rules.

Financial technology is not being employed to its best effect, while the coronavirus financial relief effort is struggling. Banks need to innovate and work with fintechs if they are to ensure that the most vulnerable do not get left behind.

From the World Bank to the African Development Bank, multilaterals are pooling cash and human resources to combat the impact of Covid-19 on members. They’re doing a good job with what they have, but, in a capital-constrained world, should they be mobilizing more?

Co-founder Sergey Khotimskiy says the coronavirus crisis could help Russia’s private-sector banks fight back against state dominance.

Private creditors and the Paris Club have agreed to collaborate on a debt standstill for low-income countries, but the process must be handled with care to avoid being more punitive than helpful.

Debt relief will free up essential funds but could be more punitive than helpful.

Accounting standards that make banks provision upfront for all expected loan losses are encouraging exactly what regulators don’t want to happen at this stage of the coronavirus crisis.

Trade bodies, such as the Association of Independent Music, are taking it upon themselves to help the most affected in their industry during the coronavirus lockdown, turning to fintech solutions to do so.

Negotiations are already under way between new lenders playing the loan-to-own strategy against stressed portfolio companies in rival managers’ private equity funds.

Profit pressure is a threat to every bank, says Qatar Islamic Bank’s group CEO Bassel Gamal, discussing how Qatar’s robust and well-capitalized banking sector is navigating the twin shocks of lower oil prices and coronavirus.

Former investment bank head Tim ‘Danger’ Throsby sadly isn’t at the firm to see the team he built deliver in a crisis.

Liquidity data from CLS has revealed unusual trading activity around the 4pm London fix – but it has more to do with corporate inertia than market manipulation.

Machine learning powers new software that can help companies chase down overdue invoices and failed payments without driving customers away.

Revolvers could be the debt Achilles heel of cash-strapped corporates.

The coronavirus crisis has hit Europe so hard and so suddenly that banks have to radically rethink their normal approaches to dealing with a crisis.

Peru’s laudable coronavirus emergency measures won’t prevent its banks from taking a substantial hit – so what does that mean for less-well-run economies?

After brief illnesses, JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman were back on form in this month’s earnings calls.

Four months after the start of the coronavirus outbreak, financial assistance from the World Bank’s pandemic bonds is about to find its way to poor countries to help them fight Covid-19.

Banks need to play their part in rescues without putting all the burden on shareholder funds, says Santander’s group executive chairman.

Central bank corporate credit support is helping to cut debt costs for borrowers such as Netflix. A government put option won’t cure all the problems looming in the credit markets, however.

Bank balance sheets are ballooning and regulators are just fine with that.

It’s hard to blame anyone for looking for bright spots in these difficult times.

Economies and banking sectors in emerging Europe have gone into the coronavirus crisis in good shape. But will they be able to navigate the political fallout from the expected downturn?

Some parts of US investment bank earnings in the first quarter of the year looked more like boom than bust as record trading and debt issuance helped offset weakness elsewhere. Now the banks are building reserves to prepare for coming out of lockdown