BBVA Bancomer

Grupo Aval

Banco Santander-Chile

Bradesco

China’s interbank market trading platform and infrastructure provider has ramped up its technology partnership with NEX to capitalize on the ever-increasing appetite for algorithmic trading.

The country’s bankers are frustrated: the system is sound, their banks are generally well run, and yet they are among the worst performers in Latin America. Something has to give. Some hope it will be the country’s attachment to the dollar.

Bankers say the battle to hit mandated lending targets has created a scramble for borrowers in Bolivia. That’s not the only concern they have about the activist attitude of the country’s government, though one important area – microfinance – is thriving.

The country’s biggest banks have kept profits up by keeping banking simple and benefiting from enviable net interest margins. But are they too conservative for their own – and the economy’s – good?

Bankers and investors are increasingly confident that the country’s next president will adopt a programme of fiscal reforms, even though no leading candidates are standing on that platform. Why? Because over the past decade, Brazil has become a ‘marketocracy’.

The outlook for both Credit Suisse and Brazil is better than it has been in years, and CEO José Olympio Pereira has his eyes firmly focused on the opportunities coming his way.

The country’s gradualist approach to adjusting its fiscal deficit was always balanced on a knife-edge. The markets were willing to finance the experiment because of their faith in the economic team. But a recent unforced error has made the path to success even more precarious.

Paraguay’s bright young things are trying to transform the country’s economy. A dogged commitment to macroeconomic stability means that a commodity slump and recessions in its two big neighbours have not derailed growth.

Low levels of credit penetration provide huge growth opportunity; other positive factors include sector consolidation and regulatory liberalization.

Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday, the latest sign of his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, an international agreement that has allowed the country’s banks partial re-entry into global finance after years of sanction-fuelled isolation.

Pension reform in Brazil is going nowhere.

Cross-border exchange cooperation is back in focus in Asia – and at scale.

South Africa’s reputation for insalubrious dealings under Zuma makes it fertile ground for maverick short-sellers.

For too long, the country has been at the top of the world’s news agenda for all the wrong reasons.

Blue finance is set to take off this year, buoyed by growing appetite for investments in sustainable fisheries, conservation and alternative plastics. It’s further evidence of the influence of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

India threatens cryptocurrency crackdown; Ripple argues it has a remittance model.

Everyone used to want to be on the sell side; now they want to be on the buy side.

Many investors are misreading the risks in Mexico.

Financial markets are woefully underdeveloped in this oil- and gas-rich country. For Baiduri Bank, which is mulling a listing in Kuala Lumpur, that makes growing a tough proposition.

With the acquisition of Indonesia’s Bank Danamon, MUFG has built a network of southeast Asia bank stakes to go with its presence in the US. Now comes the hard part: persuading them to work together. CFO Aki Tokunari explains MUFG’s international strategy.

Last year was a record for high yield in Asia, and 2018 has started strongly despite volatility. But behind the scenes there are concerns about an unpredictable regulator controlling supply and worsening practices among unfamiliar bookrunners.

Three years ago, Raiffeisen Bank International was on the casualty list – today it is again one of the best-performing banks in Europe. New chief executive Johann Strobl discusses restructuring, regulation and getting back to ‘real banking’.

A former social worker from middle England has suddenly become the biggest influencer in South Africa’s stock market. He called Steinhoff’s collapse correctly. In making banking sector star performer Capitec his next target, has Viceroy Research’s Fraser Perring got it right again? Or, as the bank’s leadership insist, is he a one-hit wonder?

Michal Krupinski looks to shake off the legacy of UniCredit with big plans for Poland’s second-largest lender. But will he be given a chance to implement them?

NYSE too strong a lure for tech companies; Latin America needs ‘IPO catch-up’.

Sharp reduction in Selic boosted 2017 profitability but is a challenge in 2018; ‘soft’ recovery in credit demand might not offset lower margins.