Stand-off in Slovenia highlights politicians’ failure to tackle retail lending boom.

Social housing bond comes just two weeks after mid-January economics report.

Does the state of a smallish provincial lender signal the onset of a full-scale banking crisis in China?

FX market participants are responding to Singapore’s desire for physical location of matching and pricing engines in the city-state.

Cryptocurrencies have a specific use-case in countries where local currencies are in crisis, but elsewhere they remain a volatile speculative investment and will struggle to take off as a means of payment.

The former head of communications for Greater China at HSBC opens a consultancy in Hong Kong.

Kenyan property developer Acorn Holdings has issued a small but smartly structured bond programme, which will remove barriers to entry for local market bonds as local currency bonds retain appeal.

Dianrong’s founder is the host with the most… interruptions.

In the heat of Hong Kong’s protests, rumours swirl that capital controls are imminent and banks are out of cash. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority ventured onto social media, proactively quelling the gossip. New HKMA head Eddie Yue tells Euromoney how.

Banks in emerging Europe are touting their fintech programmes and credentials, but is the enthusiasm reciprocated by the startup community?

Lender lures China Merchants Bank’s head of private banking to oversee the Swiss bank’s onshore wealth management ops.

Mindspace hopes to raise more than $150 million in IPO slated for the end of March; more Reit sales to follow in Mumbai during the next 18 months.

Israel has taken orders of $20 billion for its first Eurobond of the year, despite the deadly strike on an Iranian general that threatened to push simmering Middle Eastern tensions to boiling point in early January.

Investors are buying into ICBC’s business growth in diverse areas such as asset management and investment banking.

Despite tough conditions at home and globally, DBS keeps delivering.

The Chinese bank is making a big push in areas such as financial inclusion as it targets sustainable ways to build its business and support the Chinese economy.

If Brazil does well, Bradesco does well. Its management is confident there are good times ahead.

The Qatari bank is investing at home and abroad, growing its loan book and building strong operations in Egypt and Turkey.

Analysts think that FAB has the best potential platform of any bank in the region. Can its management deliver?

The bank may be at the peak of its value creation, as the government looks to promote greater competition in Brazilian banking.

Ethiopia’s IMF deal is a notable step towards addressing its external imbalances and to opening up the country’s economy.

The nation has become synonymous with 1MDB, much to its new leadership’s frustration. It needs to close the chapter on this scandal and begin a new narrative with the global financial community. Malaysia’s prime minister-in-waiting tells Euromoney what would help.

Here’s how to make an entrance at a conference.

Itaú retains 49% stake, now equivalent to 10% of the group’s market cap, as rapid growth leads to runaway valuation.

It’s 2020: welcome to the decade of low-cost Brazilian banking.

In 2014, a $1 billion bank fraud nearly bankrupted the tiny state. It came through in better shape thanks to reformist policymakers, an IMF bailout and the sale of big banks. But a Russia-leaning administration now threatens to undo those reforms.

The need to raise funding in international markets comes at a bad time for a sector facing uncertainty over Swiss franc mortgage litigation and rising levies.

Sustainable financing is gaining ground in corporate Russia as firms look to improve their environmental, social and governance policies ‒ but can the country’s notorious polluters really go green?

The Lebanese authorities said that they met a $1.5 billion bond payment in late November, but with the country rapidly running out of money and in the absence of any clear ability to enact reforms, Euromoney looks at its options.

Reformers in Kyiv and Dnipro come under fire as the battle for PrivatBank heats up.