Speed bumps appear to be gathering favour among stock exchanges, but their potential to level the playing field in the FX market is tempered by concerns around transparency and the impact on trading costs.

Six months after Polish debt collector GetBack went into default, shockwaves from the event continue to shake the country’s financial sector.

Funding Circle demonstrates the pitfalls of IPO-ing a marketplace lender.

Even as the most infamous cryptocurrencies crash, new ones are already emerging that are designed to peg their value to fiat currencies and recover the dream of new forms of money moving on new rails to everyone’s advantage.

Recommits to holding top spot; mid-tier of most concern as oil traders struggle.

Allegations of large-scale money-laundering at Danske Bank’s Estonian branch may have been bad news for Scandinavian banks, their investors and European authorities – but at least someone’s happy.

Two of the world’s most advanced cryptocurrency markets agree to exchange notes on blockchain regulation.

No one is surprised by the money-laundering revelations from the Baltics.

The UK's financial market regulator finds firms still struggling with suspicious transaction reports, but it could be bolder in its criticism.

Larger family offices are taking on the private equity firms as they focus on investing directly.

Two London IPOs have struggled this week: the reasons are nothing new

As Mifid II beds down, its impact on the global fixed income research industry is already being felt. There are clear signs that investors are less reliant on research and are using fewer providers than before. As they start to cut costs to implement their own research budgets, providers must ensure that they are getting good value for money.

The frequency and severity of UK banks’ IT failures are troubling their customers even if their regulators remain calm.

The world of cross-border payments in undergoing a digital transformation, which is set to eradicate long delays, friction and high transaction costs.

Veteran investor launches financial services firm to capitalize on reforms in Uzbekistan, while HSBC banker tapped to drive sovereign Eurobond debut.

Part two: The fallout from Iceland’s banking crisis rumbled on for seven years. Members of the task force set up to deal with seemingly insurmountable problems arising from creditors – chiefly aggressive hedge funds – reveal the inside story of how, from a position of disaster, a lot of parties ended up in one of relative triumph.

Clydesdale CEO downplays IT risks from further mergers and targets RBS SME scheme for 2019.

Participants and analysts have dismissed any concerns about the key findings of the BIS market committee’s electronic markets report relating to the concentration of FX turnover and spot trading fragmentation.

BNPP's role on a government sale of Safran shares has made its paltry year in French ECM look a bit better, but the ultra-tight deal also reflects the pressure of low volumes

Jon Macaskill profiles the two new co-heads of investment banking at UBS.

Investment bankers hope for an autumn thaw after a spring freeze.

Corporate and household borrowing in France continues to outpace eurozone peers, as measures are introduced to tackle the increase.

The transition to capitalism has brought prosperity to much of emerging Europe but left large sections of society struggling to catch up – now Austria’s Erste Group is going back to its roots to bring prosperity to the region through social banking.

Autumn bank refinancing round under scrutiny; analysts warn of US sanctions tail risk.

Triodos Bank is probably the most sustainable bank in the world. Behind every decision it makes – the loans and investments it underwrites, the people it hires, the suppliers it uses, the way it reports and the way it serves its stakeholders – lies sustainability. It also makes a profit. Is it a model for the broader industry?

Any important new market needs its innovators, cheerleaders and pioneers… As banks try to build more responsible and sustainable businesses, these are the champions of impact banking at 10 of the world’s biggest firms. From green and blue finance to financial inclusion and social banking, they are leading the way and setting an agenda for others to follow.

European bank chief executives speak obsessively to Euromoney about new and rebooted digital banking arms – read on for a guide to Dominic O’Neill’s in-depth examination of the strategy and rationale behind these projects, and their chances of success.

From the United Nations and the European Commission to customers and shareholders, the world’s banks face increasing pressure not only to consider their broader role in society but also to take actions that have a positive impact on it. There is no doubt that most chief executives take this challenge seriously. Whether they take it far enough remains to seen.

Partnership could replace broken Barclays links; follows rumours of sale of Société Générale South Africa custody unit to Absa.

FX data providers are surprisingly coy when it comes to discussing the extent to which they have shaken up a market that has been described as ripe for disruption.