With monetary union off the table, a national break-up could make Brexit seem like a skirmish.

Bitcoin’s move into the mainstream is forcing crypto financiers to develop code switching skills to communicate with Wall Street without alienating online evangelists.

Bitcoin’s boom is dependent on ‘whales’ holding on to long positions, but trading techniques from older markets could create opportunities for whale hunters.

The country’s banks have successfully weathered a series of crises during the past six years. Will this time be different?

Thomas Gottstein’s first year in charge of Credit Suisse began with a pandemic. The second has been overshadowed by events surrounding a key client, Greensill Capital, whose collapse revives lingering questions about the bank’s operating model.

Bankers sign up to open letter decrying the government’s handling of the crisis.

Eagerly courted high-growth private companies will likely go to experienced Spac sponsors that know the route to high valuations.

While a bid still remains for duration, the EU could achieve much for member states through more flexible borrowing in short-dated instruments.

Activist investor victory may open the floodgates for shareholder challenges against Japanese corporate management.

Singapore always knew its fintech superstar might ditch the city state’s exchange in favour of US markets. Now it looks like Grab will do so through a Spac – the biggest yet – as Asia joins the Pipe party.

Less charismatic chief executives will serve Europe’s banks well in the 2020s – unless it simply means that more power will reside with their chairmen.

The data-cloud company has laid down an intriguing marker for its peers

Deliveroo’s pending stock sale gives London a much-needed financial boost, but the global IPO market is becoming a straight fight between China and the US.

The ‘bad bank’ asset management company recently launched in the Philippines has not just been designed to make life easier for the banks, it could boost growth as well.

The RMB7 billion emergency loan handed out by the New Development Bank to China this week will be the last of its kind, the Shanghai multilateral’s CFO Leslie Maasdorp tells Euromoney.

Rob Karofsky will become sole president of the investment bank at UBS, ending his ‘odd couple’ partnership with co-president Piero Novelli.

Citadel founder Ken Griffin may have felt more annoyed than threatened by his day testifying to Congress about volatility in GameStop and other stocks popular with retail investors, but scrutiny of market making and clearing is set to increase.

IPO volumes for special purpose acquisition companies have been extraordinary since the start of 2020, but looking at them through the lens of future M&A is when they start to look most shocking.

OCBC, UOB and DBS are among the first lenders in Asia to report 2020 numbers. They’re in surprisingly good shape.

Milton Maluhy officially became Itaú’s new CEO at the beginning of February. He now faces the challenge of cutting the bank down to size.

The Churchill Capital deal for electric vehicle maker Lucid was long rumoured. The share price fall when it was confirmed raises questions for regulators.

HSBC has been talking about pivoting to Asia for decades. Now, it doesn’t just mean Hong Kong and its immediate surroundings. It is about time.

The burgeoning industry demands instant experts, but everyone has to start somewhere.

It has the backing of Prince Charles, as well as several big names in banking – but will the Financial Services Taskforce contribute anything new to the fight against climate change?

Narendra Modi’s decision to privatize two state-owned banks is significant, but the shortlist suggests the ones on sale are going to be small in scale but big in non-performing loans.

That China wants – needs – to put its own spin on the events surrounding Ant Group’s failed IPO last year is clear from recent leaks by mainland officials.

As the unlisted firm shrinks further in investment banking, its asset management business might IPO on its own.

The bank's management is confident that pandemic losses will be contained.

The UK has been hit by Brexit as well as the pandemic, making for poor returns and a weaker recovery. UBS argues that this allows investors to buy while it is cheap.

Banks are guiding to lower cost of risk in 2021, but government support and forbearance make the true state of their loan books hard to discern.