Why blockchain is not the only answer for transaction banking.

A time of crisis is a time for action. At last.

If Argentina’s financial crisis is going to turn into a banking crisis, as it did in 2001, that transmission will first be identifiable in the deposits data.

Investors throw money at cash-burning issuers as concern over leveraged finance grows.

All eyes will be on the next Brazilian president’s first steps towards a much-needed fiscal adjustment. That will likely be Jair Bolsonaro – who is well ahead of Fernando Haddad as the final round of voting approaches on 28 October.

Rates are only rising because economies are doing so well and there is no need to panic, even if risk assets do sell off, at least according to the sell side.

Momentum for Sibs is growing – which banks will take the lead?

The problem with India’s state bank mergers.

Isda needs to take action over manufactured defaults.

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

The resignation letter of Luis Caputo, until September 25 the president of Argentina’s central bank, is effectively the IMF’s receipt for the purchase of the country’s monetary policy.

Absa’s efforts to establish wholesale-banking partnerships outside Africa, possibly with Barclays or Société Générale, underlines the importance of international links to African finance.

One thousand pages tell us plenty about bank misconduct – but nothing new, and it’s all in the price. Asic is the most embarrassed institution in Australia today.

Finally, some progress in Indonesian infrastructure – but familiar battles remain.

As political headaches dog efforts to bolster banking integration, fostering European champions through mergers is the least of the single supervisor’s worries.

Credit scoring changes could be the key to breaking Brazil’s interest-rate burden.

Banks must be front and centre for Europe to mobilize its financial system in the fight against climate change.

The country has the right to join, yet EU leaders are stalling.

Restricting Itaú’s purchase of XP is good for competition.

Retail investors are pulling out of ETFs – or are they?

Just ten years after the crisis, banks' confidence about regulatory easing is worrying

While analysts focus on net interest margins and the turning credit cycle, there is an extraordinary risk hiding in plain sight.

The British challenger needs to be more realistic about its future, with Brexit and other risks ahead.

Financial services give good exposure to the region.

It is easy to see why economists love second-pillar pension schemes. Making workers pay into privately managed funds not only addresses the issue of unfunded state pension liabilities, it also creates a ready-made institutional investor base that can support the development of local capital markets. If only it were that simple.

Unbundling probe will confirm Mifid II distortions.

The industry needs a change in the macroeconomic environment.

Europe may not be enough after Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran deal.

Loan margin pressures at the Dutch bank may be structural.

Recent glitches at TSB and Visa hint at the strain.