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September 22, 2016

BANKING

Deutsche totters on the brink once again

CEO John Cryan had hoped to remove uncertainty overhanging Deutsche Bank’s stock by speeding up the resolution of litigation, but the Department of Justice’s opening claim for $14 billion over RMBS refocuses attention on the bank’s weak capital.

Peter Lee, September 22, 2016

BANKING

US banking: ‘It’s over for Wells Fargo’

The brutal grilling of chief executive John Stumpf before the Senate banking committee is just the beginning of investigations that will embroil Wells Fargo and damage its peers.

Helen Avery, September 21, 2016

BANKING

Bhattacharya stakes her reputation on transforming State Bank of India

Arundhati Bhattacharya already had one of the toughest jobs in India as chairman of State Bank of India. Not only is it the country’s largest financial institution, but it is also woven inextricably into India’s social fabric. She has made her job harder still by proposing a seven-sided bank merger. But as technological innovation increases and as asset quality plunges across public banks, bigger may not necessarily be better.

Chris Wright, September 21, 2016

Fintech

State Bank of India: communicating to the masses and turning to tech

Arundhati Bhattacharya is an SBI veteran: she joined in 1977.

Chris Wright, September 21, 2016

BANKING

CIMB's Nazir battles Malaysia’s demons

Nazir Razak has a complicated bio: one of Malaysia’s most talented bankers, architect of CIMB’s expansion into Asean, and brother of besieged prime minister Najib Razak. Despite a clean image, he was dragged into the 1MDB scandal in March, suspended himself from the bank, and was cleared. Now back at work, he discusses the challenges facing his bank, his country and the region.

Chris Wright, September 21, 2016

BANKING

Banks at the heart of Cuba's existential battle for reform

Cuba’s return to the international community will be long, complex and fraught with contradictions – not least in financial services. Reform remains a dirty word in a system where banking services for the masses are non-existent. The authorities talk a good game about attracting foreign investment – but how will they attract capital when the central bank won’t even discuss what reserves it holds?

Eric Ellis, September 21, 2016

BANKING

How Argentina beat the bondholder stand-off

As judge Thomas Griesa wrote in his ruling: ‘Put simply, President Macri’s election changed everything.’

Rob Dwyer, September 21, 2016

BANKING

Nationalism: Global risks rise as banks beat a retreat

For decades the world’s banks followed their multinational corporate customers across borders and built up international networks to finance trade and serve surging capital flows. Now those cross-border flows of traded goods lag even weak global GDP growth. Nationalism is on the rise. The era of the global banks may have already ended with the financial crisis. Is the entire concept of global banking at risk too?

Peter Lee, September 21, 2016

CAPITAL MARKETS

China rings changes in homegrown bond markets

New deals show innovation; mounting concern about defaults.

Chris Wright, September 21, 2016

BANKING

Asia: Mongolia fights fiscal fall-out

Mongolia is living through interesting times. August alone featured, in this order: the revelation of a vast and unexpected deficit, the collapse of the currency, a 4.5 percentage point hike in interest rates in a single hit, a sovereign downgrade, and the subsequent downgrade of almost the entire national banking sector.

Chris Wright, September 21, 2016

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