$500 million bond for affordable housing and CDFI loans.

Banks hold a lot of art, but how can they justify owning valuable collections, which have no practical use, when their previous extravagances have left their stakeholders in such pain?

Wealth management was built by men for men, but now that women will become the largest beneficiaries of the $30 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer, the industry needs to overhaul itself. If it doesn’t, it will be letting down more than just its female clients.

US bank taps European market for €1 billion deal.

The utility’s sustainability performance will partly determine the cost of servicing its new bank credit line, with any savings going to charity.

Over the last two years, Bank of America has been overhauling its low-to-moderate income business, redesigning branches and products, improving employee retention and working with community partners, but will the bank get the credit its actions deserve?

A new generation of digital products has slashed the cost of remittances and helped the unbanked meet short-term household or business liquidity needs, but there has been a downside.

Environmental and social issues not separate; BlackRock still not voting on climate reporting.

$2.4 billion in dedicated mandates; expectations to reach $20 billion to $30 billion by 2023.

Founders claim existing meat-production business model at risk from stranded assets as interest in meat-free diet grows.

Natixis surveys large institutional investors and produces framework to avoid ‘SDG-washing’.

Alternatives to green bonds and loans needed to boost Asian green finance; engaging retail investors will be key.

Societe Generale has accelerated its transition and is using important mandates to convince its internal and external audiences alike.

The bank’s chief executive has led from the front to create an institution that is more diverse and better reflects the society in which it works.

The bank’s 10-year ScotiaRise programme has gone from strength to strength, reaching out to indigenous communities and aligning with its truth and reconciliation committee’s work.

The bank is leveraging all its resources to reach six million individuals by 2025. It is well on its way.

With a chief executive pushing sustainable finance from the very top, HSBC is leading from the front in the global banking industry’s response to the climate emergency.

It is not enough to have the data, banks also need to bring intelligence and financial analysis to bear in sustainable finance to keep progressing.