Banks must prove to the increasingly impatient regulators that they have got Libor transition under control, or face costly consequences down the line.

Returning money to shareholders was an important milestone; building revenues and controlling costs remains the key task.

The senior management team at HSBC looks increasingly chaotic. It needs to fix that, before it can fix the bank.

While many European peers languish, Barclays’ transatlantic pivot is paying off – and helping it build elsewhere.

Small companies with short trading histories and thin credit files make up a growing part of the economy that established banks are not set up to serve.

When RBS floated Citizens Financial in 2014, it was the biggest bank IPO since the financial crisis and investors were sceptical of its prospects ‒ five years on and RoE and EPS have doubled, the stock trades at a premium, and the bank has shown it can compete with bigger US banks and non-banks alike. Chief executive Bruce Van Saun discusses what comes next.

Year after year, research highlights the gap between what impact investment consumers want and what they are being offered by advisers, banks and pension funds. The UK’s new Impact Investing Institute hopes to bring everyone to the table to change this.

It appears that basic errors rather than deliberate attempts to game the system lay behind Citi’s large miscalculations of UK RWAs and CET1.

The senior management team at HSBC looks increasingly chaotic. It needs to fix that, before they can fix the bank.

Implementation of FX transaction cost analysis (TCA) appears to have stalled, with the impracticality of conducting analysis across every available venue encouraging many parties to rely on venues or dealers to measure execution, despite concerns over transparency and impartiality.

Third-quarter earnings show it is time for decisive action.

The global head of transaction banking at StanChart says: 'We will see better results if we work together.'

The bank's global head of liquidity and cash management says: 'We need to stay on top of emerging trends.'

The bank's managing director of commercialisation and propositions for global transaction banking says: 'Why shouldn’t banking be just as simple as booking a hotel or ordering a taxi?'

As entrepreneurs seek to improve institutional-grade custody and security for trading in crypto assets, conventional financial market participants remain suspicious.

Corporates' increasing need to use treasury resources more efficiently has persuaded BNP Paribas to partner with fintech Kantox to offer a new dynamic hedging solution to clients.

The company is expanding its UK-tested platform through an agreement with Euronext to bring the retail bid into follow-on offers from listed SMEs across Europe.

The bid by HKEX for the London Stock Exchange is bold and has scale on its side, but faces regulatory barriers – and the fact the LSE has a different idea of what an exchange should look like.

To date, the transformation of financial services through new technology has been a success story, but regulators are becoming more nervous.

Legal hurdles await race for European equivalents to UK AML partnership between banks and police.

Lower yields on 10-year US government bonds than two-year notes may presage recession and further pain for equities, credit bonds and currencies.

Former DWS head could shake up captive fund model after Flint’s exit.

The regulators want overnight rates to become the norm in all markets after Libor – that could be wishful thinking.

The lifers are being cleared out at a bank traditionally known for the long service of its senior management.

Deutsche employees who have recently been fired or face the axe will no doubt take comfort in the successes of fellow alumni such as Sajid Javid.

The FCA’s live market test facility has enabled a variety of capital markets-related fintech companies to test their business models and technologies in a controlled environment.

A recent survey states 92% of financial decision-makers have admitted to paying their suppliers late, but there are tech solutions to some of these issues – and it's about time they were adopted.

The Bank of England and Federal Reserve begin to build the bulwarks against Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra.

The field of contenders in the race to succeed Mark Carney as governor of the BoE is widening to include some unlikely names.

Most UK SMEs applying for loans have their applications approved, raising worries that banks have loosened standards just as risk mounts.