Many banks have reported impressive profits despite the global health crisis. Does this mean 2021 will be the year of pain?

New survey has reignited discussion around the benefits that central bank-issued digital currencies could bring to domestic and cross-border transactions.

With the physical event being postponed until May, political and business leaders have gathered online to discuss key issues facing the global economy.

As the UK marks its third year of open banking the promised shake-up of financial services is still to come – but it could be on its way. 

The Banker’s long history has seen it cover many seismic moments, from the 1929 Wall Street crash to the Covid-19 crisis.

In the next year there will be great debate as governments seek to set the world on a better course. Learning accurately from the great economic thinkers can inform this discussion.

Not all low-income nations are impressed with the G20’s pandemic initiative on debt. Many think they'll do better raising money from the markets.

Populist politicians burnish their credentials with arguments about fairness in trade. Maybe they are missing the bigger picture.

The future for successful banks, we keep being told, is better data. But to get more of it, banks need to do a deal with their customers.

As banks start to entrench home working as a permanent feature of working life, the challenge is how to maintain creativity and innovation.