The Banker's August issue reports on anti-bank politics in eastern Europe, the efforts to sort out a deal with Cuba's long-standing creditors ahead of the US embargo being lifted, and the struggle banks are having to do business with Iran even after the lifting of sanctions.

Lengthy legal work is in prospect as the UK and EU attempt to negotiate their separation, we explore the prospects for the City of London.

We also rank the Top 50 Caricom banks and present our Technology Projects of the Year Awards 2016.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Walking away: anti-bank politics in eastern Europe
• The City of London plots a future outside the EU
• Asia struggles to pick a path to capital markets integration
• Bucharest stock exchange: the quest for liquidity
• Indian banks retain their UK appetite
• Cuba's debt cloud

AWARDS 

• Technology Projects of the Year 2016

RANKING

• Top 50 Caricom banks

INTERVIEWS & PROFILES

• David Munro, CEO of corporate and investment banking at Standard Bank Group
• Anca Danca Dragu, Romania's minister of public finance
• Carlos Fernández Valdovinos, governor of Paraguay's central bank