SEB chairman Jacob Wallenberg talks to Karina Robinson about family business Investor AB and about the many strategic ventures that SEB has tried out.

Vicente Fox, Mexico's president, has been determined to combat corruption in government so he can move ahead with economic improvements. Karina Robinson meets him.

Crashing markets and a stalled economic recovery are starting to hit banks, causing problems which will make them vulnerable to acquisition.

Trimming off unprofitable Latin American business and expanding further in Europe are just two prongs in Emilio Botin's strategy for Santander Central Hispano. Karina Robinson reports.

The Enron scandal has put the spotlight back on ethics. Banks can no longer ignore the issue of social responsibility and those which do may not survive.

Karina Robinson analyses the increasing importance of branding in a world where the security of investments and savings has been overtaken by the image of the bank.

Can JP Morgan Chase overcome a culture clash to emerge at the top of the banking pile?

Karina Robinson interviews Pedro Malan, Brazil's finance minister, who has less than two years left in office before elections.

Karina Robinson talks to Fred Goodwin, group chief executive, Royal Bank of Scotland.

European and American banks will have to cut costs, deepen customer relationships and search for new opportunities in order to weather the US slowdown.