In future decades, banks will have to let go of their fixation with traditional means of interacting with the customer and instead offer solutions that meet the public's growing expectation of accessing banking services wherever and whenever they need them.

Chandran Nair, founder of the Global Institute for Tomorrow, argues that Asia should instead be brave in imposing limits on the exploitation of resources.

Arnab Das says that while big bets are being placed on emerging markets, it is necessary to get these developing giants in perspective and avoid generalising about very different economies.

A workable way of financing renewable energy must be found before it is too late - and there are no more excuses, regardless of the state of the world's economy.

The global banking system has been shaken to its core and only by understanding what lay behind the crisis can banks hope to take advantage of emerging opportunities.

Brendan Mcdonagh, who heads the agency set up to help recapitalise Ireland's troubled banks, admits its task is not easy, but says it is making progress.

In the face of the EU debt crisis, the European Financial Stability Facility is one of a raft of reforms aimed at safeguarding the future of the eurozone.

Other countries may be dogged by recession, but José Darío Uribe, governor of the Central Bank of Colombia, says the country's financial sector is undergoing a transformation.

Korn Chatikavanij is concerned that the country will get caught up in a currency war at a time when its own export-dependent economy is going from strength to strength. Interview by Brian Caplen.

George Osborne, the UK's chancellor of the exchequer, urges all countries to play their part in redressing the global imbalances that allowed the credit crisis to happen. Interview by Courtney Fingar.