Poland's treasury minister is confident that the country can meet ambitious privatisation targets despite adverse capital market conditions. Interview by Philip Alexander.

Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, speaks to The Banker's editor, Brian Caplen, and editor emeritus, Stephen Timewell, about the country's crises, reforms and the development of its economy.

Wells Fargo's head of wholesale services has presided over the bank's commercial banking portal since it was launched in 2000 and has been instrumental in launching a number of Web 2.0 and social networking-inspired features and tools. Writer John Beck

We are due for another global financial crisis in 30 to 50 years' time - and Asian rivalry appears the most likely cause. By Chris Skinner

If you are planning to borrow a lot of money and not pay it back, Hungary would probably be the best place to carry out your scheme.

The great debate in economics is whether heavily indebted governments in Europe and the US should keep spending to stimulate economic recovery or move quickly to balance the books.

After the majority of European banks passed their landmark stress tests, equity markets climbed, credit default swap spreads tightened, high-risk sovereign debt rallied and the euro extended its gains against the dollar.

Regulatory reform is changing the face of global finances for good, but it is important the new rules do not sacrifice liquidity in the search for transparency.

The governor of the Central Bank of Paraguay speaks to Silvia Pavoni about the need to diversify Paraguay's economy and the measures he is taking to improve training for central bank staff.