The deputy prime minister of Ukraine, Sergei Tigipko, explains what measures his government is taking, with the help of the International Monetary Fund, to get the country's finances back on an even keel.

The bank rescue has been a success. The global bailout remains a work in progress, but with the aid of government equity injections, special liquidity programmes, debt guarantees and asset protection schemes, most systemically important banks have remained open for business and the banking system has survived.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reinvented itself as a new, user-friendly, more politically sensitive organisation.

One of the most debated issues since the beginning of the financial crisis is the extent to which fair value accounting contributed to the stress faced by financial institutions. Contrary to what many observers believe, the recent accounting debate has focused less on the choice of measurement criteria - amortised cost or fair value - than on how changes in value should be reported in the income statements.

The lesson of the financial crisis for an emerging market such as Kazakhstan is that taking risks with financial stability for the sake of rapid short-term growth would be an inexcusable lack of foresight.

Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Jamaica

A raft of economic and financial reforms implemented by the Jamaican government is designed to return the country to a path of sustainable growth and development.

Estonia may be in debt, but it has the third-lowest budget deficit in Europe and, as the country's prime minister explains, its policies of prudence and restraint are putting it in a strong position for its entry to the eurozone. Interview by Courtney Fingar.

HSBC's group chief technology officer, Ken Harvey, has led a bank-wide project to create a single, centralised IT services hub that is expected to achieve major cost savings. The project underpins the bank's broader One HSBC business re-engineering programme.

The accelerating development of mobile internet banking does not necessarily mean the end of bank branches. By Chris Skinner