The governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank explains how strict regulation has ensured domestic banks have plenty of reserves to fall back on during the crisis.

The president of Ukraine characterises his country’s economic outlook in the face of the current crisis as ‘difficult but not tragic’.

Banking as a service (BaaS) is a concept hat has come to pass as the new version of banking using the Software as a Service (SaaS) business model.

HSBC tapped into its relationships as primary dealer with eurozone countries when it acted in Greece’s recent €5.5bn bond issue. Writer Edward Russell-Walling.

Bankers must prepare to buy more sovereign bonds and grapple with the difficulty of making any kind of return out of them. In some ways, the new business of international banks is going to resemble the old business of emerging market banks.

Latin Americans know all about financial crises – they have suffered some of the worst. But this time they have had the satisfaction of seeing a financial crisis originate in the mature countries and not in their region.

The former UK prime minister turned international envoy talks about his latest initiatives for improving African governance. Interview by Peter Guest.

Nigeria’s banks have so far been relatively insulated from the credit crisis in the West, but with external sources of capital rapidly drying up, how long can this situation last? Erastus Akinbola is chief executive of one of Nigeria’s leading banks, Intercontinental Bank, and president of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Nigeria. He spoke to Charlie Corbett about the impact of the credit crisis on Nigeria’s banking industry.

Established 10 years ago to facilitate eBay transactions, PayPal has taken hold of the online payment market.

Lovells’ restructuring of Cheyne Capital’s $7bn structured investment vehicle set an example for other troubled SIVs. Writer Edward Russell-Walling.