Banks have a chance to redeem themselves by supporting both business and retail customers during the Covid-19 crisis, writes Brian Caplen.
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Banking for populist times
March 17, 2020When the economic outlook is uncertain, banks need to respond to their customers’ concerns and fears writes Brian Caplen.

Artificial intelligence needs smart humans
March 10, 2020Every AI project should have an ethics committee that reports directly to the CEO and ensures that algorithms pass the 'common sense test', writes Brian Caplen.

Fifty years of growth and inequality
March 2, 2020The Banker’s Top 1000 ranking of global banks is 50 years old in July. Over that period the banking industry has grown exponentially, with large banks becoming ever more dominant, writes Brian Caplen.

Will Facebook become a bank?
February 25, 2020Bankers' greatest fear is that big tech moves into banking. That reality may have just moved closer, writes Brian Caplen.

HSBC’s interim CEO makes big changes
February 18, 2020HSBC has set a very firm course, meaning that its next CEO will be driving rather than inventing the bank’s strategy, writes Brian Caplen.

How will the coronavirus impact China’s banks?
February 11, 2020Chinese banks will take a hit from a rise in bad loans as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus, and international banks need to relook at the financing of supply chains, writes Brian Caplen.

What future for UK challengers?
February 4, 2020Digital only banks are growing fast and may be too expensive for traditional banks to acquire, writes Brian Caplen.

No point arguing with an index
January 28, 2020With more of a bank’s stock and bonds being held by passive funds, Brian Caplen asks: what does this mean for CEOs?

Please send the shareholders away
January 21, 2020Public companies have big disadvantages when it comes to making the huge changes needed to become a fully functioning digital bank, writes Brian Caplen.