While there was not much change at the top of the 30th edition of the Global Financial Centres Index, two African centres join the ranks for the first time. 

A new report lays out 20 recommendations for how the payments industry can elevate its game in preventing cyber attacks. A rising focus on cyber hygiene will lift the whole industry.

Retail banks in both western and eastern Europe continue to face profitability challenges, as revenues and margins are predicted to remain under pressure in the near term.

In the Covid-19 era, bank resiliency encompasses a much wider definition than prior to the pandemic.

The debates around decentralised finance are heating up, with evangelists and critics going head-to-head.

The uptake of open banking has been given a boost as North Americans embrace the global trend.

Banks on both sides of the Atlantic are feeling the heat, as regulators ramp up their focus on diversity and inclusion goals.

Despite facing the most severe stress test to date, the EU’s largest lenders have come out the other side in relatively good shape.

The World Wealth Report 2021 sees North America back on top as the global leader in population and wealth of high-net worth individuals.

Even before the pandemic, the European banking sector was suffering. Will it be able to lead the economic recovery?