Standard Chartered is drastically expanding its renminbi offerings.

Standard bank has gained approval from regulators for its foray into Russia.

Getting tough: Nigeria central bank governor Lamido Sanusi

The Nigerian central bank last month injected $2.6bn into five of the country's biggest banks and sacked their chief executives.

Canada's Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity) has a low non-performing loan (NPL) ratio of 0.48%. In the July issue of The Banker in our Top 1000 rankings due to a data inputting error this incorrectly became 48% and Vancity was wrongly included in the high NPL ratio table. We would like to apologise for this error and are happy to set the record straight.

Landmark partnership a first for the Asia region

The country’s parliament rejects emissions trading plan

Banks’ decision a sign of the Equator Principals in action