Six months after the launch of the euro, the finance markets of Paris are enjoying the success that it has brought. As Helena Frith Powell reports, the French capital has London firmly in its sights.

Stephen Timewell reports from Riyadh on how most of Saudi Arabia's banks are enjoying a profitable year.

In times of turbulence, investors flocked to Brazilian banks. They always delivered in the worst kind of scenarios. But what if Brazil becomes stable? Brian Caplen analyses how things could change.

Argentina's spectacular sovereign debt default may, ironically, change international rules on dealing with such collapses while coming too late for the country itself. Suzanne Miller reports from New York on why the IMF may finally have run out of patience with its old friend.

Henry Harington looks at the effect of September 11 on foreign banks in London, and finds many questioning their policy of maintaining all their operations under one roof.

Karina Robinson interviews Pedro Malan, Brazil's finance minister, who has less than two years left in office before elections.

With Japan’s economic problems having the potential to wreak havoc on a global scale, Japan’s banks must haul themselves out of a hole of their own making, reports Anthony Rowley in Tokyo.

Karina Robinson talks to Fred Goodwin, group chief executive, Royal Bank of Scotland.

Karina Robinson talks to the FSA’s Sir Howard Davies.