International banks face numerous challenges in leaving Russia, even after they have made their exit.

The US Federal Reserve has a full agenda as it engages in battle with rising inflation. 

Strong profitability, soundness, leverage and return-on-risk metrics put Discover Financial Services at the top of our best-performing banks ranking. 

High-grade corporate borrowers are most at risk to the tightening of monetary policy, with an increase in supply but lower demand. Burhan Khadbai reports.

Digital connectivity is at the heart of the modern economy and will play an even greater role in the future. Digital infrastructure, and its financing, has a crucial role in supporting that future. 

As US cryptocurrency markets continue to grow, so too does regulatory interest. But there is also an increasing acceptance of the central role that crypto will play in the financial system of the future. Kiara Taylor and Marie Kemplay report.

Surge in profits driven by pandemic rebound and M&A bonanza unlikely to last, say analysts.

A renewed interest in antitrust could mean greater scrutiny ahead of mergers – including banking consolidation – and even the prospect of curbs on US tech giants.

Most banks should have negligible Libor exposures by the end of this year. But pockets of concern remain.

Time will tell as to what extent regulators impose stringent anti-money laundering requirements on cryptocurrency operations.