Action by France’s banks to create sustainable finance strategies has also built expertise in a fast-growing sector. 

French banks are relying on a strategy of broadening their business and adopting mobile technology to see them through the coronavirus crisis.

Despite an enforced lockdown, France might be better positioned to endure the coronavirus outbreak than its European neighbours. James King reports.

The head of innovation at the Italian banking association talks about a real-life application of distributed ledger technology to drive efficiency in an interbank reconciliation process.

The head of SEB’s innovation platform talks to The Banker about its efforts to disrupt itself.

The world’s top banking brands have faced numerous headwinds in the past 12 months, resulting in a drop in global brand value. 

With money launderers utilising evermore sophisticated techniques, jurisdictions around the world are looking to respond with directives such as the EU's 5AMLD.

Negative interest rates, cross-border consolidation and the challenge from fintechs are the topics of discussion for the European experts participating in The Banker’s roundtable discussion. 

Impact investing is still developing but the UK's newly launched Impact Investing Institute is working to accelerate this, as its CEO Sarah Gordon tells The Banker.

Achieving the CMU is crucial for the EU to address the challenges posed by Brexit, and support developments in sustainable finance and fintech, says the chairman of the ESMA.