Banks should take sympathetic and positive approach when considering an SME client’s financial position.

UK regulators are developing diversity policies and planning to roll them out in a way that will affect every corner of every bank.

Influential new authority could have direct supervisory powers and will seek to improve co-ordination between national supervisors.

Recent legislation signals the US government’s determination to root out financial crime, regardless of where it may originate.

Spain has a unique opportunity to rebuild its economy in a greener, more robust way.

The US investment bank is looking to bar non-vaccinated staff from its New York offices, allowing it to remove remaining restrictions.

A government-backed securitisation scheme has helped turn Italian banks’ balance sheets around. But as Covid-19 support measures ease, bad loans are expected to rise.