US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent accused the IMF and World Bank of “mission creep” on Wednesday, saying they need to refocus on reducing poverty and strengthening economies, instead of climate ...

The invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 started to change things. Now, Europe is scrambling to turn its long-stated aim of “strategic autonomy” into a reality, and a growing number of venture capital ...

If the US scaled back support, MDBs’ prized AAA-credit rating could be in jeopardy, Fitch Ratings warned in a February ...

Across 38 loans made between March 2020 and March 2025, totalling approximately $2bn, none of the financed projects appeared ...

Santander is seeking regulatory approval to restructure its UK operations by splitting off its consumer finance division, ...

Another important application of GenAI in cyber offence is having it write code that exploits known vulnerabilities in the ...

The story of capital markets in developing countries is not just a tale of numbers; it is one of opportunity and innovation. Fresh data reveals that since 2000, capital market debt and equity ...

Japanese lender Nomura announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Macquarie Group’s US and European public asset management businesses for $1.8bn, in what it described as its largest-ever ...

The Banker is helping its subscribers to better understand the shifting world of banking regulation with the release of a new prototype service. The Banker Regulation Tracker is a database of ...

Trump’s global tariffs have revived calls to complete Europe’s banking union, but political resistance to shared deposit insurance remains strong © FT More than ...

Santander has overtaken UBS as continental Europe’s most valuable bank following a sharp decline in the Swiss lender’s share price amid market volatility triggered by US President Donald Trump’s ...