As the new rules for capital requirements are finalised by the Basel Committee, experts warn they may be more costly than previously anticipated

According to an RBS client note, the prospects for the global economy and world markets in 2016 are dire

The IMF has predicted that Saudi Arabia could become bankrupt as soon as 2020, but this dire prognosis is not as straightforward as it may seem

Kuwait’s banking sector has done much to boost the local economy, helping the country to diversify and lessen the impact of the current low-oil-price environment

Saudi Kuwaiti Finance House has capitalised on the liberalisation of Saudi Arabia’s financial markets, and so too has wealth management as a whole

Tatra banka’s commitment to innovation is shifting the boundaries of the banking business in Slovakia and beyond

The Gulf’s biggest lender agrees to buy Finansbank, the National Bank of Greece’s Turkish subsidiary

People’s Bank has been always in the forefront of Sri Lanka’s national development agenda, say N Vasantha Kumar and Deepal Abeysekera

Eileen Serra, steps down as JPMorgan’s CEO of Chase Card Services, from January

New figures reveal that the Japanese economy is not in recession – in fact, it is expanding

Lee Freeman-Shor spoke to World Finance about why success in investment is less about spotting great ideas, and more about deploying good strategies

The World Bank Group has set out a number of measures to accelerate Africa’s low carbon development and prevent millions from slipping into poverty

Nasr Albikawi, CEO of International Turnkey Systems, introduces us to its ETHIX Islamic finance compliance product

Saudi Arabia’s $560bn stock market is now open to investment from qualified foreign investors – Khalid Al-Muammar and Ali Imran lay out the next steps

The joint boss of Deutsche Bank AG is looking to clamp down on banking’s bonus culture and has questioned the role of money in motivating people to work