Wall Street, tired of the government “overreaching” in its enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act recently formed a lobbying effort to fight back

With financial innovation steaming ahead, regulators have struggled, and technology may have been their greatest enemy

Banker bashing has become a public sport over the last decade and while some has been justified, one economist argues that we need them more than ever

Standardisation, simplification and transparency within the shadow banking sector is needed to support the healthy functioning of capital markets says a recent CFA Institute study

China’s shadow banking assets are estimated to have reached 41trn yuan by the end of 2014, representing 65 percent of the nation’s GDP

With softening relations between Cuba and the US, is the Caribbean island country the next frontier of global business?

Kuveyt Turk Bank is preparing to open its German branch on July 1, making it the first sharia-compliant bank in a European country

Strategy rethink comes after tough new regulations on leverage and heavy fine for rigging interest-rate benchmarks

Fears over EU exit and cost of doing business could see banking giant move to Hong Kong

The PBOC has slashed the reserve requirement ratio by 100 basis points in the hope that doing so might boost lending in the real economy

Iceland is considering a revolutionary monetary proposal – taking the power to create money from commercial banks and giving it to the central bank

Iceland – nowhere was more affected by the global financial crisis but with a staggering recovery could the country have found a cure for bad banking?

Attractive regulations and legal security are making Jordan a calm investment prospect within the tumultuous Middle East, says Musa Shihadeh

Lifting the capital controls on Cyprus’ banking system shows that efforts to distance itself from Greece are paying dividends

Fraud and cyber security are now major issues for organisations, financial institutions and even individuals worldwide