UBS is considering applying for a US banking licence under the supervision of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

A lower-interest-rate environment and the promise of lighter regulatory oversight from Trump’s incoming administration are leading bankers to believe that mergers and acquisitions activity will pick ...

The International Development Association remains an effective way to help address the significant challenges facing low-income countries ...

The Basel III framework, introduced after the 2008 financial crisis, aims to ensure that banks have enough capital to cover ...

Not every financier is fortunate enough to have worked at the legendary investment bank Salomon Brothers, which was depicted in Michael Lewis’s book Liar’s Poker. Slava Slavinskiy did in the 1990s, ...

The Financial Conduct Authority is finding it “challenging” to pull together a cost-benefit analysis of its controversial ...

A Trump-Vance administration, under a new secretary, would likely return to an activities-based analysis, looking for market ...

The World Bank’s Ajay Banga talks to Silvia Pavoni about the need for concessional finance and special debt clauses for climate projects, measuring impact, and the importance of ensuring the ...

The World Bank’s Ajay Banga talks to Silvia Pavoni about what he envisions for his legacy at the institution, and the need for faster and more efficient development finance systems.

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey have urged the UK to reforge trade links with the EU, ...

World Bank president Ajay Banga talks about market uncertainty, record debt levels and private sector investment ...

Close Brothers has paused all motor finance lending, while Lloyds Banking Group, which owns the UK’s largest car finance ...