According to exclusive data from The Banker, the number of staff employed by banks in Britain dropped by 32,000 in 2024 ...

The sharp depreciation of the Mexican peso over the course of 2024, due to a mix of domestic and international political ...

The 2025 list hasn’t yet fully seen the effects of US President Donald Trump’s trade disagreements, but fragmentation of ...

Liquidators for Malaysia’s scandal-hit sovereign wealth fund 1MDB have filed a lawsuit against Standard Chartered in ...

Under the new proposals it is envisaged that the amount of capital GSIB holding companies must hold will be reduced to a ...

A 2024 study found that media bias alone costs African sovereigns $4.2bn annually in excess interest on Eurobond issuances.

Europe was home to around half of the bank mergers and acquisitions involving Top 1000 lenders in 2024. The largest European banking merger of 2024 was Nationwide’s acquisition of Virgin Money in the ...

More broadly, UAE banks have outperformed most of their GCC peers in the latest Top 1000 World Banks ranking. All five lenders in the best-performing table increased their core capital positions over ...

Sharia-compliant Alinma Bank is crowned Saudi Arabia’s best-performing bank. This success stems from the lender’s leading position in the soundness category, as well as second place in the leverage ...

Qatar Islamic Bank holds second place overall after topping the table last year, finishing just behind the leader. The bank leads in profitability, operational efficiency and return on risk, while ...

Kuwaiti lenders have, in almost all instances, performed commendably in the Top 1000 World Banks ranking, with most institutions posting robust gains across key performance metrics. All five of the ...

Saudi and Emirati lenders have tightened their grip on the top 25 Middle East banks ranking this year, with institutions from both countries rising up the table while also dominating the profitability ...