Innovative products and an ethical banking approach have helped Türkiye Finans become Turkey’s leading participation bank, but what does 2014 hold for the Turkish banking sector as a whole?

A new Chinese government work report, unveiled by Premier Li Keqiang, contains a number of optimistic goals for the year ahead and signals a continued commitment to reform

Bad loans are dragging down banks, says India’s finance minister

Regardless of emerging market chaos and disappointing jobs data, the Federal Reserve looks to rein in its asset purchases further still

Japan’s relationship with China and Abeconomics were the key topics of Shinzo Abe’s session at WEF, Davos

Janet Yellen has recently been elected as the chair of the US Fed. She has been praised for her astute ability to predict economic change, and desire to improve social conditions

The Cuban Government has announced it is taking steps to unify the country’s two currencies. It is a bold and challenging undertaking, but it might just come to be the defining achievement of Raul Castro’s presidency

RBS admits to “failings” and accepts fine after US regulators uncover $523m in irregular transactions

The nomination of Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as Chair of the US Federal Reserve comes at one of the riskiest moments in the recent history of the Fed

New Zealand’s central banker not seeking another term

The credit crisis has drawn the general public’s attention to the inner workings of central banks everywhere. World Finance considers the work done and undone by the US Fed Res

The threat to financial stability is possibly even graver today than it was in 2008

Do the Russian authorities and banking professionals share the same vision for strategic development of the banking system? Promsvyazbank (PSB) President Artem Konstandian discusses the development of privately owned banks in Russia

After its counter-cyclical policies successfully steered the country through the financial crisis, Brazil must now face up to the problem of inflationary inertia

In April 2010, the African Development Bank Group was granted a 200 percent increase in capital, boosting it to $100bn, to take effect in 2011