World Finance interviews Harris Irfan, author of Heaven’s Bankers: Inside the Hidden World of Islamic Finance and Managing Director of European Islamic Investment Bank, to find out whether Islamic finance can live up to its hype

Amid a slew of bank statements, Bank of America is looking to settle several probes with a record multi-billion dollar fine

World Finance interviews Meziane Lasfer, Professor of Finance at Cass Business School and sharia-compliance expert, to explore the merits and limitations of Islamic finance in comparison to its western equivalent

World Finance spoke to Bashir Jaber, Head of Corporate Communications at Burgan Bank, to find out how the bank has powered ahead of its rivals to become one of Kuwait’s leading financial institutions

Crises and recoveries in emerging market economies often affect one another, but only in some cases will their effects spill over significantly into more developed economies

Qatari royal family is biggest buyer in a €8bn share offering, designed to raise Deutsche Bank’s capital buffers

Improved socioeconomic conditions have benefited the UAE’s financial services climate, and the stage looks set for something of a banking boom

World Finance hosts a debate about unconditional basic income between Co-President of the Basic Income Earth Network Guy Standing, economist and financial journalist Liam Halligan and former banker and economics commentator Frances Coppola

Australia’s leaders have presented the toughest budget in 20 years in an attempt to deal with a growing budget deficit. Critics say that the tough measures are unnecessary and may do more harm than good to the Australian economy

Leading UK bank follows global industry trend of retreating from investment banking operations

Behind the financial crisis’ banking collapses were a number of once well respected leaders… so where are they now?

Financial institutions in Singapore will soon be required to give up information on US citizens to the tax authorities, as yet another deal to crack down on tax evasion has been made

World Finance talks to James Barty, Strategy Director of the British Bankers’ Association, about whether British banks can survive another financial crisis

Recent results suggest that Japan is winning the war against inflation, with consumer inflation having again risen for its tenth consecutive month

World Finance interviews Ahmad Meshari, Acting CEO of Qatar First Bank, about the nation’s thriving economy