At the just-concluded 2025 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Olayemi Cardoso highlighted the positive impact of ...

This inaugural edition analyzes new data and highlights a growing divergence in financial sector resilience and stability among emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) and critical trends in ...

This paper presents a Detailed Assessment of Observance of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision for the Indonesia Financial Sector Assessment Program. The Financial Services ...

The end of the era of interest-rate repression across most major economies has benefited banks immensely.

OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada’s No. 2 official endorsed a competition shakeup in the highly concentrated financial-services industry, saying the country’s banking sector is an oligopoly and changes could ...

PRIVATELY OWNED BANK branches are springing up fast among the fashion boutiques, coffee bars and internet cafés that line the leafy upmarket suburbs of Damascus. It’s a stark contrast to the situation ...

The use of artificial intelligence in the banking and financial services sector isn’t novel; it’s been occurring for decades. Banks have been utilizing computer models to evaluate creditworthiness and ...

Tue, January 6, 2026 Published on Jan. 6, 2026 Published on 2026-01-06T13:12:47+07:00 ndonesia’s banking sector had a tough time in 2025 due to several challenges, mostly stemming from weaker domestic ...

Banking sector distress can be highly disruptive, with substantial implications for financial intermediation and economic growth. Given their disruptive effects, country authorities have often relied ...

The level of unrealised losses for banks has increased, indicating trouble in the sector. Commercial real estate is facing severe problems, which will be aggravated by high-interest rates. Disruptions ...