The Global Banker
Magazine
The quarterly review of global banking, written for bankers and their boards.
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Issue 07
Q3 2026: Oil fell back, rates went up
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Issue 05
Q1 2026: Strong banks, weak links
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Q4 2025: Banks join the stablecoin race
Issue 03
Q3 2025: Banks rode out the tariff storm
Issue 02
Q2 2025: The record year meets the trade war
Issue 01
Q1 2025: Cheaper money, lighter rules
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About the magazine
Each quarter, The Global Banker brings together the results, rate decisions, regulation and deals that shaped banking, checked against published sources and closed at a stated evidence date.
- Leaders
- Four arguments for bank boards, in The Global Banker's own view.
- Briefing
- The ten stories that moved banking in the quarter.
- Big takes
- The cover story, with longer reads on deals, results and regions.
- TGB Banking Monitor
- Leading banks and benchmarks, compared on their latest results.
- Regional intelligence
- Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Africa through one consistent lens.
- Casebook
- One institution in depth, with the executive moves and the board calendar ahead.