Now playing Next Economy Trump promises "major haircut" for banking regulations The financial crisis of 2008 led to Barack Obama passing a massive piece of consumer protection legislation governing the banks. Now Donald Trump says the rules are bad for the economy, and he wants t 05/04/2017
Now playing Next Economy ECB reboots 50 euro note with tougher security features The ECB launches a new 50 euro banknote today claiming it will be harder to forge, and says evidence suggests Europe's single currency is proving hard for criminals to corrupt. 04/04/2017
Now playing Next Economy Bank of England to 'stress test' banks as Article 50 day looms Bank of England calls for Article 50 stress tests 27/03/2017
Now playing Next world news Use of tax havens by European banks revealed Oxfam concluded that 20 major European banks make a quarter of their profits, or 25 billion euros in low tax jurisdictions. 27/03/2017
Now playing Next Economy Russian central bank confounds forecasts with interest rate cut Russian interest rates have fallen to 9.5% on the back of better inflation data. 24/03/2017
Now playing Next Business Series HSBC to hire 1000 new staff in China Despite slowing Chinese growth HSBC still sees it as a solid bet and will hire a further 1000 staff this year. 24/03/2017
Now playing Next USA Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller dies at 101 Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller has died at the age of 101. 20/03/2017
Now playing Next Markets Deutsche Bank: share sale details cause price slump Shares of Germany's biggest banks fell sharply in value after it announced details of the sale of new shares needed to increase its capital reserves. 20/03/2017
Now playing Next Economy Federal Reserve raises benchmark interest rate to 1.0 percent The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the second time in three months, a move spurred by steady economic growth and strong job gains. 15/03/2017
Now playing Next Business Series HSBC names AIA's Mark Tucker as new chairman Experienced Asia hand Mark Tucker is to take over as chairman of HSBC at the start of October replacing Douglas Flint. 13/03/2017
Now playing Next Economy European Central Bank defends continued eurozone stimulus European Central Bank pledges to keep its aggressive stimulus policy for now but signals less need to prop up eurozone growth and inflation. 09/03/2017
Now playing Next Business Series Deutsche Bank seeking eight billion euros from new share sale The past troubles at Germany's biggest bank mean it is asking investors to buy an additional eight billion euros worth of new shares. 06/03/2017
Now playing Next Business Series Royal Bank of Scotland makes a loss for ninth straight year Royal Bank of Scotland - the subject of the world's biggest bank rescue - has announced losses of 6.96 billion pounds (8.2 billion euros) for 2016. 24/02/2017
Now playing Next Business Series HSBC's profits plunge dragging down share price Europe's biggest bank HSBC saw annual pre-tax profit slump 62 percent with hefty writedowns and warned its revenues could fall again this year. 21/02/2017
Now playing Next Business Series Credit Suisse announces big losses, more job cuts Credit Suisse says its 2016 losses were 2.44 billion Swiss francs, it plans to cut up to 6,500 more jobs this year. 14/02/2017
Now playing Next Markets Italy's UniCredit selling 13 billion euros of new shares Italy's biggest bank UniCredit is selling 13 billion euros of new shares to rebuild its capital reserves following writedowns on bad loans. 07/02/2017
Now playing Next Economy ECB's Draghi warns against US relaxing bank rules European Central Bank head Mario Draghi has called the US administration's idea of relaxing bank rules "very worrisome". 06/02/2017
Now playing Next Economy Trump to weaken banking rules President Donald Trump has started the effort to roll back the US laws brought in to regulate banks after the 2008 financial crisis. 03/02/2017
Now playing Next Economy UK central bank raises growth outlook Bank of England raises forecast for UK economic growth this year, in no hurry to put up interest rates, sees inflation at 2.8 percent in early 2018. 02/02/2017
Now playing Next Business Series Deutsche Bank: the worst is behind us Crisis-plagued Deutsche Bank is insisting the worse of its troubles are behind it even as it announced a Q4 loss of 1.9 billion euros. 02/02/2017