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The article discusses the results of a survey concerning the availability of credit for corporations and businesses in Germany. The effects of the Eurozone financial crisis, corporate credit ratings, revenues, and equity ratios, and business forecasts for economic growth in the country are considered.

The article discusses efforts of banks and other financial institutions to combat and prevent money laundering. It presents the results of a bank survey concerning the funds, information technology infrastructure, and staff necessary to implement such international cooperative agreements as the proposed fourth anti-money laundering directive of the European Union and recommendations from the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF).

The article reports on the "Bank Lending Survey" of the Deutsche Bundesbank (German Central Bank) concerning the second quarter of 2012.

The article discusses a survey titled "Compliance and Competitiveness", conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (part of the well-known business journal "The Economist"), according to which proactive compliance improves the competitiveness of financial services providers.

The article discusses an international survey conducted by the accounting and consulting firm KPMG, according to which banks are investing more than ever before in combating money laundry, although it entails increasingly high costs.

The article presents the findings of a study conducted by the German law firm CMS Hasche Sigle and the German journal Finance among investment bankers and corporate merger and acquisition professionals, analyzing competition on the market, decision criteria for purchases and transactions, and the impact of the global economic situation on acquisitions.