Weekly Brief Jul 29, 2026 Southern Africa's regional payment system adds Angolan kwanza as second settlement currency Transaction Finance Weekly: SADC-RTGS added the Angolan kwanza as its first new settlement currency since 2013, Visa par... 1105
Weekly Brief Jul 29, 2026 ADCB profit rises 28% as Gulf bank earnings diverge TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: ADCB extended its profit streak to 20 quarters as Gulf earnings diverged, DIFC surpassed 1... 990
Interviews Jul 28, 2026 Standard Chartered leverages private-market access and technology-enabled advisory model for UHNW clients Standard Chartered is targeting $200 billion in net new money over four years, a timeline accelerated from five. This is... 366
Research Notes Jul 28, 2026 Can Citi turn its tokenised deposit first into a lasting competitive edge? Siam Commercial Bank’s adoption of Citi’s integrated 24/7 USD Clearing and Token Services extends round-the-clock to... 316
Current Account Jul 28, 2026 India’s Bank of Baroda data breach exposes customer records after employee email compromise A compromised employee email account allegedly exposed customer identification documents, loan records and internal audi... 8263
Datafiles Jul 27, 2026 UniCredit's Commerzbank takeover is a watershed moment for European banking UniCredit’s path to taking full control of Commerzbank by the end of 2026 represents a decisive test of European banki... 533
Weekly Brief Jul 27, 2026 Berenberg discloses attempts to influence regulatory capital and profit Governance failures, capital defences and a wave of buybacks define this week's brief, as banks from Berenberg to Emirat... 930
Datafiles Jul 27, 2026 Leading financial platforms sustained over 40% payment growth from 2022 to 2025 Fintech platforms have evolved from payment apps into formidable competitors to banks, using payments as a gateway to cr... 275
Interviews Jul 27, 2026 How much authority should banks give AI agents? Lee Wan Sie, Cluster Director of AI Governance and Safety at Singapore’s IMDA says agentic AI brings greater autonomy ... 1255
Weekly Brief Jul 27, 2026 Perry Warjiyo’s surprise resignation follows Bank Indonesia’s 5.75% rate hold This week, Bank Indonesia's governor resigned in a surprise move, the OCC rejected Wise's US trust bank application and ... 1474
Datafiles Jul 23, 2026 N26's first full-year profit ends its 11-year start-up phase N26 delivered its first full-year net profit in 2025, but a decade of prioritising growth over bank-grade controls left ... 386
Bank Results Jul 23, 2026 Leading Thai financial groups post muted 1.1% profit growth in 1H2026 as lower rates squeeze margins Thai financial players entered the lower-rate cycle in the first half of 2026 with strong balance sheets and capital pos... 395
Weekly Brief Jul 22, 2026 Revolut enters Australian banking, Pix caught in US-Brazil trade dispute Revolut wins an Australian banking licence, Stripe and Advent reportedly bid $53 billion for PayPal, and Pix enters a US... 1280
Bank Results Jul 22, 2026 US banks post record first-half profits on capital markets strength, lower provisions Robust capital markets activity and lower credit provisions lifted first-half earnings at leading US banks, but gains we... 462
Interviews Jul 22, 2026 Can Swift make tokenised deposits interoperable across banks? Swift has moved its blockchain-based shared ledger from concept to readiness for initial use in nine months, with 17 ban... 1597
Current Account Jul 21, 2026 Can CIMB convert its affluent franchise into deeper wealth relationships? CIMB has launched its Private Wealth proposition in Malaysia as part of a regional rollout across ASEAN. By combining re... 273
