Weekly Brief Aug 06, 2026 ICE agrees $5.7 billion MarketAxess acquisition, BlackRock expands tokenised fund access in Europe Financial Markets Weekly: Intercontinental Exchange agrees $5.7 billion MarketAxess acquisition as BlackRock expands tok... 1760
Current Account Aug 06, 2026 Can RHB deepen merchant relationships by owning its payment gateway? RHB PAY brings payment acceptance, settlement and reconciliation under the bank's control as RHB seeks to capture more m... 1049
Interviews Aug 05, 2026 Kasikornbank repositions FX distribution through digital execution As foreign exchange (FX) markets fragment across platforms, currencies and regulatory regimes, Kasikornbank is expanding... 993
Weekly Brief Aug 05, 2026 HSBC exits two retail markets, Standard Chartered transfers Singapore lending portfolio to Trust Retail Finance Weekly: HSBC exits Australian and Egyptian retail banking through sales to Blackstone and Emirates NBD, w... 2518
Weekly Brief Aug 05, 2026 Tanzania's CRDB profit rises 20%, Nedbank advances NCBA acquisition TAB Africa Weekly Brief: CRDB Bank posts a 20.3% profit rise as Nedbank advances its NCBA Group acquisition and S&P Glob... 1276
Interviews Aug 05, 2026 Can virtual accounts reduce Thailand’s corporate reconciliation burden? Krungthai Bank launches virtual accounts to solve corporate reconciliation pain, letting clients track thousands of paym... 1095
Weekly Brief Aug 04, 2026 Emirates NBD expands in Egypt, UAE banking assets reach $1.53 trillion TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Emirates NBD moved to acquire HSBC Egypt's retail banking business, UAE banking assets cl... 1398
Weekly Brief Aug 04, 2026 Citi launches trade digitisation solution, Lloyds tests tokenised cross-border payments through Project Agorá Transaction Finance Weekly: Citi's new trade-finance platform, Lloyds' tokenised-deposit transactions through Project Ag... 1961
Research Notes Aug 04, 2026 Banks are doing more with roughly the same workforce Data from 25 of the world’s largest banks by assets across regions shows that leading institutions are not only accele... 415
Interviews Aug 04, 2026 What is the next operating model for trade finance? HSBC is redesigning trade finance around commercial data, embedded finance and its new TradeCash solution, as Runa Baksi... 1365
Weekly Brief Aug 03, 2026 Hong Kong banks confront quantum-readiness gap, Lombard Odier faces $3.7 million fine Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: HKMA's new Quantum Preparedness Index shows early-stage readiness at Hong Kong banks, whi... 1045
Weekly Brief Aug 03, 2026 Japan and US intervene to support yen, Situational Awareness unwinds most of $16 billion portfolio The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Japan and the US jointly intervened to support the yen after the Bank of Japan held rates... 1251
Interviews Jul 31, 2026 Can government disbursements and remittances drive financial inclusion in the Philippines? RCBC is turning disbursements and remittances into gateways to wider banking services. Lito Villanueva, Executive Vice P... 1499
Current Account Jul 31, 2026 How is OCBC using agentic AI to cut private banking onboarding times? OCBC’s latest AI deployment, HELIOS, moves due diligence ahead of the first client meeting, shortening private banking... 2452
Interviews Jul 31, 2026 Can Airwallex bridge the gap between AI intent and financial execution? Airwallex is betting its licences and payment rails, rather than AI models, are the real moat in agentic finance. Timoth... 2134
Interviews Jul 30, 2026 Is transaction banking in Nigeria becoming a platform business? Transaction banking in Nigeria is increasingly digital and liquidity-driven. Stanbic IBTC is positioning its franchise... 1191
