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 ... 1644
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 ... 429
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... 442
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... 1445
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... 505
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... 1882
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... 316
Weekly Brief Jul 21, 2026 Bank Nizwa eyes Oman Islamic banking giant, Revolut expands into UAE digital assets This week, Bank Nizwa moved to acquire Oman's Alizz Islamic Bank, Revolut won approval to expand digital asset services ... 2470
Weekly Brief Jul 21, 2026 Emirates NBD goes live on Partior for 24/7 USD settlement, Deutsche Bank expands APAC escrow From Emirates NBD's real-time dollar payments to Deutsche Bank's trade finance guarantees and BBVA's Swift retail scheme... 1308
Weekly Brief Jul 20, 2026 EU proposes freer movement of bank capital and liquidity, JPMorgan questions US capital reset This week, the European Commission proposed freer capital and liquidity movement across banking groups, JPMorgan pushed ... 1078
Weekly Brief Jul 20, 2026 JP Morgan nears $1 trillion valuation, EU seeks to free $263 billion of trapped liquidity Wall Street earnings, Europe's push to unlock bank liquidity and renewed monetary tightening in Asia highlighted a week ... 1016
Conference Jul 17, 2026 China's AI banking agenda enters a new phase as governance takes centre stage Finance China 2026 highlighted how China's banking industry is moving beyond early AI deployment towards enterprise-wide... 5836
Awards Ceremonies Jul 17, 2026 The Asian Banker China Awards 2026 spotlight AI, transaction banking and retail transformation This year’s awards show how Chinese banks are embedding artificial intelligence (AI) into core operations, strengtheni... 1408
Interviews Jul 17, 2026 How is HSBC applying corporate lending discipline to pre-profit start-ups? HSBC's Innovation Banking unit is moving earlier into start-ups' lifecycles across Southeast Asia, tying credit decision... 1514
Interviews Jul 17, 2026 How is Absa Mauritius responding to trade disruption in cross-border trade finance? Absa Mauritius is strengthening transactional banking to help corporates and SMEs manage volatile cash flows and cross-b... 1133
Interviews Jul 17, 2026 How is UOB Thailand turning integration complexity into retail profitability? UOB Thailand's retail arm is shifting from scale-driven growth to profitability-led restructuring, using segmentation, d... 1238
