Interviews Jun 10, 2026 Banks should not separate crypto from tokenisation infrastructure Gerald Goh, co-founder and CEO of Sygnum Asia Pacific, argues that banks should treat crypto and real-world asset tokeni... 2122
Current Account Jun 09, 2026 Intesa Sanpaolo bids $35.3B for Monte dei Paschi di Siena in deal that would reshape Italian banking Intesa Sanpaolo has launched a bid to acquire Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena in a transaction that would create the Eur... 2211
Weekly Brief Jun 08, 2026 From Basel to Beijing, regulators reshape how capital moves ESMA advances centralised European market supervision as China extends state oversight to outbound investment, while US ... 625
Interviews Jun 05, 2026 If payments are becoming commoditised, where does transaction banking create value? As payment execution becomes faster, broader and increasingly standardised, financial institutions are under pressure to... 1560
Interviews Jun 05, 2026 How should banks compete when Washington redraws the rules of finance Former US Congressman Patrick McHenry argues that AI, digital assets and a more politically responsive regulatory enviro... 1850
Datafiles Jun 05, 2026 More than half of the world's largest banks grew loans faster than deposits Mapping deposit growth against loan growth across the world's 1,000 largest banks reveals that 54% expanded lending fast... 578
Current Account Jun 05, 2026 Citi Institute projects $5.5T tokenised asset market by 2030 as DTCC, NYSE and Nasdaq embed tokenisation in core infrastructure Citi Institute projects a $5.5 trillion tokenised asset market by 2030, driven by public securities as DTCC, NYSE and Na... 3965
Interviews Jun 05, 2026 How should treasury operate in a volatile always-on economy? A more volatile business environment, shifting trade patterns and rising expectations around responsiveness are changing... 1581
Interviews Jun 05, 2026 BNI strengthens its transaction-driven wholesale banking engine BNI is repositioning wholesale banking around transaction flows and operational deposits, using BNIdirect to drive susta... 2124
Interviews Jun 03, 2026 How can Mizuho become Asia Pacific's regional connector bank? Mizuho Bank is strengthening transaction banking as a strategic pillar of its Asia Pacific franchise. Its adoption of SA... 1832
Current Account Jun 03, 2026 Basel Committee flags change management failures as top cause of ICT incidents at global banks Change control gaps are the leading cause of non-malicious ICT incidents at banks, ahead of design and testing failures,... 1429
Interviews Jun 03, 2026 Bank Muamalat positions ATLAS as a cloud-native growth engine for Islamic banking Malaysia's Islamic banks face pressure to lower acquisition costs and serve younger customers. Hazrizal Hassan, director... 2014
Weekly Brief Jun 01, 2026 Central banks recalibrate while agentic AI moves into production Diverging monetary policy and rapid AI adoption reshape banking risk this week, as Fed vice chair Bowman signals no rate... 763
Current Account May 26, 2026 CIMB Group posts $400 million Q1 profit as fee income and cost cuts offset margin pressure Malaysia’s second-largest lender by assets reported steady income growth and lower costs, while net interest margins s... 1910
Datafiles May 26, 2026 Digital banks with loan books above $250 million more likely to reach profitability Digital banks with loan balances above $250 million are significantly more likely to be profitable, as scale and product... 767
Opinion May 26, 2026 Chinese yuan emerges as situational safe-haven currency With the Strait of Hormuz under severe disruption, the world is facing a major physical shock to oil supplies through wh... 1915
