Weekly Brief Nov 03, 2026 Westpac doubles impairment charges, Santander absorbs acquisition capital hit Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: Westpac impairments doubled, Santander’s Webster deal cost 147 basis points of CET1 and... 686
Weekly Brief Nov 03, 2026 Egypt advances bank privatisation, Bahrain’s Mumtalakat plans AI-native wholesale bank TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Egypt advances bank privatisation and tightens policy, while Gulf lenders grow profits and... 628
Weekly Brief Nov 02, 2026 Nasdaq falls 2.9% as AI returns face scrutiny; Bank of Canada hikes while Fed and ECB hold The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Strong cloud growth came with mounting AI investment costs, while higher oil prices compl... 1141
Interviews Nov 02, 2026 How is Pintu navigating the cryptocurrency downturn while preparing for the next growth cycle? Andy Putra explains how Pintu prioritises resilience over expansion as markets squeeze fee income, while tokenised asset... 1088
Weekly Brief Oct 30, 2026 Thailand mandates emissions assurance, GCF approvals reach record $3.2 billion Sustainable Finance Weekly: Stricter disclosure rules and record financing mark progress, but shifting definitions and r... 747
Weekly Brief Oct 30, 2026 FAB cuts trade-document processing times by over 70%, BBVA reports 28% developer productivity gain Financial Technology Weekly: Banks report AI gains in single processes, from trade documents to lending, while UK superv... 998
Site Visits Oct 29, 2026 How Amap and Bank of Beijing are testing the business value of AI The final day of The Asian Banker Beijing AI Innovation Study Tour 2026 examined how AI is being applied to real-world a... 1175
Current Account Oct 29, 2026 Dubai AI Festival puts banking’s agentic AI ambitions to the test At Dubai AI Festival, Mashreq Bank, Zand, FABMISR, HSBC and Network International examined agentic AI, probing transacti... 1613
Weekly Brief Oct 29, 2026 Hong Kong opens 24/7 tokenised fund trading, Clearstream gains Luxembourg control-agent authorisation Financial Markets Weekly: Tokenised funds gain round-the-clock trading in Hong Kong and regulatory backing in Luxembourg... 1397
Current Account Oct 29, 2026 Anup Bagchi succeeds Sashidhar Jagdishan as HDFC Bank CEO as post-merger profitability comes into focus Anup Bagchi succeeds Sashidhar Jagdishan as HDFC Bank CEO, bringing wide-ranging experience to tackle the enlarged group... 1939
Weekly Brief Oct 29, 2026 Airtel Money reports 34% revenue growth in first post-IPO results as margins narrow TAB Africa Weekly Brief: Transaction value outpaces customer growth but a falling take rate squeezes revenue, while AFC ... 1506
Site Visits Oct 28, 2026 How NetEase and Pony.ai are testing AI controls and commercial value NetEase and Pony.ai illustrated different challenges in deploying AI: controlling agent behaviour, operating autonomous ... 1631
Awards Ceremonies Oct 28, 2026 TAB Global 1000 World’s Strongest Banks 2026 ranking recognises Metrobank and Commercial Bank of Ceylon for financial resilience The 2026 rankings recognise banks across Asia Pacific for their financial strength, supported by profitability, asset qu... 1536
Rankings Oct 27, 2026 What turns scale into strength for Islamic banks? The 2026 Largest and Strongest Islamic Banks rankings show that scale provides a clear advantage, but banks that transla... 456
Rankings Oct 27, 2026 What distinguishes the world’s financially strongest banks? Scale is strongly associated with financial strength, but the TAB Global 1000 World’s Strongest Banks 2026 ranking sho... 330
Weekly Brief Oct 27, 2026 HSBC launches RedCoin, JP Morgan and ADB expand India working-capital support Transaction Finance Weekly: Hong Kong stablecoins gain a major bank’s payment network, while recipient verification an... 1348
