Weekly Brief May 25, 2026 Currencies under pressure, frameworks under construction Currency pressure drives rate action in Indonesia, India and Nigeria as China holds its loan prime rate for a twelfth mo... 640
Interviews May 25, 2026 FirstBank’s Digital Xperience Centres expand self-service banking First Bank of Nigeria Limited has aggressively rolled out Digital Xperience Centres (DXCs)—fully automated, self-servi... 2000
Obituary May 25, 2026 In memoriam Barney Frank - A legislator who remained engaged with the future of finance Barney Frank, former US Congressman and Dodd-Frank co-author, passed away at 86. He reshaped financial regulation and re... 1214
Interviews May 25, 2026 HSBC tokenises deposits to solve 24/7 treasury problem Lewis Sun, global head of digital currencies, corporate and institutional banking at HSBC, explains how tokenised deposi... 3342
Interviews May 22, 2026 HBL modernises core banking through continuous transformation HBL CTO Faisal Anwar believes large-scale banking transformation increasingly depends on whether incumbent institutions ... 2664
Current Account May 22, 2026 RHB targets SME cyber risk as Malaysia's fraud losses double and AI sharpens attack tooling RHB's integration of AML and fraud management, combined with an SME cyber self-assessment tool, points to a broader chal... 2620
Current Account May 21, 2026 Grab takes control of Indonesia’s Superbank, deepening SEA fintech push Grab Holdings Limited will make Indonesian digital lender Superbank a subsidiary after Singtel transfers its stake to GX... 3274
Interviews May 21, 2026 Techcombank engineers reusable AI agent platform to accelerate software development Techcombank is investing in centralised AI governance and a modular agent platform designed to transform its software de... 2848
Current Account May 21, 2026 Singapore tests whether trust can beat scale in the AI financial hub race Tan Su Shan, CEO of DBS, and Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s deputy prime minister and minister for trade and industry, set ... 2097
Interviews May 21, 2026 What does Trust Bank’s profitable month say about digital banking economics in Singapore? Trust Bank’s first profitable month in March 2026 is an important milestone, but the more meaningful question is wheth... 3188
Datafiles May 20, 2026 European banking sector net profit expected to reach $408 billion in 2026 The macroeconomic outlook for 2026 remains uncertain, with both the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Mo... 674
Briefing May 20, 2026 AI agents expose the readiness gap in financial institutions Anouska Ladds of Mastercard and Johnson Poh of Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority argue that AI agents w... 488
Interviews May 19, 2026 I&M Bank scales retail and SME franchise in Kenya through a digital-led, ecosystem driven strategy I&M Bank is expanding access to retail and SME banking in Kenya through a digital-led strategy supported by a hybrid dis... 1742
Current Account May 19, 2026 HSBC launches $4B credit facility for China's clean energy and low-carbon companies HSBC has established a $4 billion Sustainability and Transition Credit Facility in mainland China to provide financing t... 2045
Weekly Brief May 18, 2026 Warsh takes the Fed as US-China talks reset trade risk Kevin Warsh is confirmed as Federal Reserve chair, Trump's Beijing visit extends the US-China trade truce, Japan's megab... 686
Awards Ceremonies May 15, 2026 United Overseas Bank, Deutsche Bank and Vietcombank honoured for leadership in cross-border investment, trade finance and sustainable finance United Overseas Bank, Deutsche Bank and Vietcombank were recognised at the TAB Global Business Achievement Awards 2026 i... 1624
