Rankings Oct 27, 2026 What does scale actually deliver for the world’s largest banks? The world’s 1,000 largest banks expanded to $180.7 trillion in assets in FY2025, but cross-tabulation shows that bette... 315
Weekly Brief Oct 27, 2026 Gulf banks report higher 9M earnings, Mastercard expands payment connectivity in Syria TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Falling impairments and a disposal gain lift ADCB and RAKBANK, while higher charges restra... 1001
Awards Ceremonies Oct 27, 2026 I&M Bank named Kenya’s best retail and SME bank at The Asian Banker Africa Awards 2026 I&M Bank received Best Retail Bank in Kenya and Best SME Bank in Kenya, recognising its customer growth, extensive digit... 1453
Rankings Oct 27, 2026 JPMorgan, Saudi National Bank and OCBC lead the TAB Global 1000 World’s Strongest Banks 2026 ranking The annual assessment of 1,000 institutions highlights the combination of profitability, asset quality, capital and fund... 2203
Rankings Oct 27, 2026 Al Rajhi Bank, Kuveyt Türk and Kuwait Finance House lead the TAB Global World’s Strongest Islamic Banks 2026 ranking The assessment of 100 Islamic banks highlights how leading institutions combine scale with earnings capacity, operating ... 1543
Interviews Oct 27, 2026 How can OCBC sustain its financial strength amid structural change? OCBC Group CEO Tan Teck Long sees regional knowledge and diversified earnings as key to resilience, reinforced by closer... 1473
Rankings Oct 27, 2026 OCBC ranks as Asia Pacific’s strongest bank, supported by diversified earnings and robust capital OCBC’s ranking as the world’s third strongest bank and strongest in Singapore and Asia Pacific in the TAB Global 100... 1528
Weekly Brief Oct 26, 2026 Sweden’s SEB pauses buybacks as Barclays plans further capital returns ahead of Basel 3.1 Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: Supervisory model changes cut SEB’s buffer by 120 basis points as lower Pillar 2A requi... 966
Weekly Brief Oct 26, 2026 AI sell-off drives US Treasury rally as French 10-year yield tops 5% The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Investors question whether AI infrastructure spending can deliver lasting returns, as fun... 2911
Weekly Brief Oct 23, 2026 ISSB proposes nature disclosure guidance, China expands industrial carbon accounting Sustainable Finance Weekly: Nature-risk reporting and carbon-price benchmarks are sharpening transition planning, but em... 1364
Weekly Brief Oct 23, 2026 Crédit Agricole expands AI agents, Santander reports lower model costs, Google Cloud outage hits banks Financial Technology Weekly: Crédit Agricole expands AI agents and Santander reports lower model costs, while a Google ... 1623
Site Visits Oct 23, 2026 How BAAI and Tencent are testing AI reliability and exposing digital banking security gaps Research into autonomous AI and a demonstration of manipulated facial video exposed different challenges for banks durin... 1283
Weekly Brief Oct 23, 2026 PBOC considers overnight policy rate and plans bond market liquidity backstop TAB China Weekly Brief: PBOC outlines reforms to its policy-rate framework, corporate loan pricing and liquidity support... 2553
Current Account Oct 22, 2026 BPI names Ginbee Go as next president and CEO, succeeding TG Limcaoco in April 2027 Bank of the Philippine Islands has named consumer banking chief Maria Cristina “Ginbee” Go as its next president and... 1431
Weekly Brief Oct 22, 2026 DTCC prepares tokenisation service, Bank Negara Malaysia launches bond and sukuk platform Financial Markets Weekly: Transaction Finance Weekly: Tokenisation enters core infrastructure as DTCC readies onboarding... 1443
Site Visits Oct 21, 2026 How ByteDance, Xiaomi and Ant Group are turning AI into commercial applications ByteDance, Xiaomi and Ant Group are applying AI to different parts of their commercial ecosystems, from content distribu... 1958
