Sibos Round Up Oct 12, 2026 Can DBS make transaction banking convergence work across new trade corridors? DBS is bringing cash management, trade, supply chain finance, real-time payments and tokenised money closer together as ... 1357
Sibos Round Up Oct 12, 2026 Can Bank of America turn the next technology cycle into better payments outcomes? Bank of America sees the convergence of AI, distributed ledgers and tokenisation as a major new technology cycle in paym... 1760
Opinion Oct 12, 2026 Asia’s local currency bond markets open new funding frontiers Asia’s local currency bond markets, led by Greater China, give sovereigns, supranationals and agencies cheaper funding... 1175
Opinion Oct 12, 2026 AI abundance does not guarantee shared prosperity AI and robotics could vastly expand production, but ownership, taxation and distribution will determine who benefits.... 1201
Bank Results Oct 09, 2026 Hong Kong banks turn wealth and client flows into the next earnings engine Hong Kong’s leading banks accelerated median pre-tax profit growth to 16.3% year on year (YOY) in the first half of 20... 412
Weekly Brief Oct 09, 2026 South Korea’s K-GX plan backs industrial decarbonisation with $747 billion Sustainable Finance Weekly: South Korea’s K-GX commits KRW 1,000 trillion to industrial decarbonisation, while Thailan... 1669
Weekly Brief Oct 09, 2026 Golden Week retail and cross-border payments grow as China expands financial support TAB China Weekly Brief: Golden Week cross-border payments grow as China begins mortgage subsidies and auctions RMB 150 b... 5545
Weekly Brief Oct 09, 2026 Singapore sets AI risk deadlines as banks expand autonomous systems Financial Technology Weekly: Regulators and boards tighten accountability for AI as agentic tools reshape bank operation... 3043
Weekly Brief Oct 09, 2026 ICE and OKX file to trade 63 tokenised US stocks, UBS hands fund administration to Northern Trust Financial Markets Weekly: ICE and OKX file to trade 63 tokenised US stocks, the CFTC seeks views on leveraged retail cry... 1835
Conference Oct 08, 2026 Crypto moves beyond digital assets into community formation and price discovery Balaji Srinivasan and Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan described different ways to apply crypto infrastructure beyond di... 1336
Obituary Oct 08, 2026 In memoriam: Cesar Virata, an institution-builder who helped shape our own journey Cesar E.A. Virata, former prime minister and finance minister of the Philippines and a longstanding member of The Asian ... 1042
Weekly Brief Oct 07, 2026 BCEAO sets new electronic money transfer rules across West Africa TAB Africa Weekly Brief: BCEAO mandates instant-payment interoperability, Zambia cuts rates 250 basis points and Attijar... 1311
Weekly Brief Oct 07, 2026 Australia’s card reforms reshape payment costs and bank rewards Retail Finance Weekly: Australia's interchange cuts and surcharge ban reshape card economics as Commonwealth Bank widens... 3151
Interviews Oct 07, 2026 What does it take to lead a well-run bank in an AI-driven financial system? As AI reshapes banking execution, Hong Leong Bank CEO Kevin Lam argues that the harder leadership task is building insti... 1296
Opinion Oct 07, 2026 Neutral infrastructure is key to institutional on-chain finance As financial institutions connect to independently governed on-chain markets and applications, neutral shared infrastru... 1143
Sibos Round Up Oct 07, 2026 Can Bottomline make payment optionality resilient without adding fragmentation? Standardised data, AI and more payment rails give banks optionality, but Natasha Lapierre argues value requires systems ... 1073
