Weekly Brief Sep 02, 2026 Affirm returns to Australia as banks and fintechs target younger customers Retail Finance Weekly: Banks and fintechs globally deepened embedded and digital-asset finance this week, as Affirm re-e... 904
Weekly Brief Sep 02, 2026 TDB secures $800 million facility, South Africa reshapes payment system governance TAB Africa Weekly Brief: Funding diversification and payment system reform drove Africa's financial sector this week.... 779
Weekly Brief Sep 01, 2026 CBUAE opens urgent Banque Misr examination, Saudi deposit growth outpaces credit TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: CBUAE opens urgent Banque Misr examination, Saudi deposit growth outpaces credit and Qatar... 1046
Weekly Brief Sep 01, 2026 Swiss committee proposes UBS capital compromise, FDIC defeats former SVB parent’s $1.71 billion claim Risk and Capital Weekly: Swiss committee proposes UBS capital compromise, FDIC defeats SVB parent's claim, FSB flags fro... 769
Weekly Brief Sep 01, 2026 UOB and HSBC complete live tokenised deposit transactions, RBC unifies transaction banking Transaction Finance Weekly: UOB and HSBC complete tokenised deposit transactions, RBC unifies transaction banking and TD... 1015
Current Account Sep 01, 2026 Can CIMB’s wholesale expansion lift underlying earnings? CIMB's wholesale banking drives first-half profit growth, but provision writebacks mask flat underlying operating income... 871
Current Account Sep 01, 2026 Can Maybank sustain fee and funding gains as credit costs normalise? Maybank’s second-quarter net profit rose 2.4% as stronger fees and lower impairment charges narrowed the first-half de... 1009
Weekly Brief Sep 01, 2026 Warsh puts inflation first, Bank of China leads Big Five profit growth The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Warsh reshapes Fed guidance, Treasury targets Banque Misr, China's banks post profit gain... 973
Research Notes Aug 31, 2026 Banks accelerate mobile banking development cycles, but launch bottlenecks remain Mobile banking development cycles fall from more than a year under traditional waterfall processes to only weeks as clou... 598
Weekly Brief Aug 31, 2026 Victory Capital agrees $7 billion First Eagle deal, Vanguard buys Altruist Wealth and Society tracks a week of consolidation in asset management and adviser infrastructure, as Victory Capital agr... 315
Weekly Brief Aug 28, 2026 Sacombank completes hybrid-cloud core upgrade, ANZ cuts customer scam losses by 24% Financial Technology Weekly: Sacombank reports performance and infrastructure gains from its hybrid-cloud core upgrade, ... 914
Weekly Brief Aug 27, 2026 Vanguard and Wellington test tokenised collateral, CIMB pilots sukuk settlement Financial Markets Weekly: Vanguard, Wellington test tokenised collateral; CIMB settles $343m tokenised sukuk; Coinbase l... 913
Current Account Aug 27, 2026 Can Malaysia turn tokenised sukuk into scalable market infrastructure? CIMB settles MYR1.38 billion ($343 million) tokenised sukuk using tokenised commercial bank deposits, advancing Malaysia... 721
Awards Ceremonies Aug 27, 2026 The Asian Banker Taiwan Awards 2026 highlight banking leadership, sustainable finance and digital innovation This year’s awards recognise CTBC Bank’s strengths across retail, wealth management, transaction banking and custody... 943
Interviews Aug 27, 2026 Can EastWest turn its consumer-banking edge into a broader financial franchise? EastWest chief executive officer Jerry G. Ngo discusses why the bank intends to retain its consumer-centric identity whi... 844
Weekly Brief Aug 26, 2026 MTN fintech transaction value reaches $330.5 billion, Afreximbank profit rises 30% TAB Africa Weekly Brief: MTN's fintech transactions hit $330.5 billion, Afreximbank profit rises 30%, Equity Group expan... 781
