Current Account May 19 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 to eligible companies in clean ... 463
Conference May 15 Malaysia enters third phase of economic transformation with a blueprint for an AI-native economy At The Asian Banker Summit 2026, Minister for Digital Gobind Singh Deo argued that Malaysia’s AI ambitions require more than investment attraction. ... 594
Current Account May 08 FSB flags supervisory data gaps across $2T private credit market The Financial Stability Board's first dedicated report on private credit finds that supervisors lack consistent visibility into a market estimated at ... 1249
Analysis May 08 HSBC's best returns in near 20 years meet a $1.3 billion credit charge HSBC posted its highest returns in nearly two decades in the first quarter of 2026, driven by a Hong Kong franchise delivering a 44.7% segment RoTE, a... 803
Current Account May 06 CIMB Group sells Thai auto portfolios to Krungsri as Forward30 rebalances group capital CIMB Group is reallocating capital away from Thailand's automotive finance market, with Thailand's share of group risk-weighted assets reduced to 10% ... 1107
Current Account May 05 OCBC acquires HSBC Indonesia's retail and wealth unit in $4.9B AUM deal The acquisition of HSBC Indonesia's International Wealth and Premier Banking operations adds 336,000 customers and about 1,300 staff to OCBC Indonesia... 1396
Current Account Apr 29 Strait of Hormuz closure set to deliver largest commodity price spike since 2022, World Bank warns The World Bank's April 2026 Commodity Markets Outlook projects a 16% rise in average commodity prices this year — the first annual increase since 20... 1582
Current Account Apr 29 Khazanah and SC price Malaysia's first tokenised sukuk in $25M pilot Khazanah Nasional and the Securities Commission Malaysia have priced the country's inaugural tokenised sukuk, a MYR 100 million (about $25 million) on... 881
Current Account Apr 24 Non-USD stablecoins gain traction where banking and settlement rails are limited The 48-point gap between USD stablecoins’ 98% share of market capitalisation and the USD’s 50% share of cross-border payments points to a structur... 1062
Feature Apr 23 Malaysia's tokenisation pilots target cross-border wholesale frictions Bank Negara Malaysia's supervised pilots are testing whether tokenised deposits and ringgit stablecoins can address specific wholesale settlement fric... 5047
Analysis Apr 20 Global banking confronts a 1970s-scale oil shock with depleted policy space The IMF's Spring 2026 publications find banks well-capitalised and liquid, but the fiscal and financial environment around them is materially more con... 1294
Interviews Apr 15 Standard Chartered's blueprint for transformation that lasts Standard Chartered announced in its results that it has achieved its RoTE milestone a year ahead of schedule. The Fit for Growth programme has already... 2866
Interviews Apr 02 TenPay Global on China’s cross-border payment gateway and the coordination challenge behind agentic payments China’s Cross-Border Interconnection Payment Gateway (CPG) gives domestic and international payment institutions a single, standardised on-ramp for ... 1916
Conference Mar 18 AI begins to reshape SME credit assessment at Chinese lenders Discussions at the Shanghai International AI Finance Summit 2026 highlighted how Chinese banks are using AI to address structural constraints in SME l... 1422
Analysis Mar 02 CIMB announces record dividend and cross-sell growth in first year of Forward30 In the first full year of its six-year Forward30 plan, CIMB Group Holdings delivered net profit of MYR 7.9 billion (approximately $1.7 billion) and an... 2386
Analysis Feb 27 Maybank hits 11.7% ROE as corridor banking and deposit repricing reshape earnings Maybank closes its M25+ cycle with a 4.2% rise in net profit to MYR 10.51 billion ($2.4 billion), achieving an 11.7% ROE, driven by strong wealth fees... 3278
