Weekly Brief Sep 17 US Senate blocks Clarity Act, delaying digital asset market structure legislation Financial Markets Weekly: US Senate blocks Clarity Act, Circle launches Arc blockchain, Shanghai Clearing House adds three currencies, India widens to... 632
Weekly Brief Sep 15 DBS, OCBC and UOB complete first live tokenised SGD transactions using Swift ledger Transaction Finance Weekly: DBS, OCBC and UOB complete Swift's first live SGD tokenised-deposit settlement, Lloyds-SocGen digitise a letter of credit ... 1084
Weekly Brief Sep 14 EU limits impact of Basel trading rules on bank capital through 2029 Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: EU delays FRTB capital impacts through 2029, Canada cuts SME risk weights, Singapore proposes loss-absorbing capacity r... 761
Weekly Brief Sep 11 US Department of Energy backs Duane Arnold nuclear restart with $1.9 billion loan Sustainable Finance Weekly: NextEra's $1.9 billion nuclear restart, Sonnedix's $1.3 billion Chile refinancing, Suniva's $835 million solar expansion a... 715
Weekly Brief Sep 11 Morgan Stanley and Evercore shape OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Financial Services Financial Technology Weekly: OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services with Morgan Stanley and Evercore, Ant International expands AMP, Meta's Mu... 1169
Weekly Brief Sep 11 REC completes India’s first tokenised corporate-bond pilot with wholesale CBDC settlement Financial Markets Weekly: REC completes India's first tokenised bond pilot with RBI wholesale CBDC settlement as Standard Chartered launches UAE crypt... 963
Weekly Brief Sep 08 Tokenised payments enter live treasury use as correspondent controls face scrutiny Transaction Finance Weekly: Citi and HSBC advance Swift-ledger payments, OFSI fines Citi and ByteDance secures a $29.6 billion loan.... 666
Weekly Brief Sep 08 Global bond sell-off raises funding and balance-sheet risks for banks The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Global bond yields surge to multi-year highs, India’s special FX facility draws $136.4 billion, Chinese financial ins... 693
Weekly Brief Sep 04 European green bonds reach $250 billion in first half as region takes 58% of Q2 issuance Sustainable Finance Weekly: Europe extends its green bond lead as China expands carbon markets and ESG reporting rules tighten.... 621
Weekly Brief Sep 03 Broadridge takes $351 billion-a-day tokenised repo platform across G7 markets Financial Markets Weekly: Broadridge scaled its $351 billion repo platform, as China enforced new variation-margin rules.... 547
Weekly Brief Aug 26 TNG eWallet adds GXBank credit, Zip reports record BNPL earnings Retail Finance Weekly: GXBank expands lending via TNG eWallet, Zip Co posts record BNPL profit, Experian adds ChatGPT credit scores.... 1103
Weekly Brief Aug 25 CIB commits $300 million to new digital bank, Egypt sets rules for digital financial ID platform TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Commercial International Bank earmarks $300 million for digital bank yomo following preliminary regulatory approval, whi... 625
Weekly Brief Aug 24 APRA expands system-risk testing, Santander completes Webster acquisition Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: APRA expands system-risk stress testing, Santander completes Webster deal, Judo and AmBank flag elevated impairments, A... 521
Weekly Brief Aug 21 DBS deploys agentic AI in corporate credit, Ant scales FX forecasting across global banks Financial Technology Weekly: DBS rolls out agentic AI to 1,500 credit managers, Stripe agrees to acquire OpenRouter for over $7 billion and Absa's cha... 5091
Weekly Brief Aug 13 NVIDIA targets $500 billion AI infrastructure financing, Goldman Sachs scales active ETF business Financial Markets Weekly: NVIDIA partners with six investment groups to mobilise $500 billion for AI infrastructure, Goldman Sachs agrees to acquire N... 1635
News Analysis Aug 13 Can growth sectors sustain OCBC’s loan momentum? OCBC expects digital infrastructure, energy and other selected industries to support lending over the next few years. As exceptional second-quarter gr... 1334
Weekly Brief Aug 12 Mercado Pago grows credit portfolio 75%, Revolut secures French banking licence Retail Finance Weekly: Mercado Pago's credit portfolio grew 75% to $16 billion, Revolut secured a French banking licence, Nu México became a fully li... 1264
Weekly Brief Aug 11 RBI proposes leverage buffer for G-SIB branches, UOB sale to add 14 basis points to CET1 Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: RBI proposes a G-SIB leverage buffer, the Fed launches a private-credit risk survey, UOB sells its asset-management uni... 1320
Weekly Brief Aug 06 ICE agrees $5.7 billion MarketAxess acquisition, BlackRock expands tokenised fund access in Europe Financial Markets Weekly: Intercontinental Exchange agrees $5.7 billion MarketAxess acquisition as BlackRock expands tokenised money-market fund acces... 1237
Weekly Brief Aug 05 HSBC exits two retail markets, Standard Chartered transfers Singapore lending portfolio to Trust Retail Finance Weekly: HSBC exits Australian and Egyptian retail banking through sales to Blackstone and Emirates NBD, while Visa agrees to acquire Bi... 1833
Weekly Brief Aug 04 Citi launches trade digitisation solution, Lloyds tests tokenised cross-border payments through Project Agorá Transaction Finance Weekly: Citi's new trade-finance platform, Lloyds' tokenised-deposit transactions through Project Agorá and Wise's direct connect... 1271
Weekly Brief Aug 03 Hong Kong banks confront quantum-readiness gap, Lombard Odier faces $3.7 million fine Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: HKMA's new Quantum Preparedness Index shows early-stage readiness at Hong Kong banks, while Lombard Odier faces a CHF 3... 806
Weekly Brief Aug 03 Japan and US intervene to support yen, Situational Awareness unwinds most of $16 billion portfolio The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Japan and the US jointly intervened to support the yen after the Bank of Japan held rates, as Standard Chartered raised... 980
Weekly Brief Jul 30 DTCC survey quantifies $300–$400 billion Treasury clearing gap ahead of mandate Financial Market Weekly: DTCC's Treasury clearing readiness, BNY's launch of digital transfer agency for tokenised funds, Malaysia's record-tight $1.5... 1083
Weekly Brief Jul 30 X enters financial services with accounts, cards and payments Retail Finance Weekly: X launches X Money, Upstart secures a conditional bank charter, PayPal lifts payment volume to $486.4 billion, and DBS expands ... 1778
Weekly Brief Jul 27 Perry Warjiyo’s surprise resignation follows Bank Indonesia’s 5.75% rate hold This week, Bank Indonesia's governor resigned in a surprise move, the OCC rejected Wise's US trust bank application and UniCredit raised its Commerzba... 1403
Weekly Brief Jul 22 Revolut enters Australian banking, Pix caught in US-Brazil trade dispute Revolut wins an Australian banking licence, Stripe and Advent reportedly bid $53 billion for PayPal, and Pix enters a US trade dispute, leading a week... 1207
Weekly Brief Jul 21 Emirates NBD goes live on Partior for 24/7 USD settlement, Deutsche Bank expands APAC escrow From Emirates NBD's real-time dollar payments to Deutsche Bank's trade finance guarantees and BBVA's Swift retail scheme, this week saw banks racing t... 1056
Weekly Brief Jul 20 JP Morgan nears $1 trillion valuation, EU seeks to free $263 billion of trapped liquidity Wall Street earnings, Europe's push to unlock bank liquidity and renewed monetary tightening in Asia highlighted a week in which banks balanced resili... 798
Interviews Jul 17 How is HSBC applying corporate lending discipline to pre-profit start-ups? HSBC's Innovation Banking unit is moving earlier into start-ups' lifecycles across Southeast Asia, tying credit decisions to institutional backing and... 1208
Weekly Brief Jul 15 JP Morgan posts largest US bank Q2 earnings, Visa launches AI assistant Record Wall Street profits from trading and dealmaking contrast with muted consumer banking growth, as the UK regulates BNPL, Klarna seeks a US bank c... 488
Case Study Jul 14 Can Europe's banks create enough liquidity for a euro stablecoin? Europe's on-chain euro challenge is whether enough banks and counterparties can make it liquid enough to matter. Qivalis, backed by 37 European banks,... 897
Weekly Brief Jul 13 Chip stocks lose $2.1 trillion, UK puts cloud giants under bank oversight This week's Asian Banker Weekly Brief covers the collapsed US-Iran ceasefire and oil surge, a $2.1 trillion chip selloff, Swift's blockchain payments ... 530
Editorial Jul 09 Has the Bank of England exposed the limits of the post-2008 regulatory settlement? The Bank of England's latest proposals to make elements of the capital framework more usable appear to be technical refinements to banking regulation.... 823
Weekly Brief Jul 07 Standard Chartered completes remittance in 37 seconds as Swift's new payments scheme goes live In transaction finance this week, Standard Chartered completes the world's first live remittance under Swift's new retail payments scheme, as UK banks... 553
Weekly Brief Jul 06 China's central bank adds overnight repo tool, RBI names AI cyberattacks top bank risk Four central bank chiefs unite in Sintra against forward guidance, as the ECB's Claudia Buch resists easing capital rules, China debuts an overnight r... 570
Weekly Brief Jun 30 Standard Bank becomes first African bank to clear Renminbi, HSBC scales TradeCash in Singapore Standard Bank becomes the first African bank authorised to clear Renminbi transactions, as HSBC's TradeCash goes live in Singapore and the IFC and San... 505
Weekly Brief Jun 22 Washington shifts rate expectations as China advances AI regulation The Fed's updated projections turn sharply hawkish under new chair Kevin Warsh, as Iran-war energy inflation pushes the Bank of Japan to a 31-year rat... 417
Weekly Brief Jun 08 From Basel to Beijing, regulators reshape how capital moves ESMA advances centralised European market supervision as China extends state oversight to outbound investment, while US regulators strip reputational ... 441
Current Account Jun 03 Basel Committee flags change management failures as top cause of ICT incidents at global banks Change control gaps are the leading cause of non-malicious ICT incidents at banks, ahead of design and testing failures, capacity issues and external ... 1180
Weekly Brief Jun 01 Central banks recalibrate while agentic AI moves into production Diverging monetary policy and rapid AI adoption reshape banking risk this week, as Fed vice chair Bowman signals no rate hike, BOJ's Ueda flags oil-sh... 520
Opinion May 26 Chinese yuan emerges as situational safe-haven currency With the Strait of Hormuz under severe disruption, the world is facing a major physical shock to oil supplies through which around 20 million barrels ... 1729
Weekly Brief May 25 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 month, while US and UK regulator... 413
Interviews May 25 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 deposits can give corporate treasure... 3011
Weekly Brief May 18 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 megabanks post record profits with ... 493
Rankings May 14 Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citi rank as the world's best corporate, investment and wholesale banks The 2026 ranking of 100 institutions across 34 countries highlights how digital investment drives financial outcomes, with Middle Eastern banks gainin... 3889
Awards Ceremonies May 13 Hironori Kamezawa named Global CEO of the Year for leading MUFG's transformation into a more coherent and globally competitive institution Hironori Kamezawa's leadership at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has delivered sustained improvements in financial performance, strategic coher... 3005
Weekly Brief May 11 Fee income cushions banks as rate tailwinds fade First-quarter results show fee, wealth and insurance income offsetting weaker margins across major banks, as Australia hikes rates, Malaysia holds ste... 453
Current Account May 08 FSB flags supervisory data gaps across $2T private credit market The Financial Stability Board's first dedicated review of private credit warns supervisors lack visibility into a market worth up to $2 trillion, citi... 2902
Analysis May 08 HSBC's best returns in near 20 years meet a $1.3 billion credit charge HSBC's strongest returns in nearly two decades were overshadowed in the first quarter of 2026 by a $1.3 billion credit charge that sent shares down sh... 1628
Interviews May 07 Standard Chartered positions AI Factory and SC GPT as enterprise reuse engines Alvaro Garrido, COO, technology & operations and CIO, information security & data at Standard Chartered, on the bank's AI Factory, SC GPT rollout, and... 3921
Weekly Brief May 04 Rate paths diverge as banks report record first-quarter results The BOJ, Fed and ECB all hold rates but diverge sharply on signals, as record first-quarter earnings at UBS, US banks and Standard Chartered mask earl... 441
Weekly Brief Apr 27 Banks face tighter regulatory oversight as policy and credit risks converge A weekly briefing on the developments shaping global banking and what decision-makers need to understand.... 1774
Weekly Brief Apr 20 War risk reshapes banking outlook The Iran war and Strait of Hormuz disruption dominate global finance this week, as the IMF cuts growth forecasts, US banks post record but cautious Q1... 462
Analysis Apr 20 Global banking confronts a 1970s-scale oil shock with depleted policy space Banks enter the Strait of Hormuz disruption well-capitalised and liquid, but the IMF's Spring 2026 publications find fiscal and financial policy space... 2199
Feature Mar 31 The intelligent bank at scale — AI leadership and accountability in global banking Banks winning at AI will embed machine-assisted decisioning into governance, explainability, balance sheet discipline, and client trust—not algorith... 3348
Analysis Mar 02 HSBC delivers 17.2% RoTE as wealth and cross-border franchise reinforce return leadership HSBC’s 2025 performance showcases its transformation into a more agile, focused bank, achieving a 17.2% RoTE through strategic investments in Asia a... 4442
Analysis Feb 26 Standard Chartered delivers 14.7% RoTE as three-year plan targets are achieved a year early Standard Chartered reported record income and profit growth, with return on tangible equity exceeding its strategic milestone early.... 3980
Current Account Feb 19 Standard Chartered CFO joins Apollo as private credit platforms expand institutional role Diego De Giorgi’s move from Standard Chartered to Apollo Global Management comes as institutional investors continue expanding their role in credit ... 3274
Feature Jan 21 AI governance moves into the enterprise core of financial services As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation to core financial infrastructure, governance is becoming the decisive factor shaping the future ... 5526
Feature Jan 20 Rethinking digital money and settlement in a tokenised world Regulated digital money is shifting from trials to early production as banks in Asia Pacific and beyond build interoperable, compliant settlement syst... 6876
Roundtable Dec 23 British International Investment deepens climate-finance push in Asia The UK’s development finance arm, British International Investment, is scaling its presence in Southeast Asia through platform-building, patient cap... 5994
Awards Ceremonies Dec 11 Saudi Awwal Bank's Lubna Sulaiman Olayan lauded for lifetime achievement and contribution to Saudi Arabia's banking and finance sector Lubna Sulaiman Olayan, chair of Saudi Awwal Bank, receives the William “Bill” Seidman Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award for outstanding leader... 3271
Singapore Fintech Festival Dec 10 European Commission shapes the next frontier of AI governance in finance As AI permeates finance, the EU tightens governance, accountability and data-protection rules, with Peter Kerstens, adviser to the European Commission... 3006
Feature Dec 01 Law and industry adoption converge in digital trade Legislative reforms and industry standards are accelerating digital trade. Structured documentation, automated verification and interoperable systems ... 2659
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 28 CFIT positions the UK as a model of prudence in digital-money regulation CFIT’s Nicole Sandler outlines the UK’s stability-first stablecoin approach, global divergence in reserve and redemption models, and what banks mu... 2877
Feature Nov 27 Building resilience for a quantum-ready financial system Quantum computing remains nascent, but its security risks now shape financial planning as institutions map cryptographic exposure and prepare multi-ye... 4624
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 21 Banking Circle expands Asia Pacific footprint as tokenised payment models evolve Kirit Bhatia, chief digital assets officer at Banking Circle, explained how the bank combined traditional banking infrastructure with tokenised assets... 3545
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 21 Hedera positions its distributed ledger network for institutional use Isadora Arredondo, global policy director at Hedera, outlined how the network’s technical design, governance structure and regulatory engagements ai... 2684
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 20 UK’s FCA sharpens AI oversight as banks deploy models at scale As AI scales, the FCA is tightening governance and testing, with Jessica Rusu stressing production oversight and MAS alignment to manage cross-border ... 2880
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 20 HSBC positions itself for the next stage of digital asset adoption HSBC’s John O’Neill explains how tokenised deposits, CBDCs and real-world assets are moving from pilots to real-world adoption across global finan... 6037
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 19 IBM urges financial institutions to prepare for quantum-safe transition IBM’s Ray Harishankar explains why progress in quantum computing requires banks to prepare cryptographic systems early, ensuring secure, coordinated... 4837
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 19 HSBC readies for quantum era with crypto agility and industry pilots HSBC's Tancy Tan outlines a pragmatic, regulation-aligned quantum strategy focused on crypto-agility, early pilots, ecosystem collaboration and buildi... 2815
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 18 TerraPay’s Ani Sane discusses building compliant and interoperable cross-border payment networks Ani Sane, co-founder and chief business officer of TerraPay, outlines how the company is extending its digital payments infrastructure to connect bank... 3066
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 17 Visa discusses how AI and value-added services are addressing acceptance and fraud challenges Visa’s Axel Boye-Moller explains how AI-driven fraud detection, acceptance optimisation and modular innovation are strengthening trust, resilience a... 3497
Interviews Oct 16 Zodia Custody strengthens bank-grade infrastructure amid Asia’s tokenisation push Zodia Custody, backed by Standard Chartered and Northern Trust, embeds bank-grade governance and compliance to drive institutional trust and regulated... 3491
Speeches and Presentations Oct 15 Building a new multilateral order through finance and shared risk At CGTN’s Dialogue, Emmanuel Daniel, Erik Solheim and Zhu Xian explored how finance, reform and cooperation can renew global multilateralism.... 2738
Interviews Oct 14 Coinbase expands derivatives business as digital market structure evolves At TOKEN2049 Singapore, Coinbase’s Usman Naeem outlined its derivatives and tokenisation push to bridge traditional and digital finance.... 3558
Interviews Oct 13 Sumsub doubles down on continuous verification to secure digital finance At TOKEN2049 Singapore, Sumsub’s Ilya Brovin highlights how AI and digital-ID frameworks like eIDAS 2.0 are transforming continuous digital-identity... 3381
Sibos Round Up Oct 13 FIS identifies partnerships, modernisation and AI as key enabler for smoother, compliant, customer-focused payments Andrew Murray, head of international banking and payments at FIS, said today’s rapidly evolving ecosystem marks the industry’s most transformative... 2642
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 Deutsche Bank pushes affordable, standardised digital trade to unlock liquidity At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Borislav Ivanov-Blankenburg of Deutsche Bank highlighted how interoperability, regulation, cost and ESG standards drive trade... 2577
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 Standard Chartered pushes interoperability and risk mitigation to scale trade digitisation At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Standard Chartered’s Samuel Mathew highlighted leveraging network, standards, and tech partnerships to reduce risk, acceler... 17519
Sibos Round Up Oct 01 Standard Chartered builds data-rich platforms for an AI-led future Sunday Domingo, global head of digital channels solutions at Standard Chartered, said at Sibos Frankfurt 2025 that the ISO 20022 migration is only the... 3448
Sibos Round Up Oct 01 Standard Chartered accelerates clearing speed, transparency and embedded payments Speaking at Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Danielle Sharpe, global head of clearing at Standard Chartered, set out how the bank is investing in speed, transpar... 3117
Awards Ceremonies Sep 29 David Lynne named Transaction Finance Leader of the Year for driving Deutsche Bank’s strategic growth and digital transformation David Lynne leads Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Bank’s digital transformation, expanding global client mandates and sustainability initiatives.... 3982
Feature Sep 22 Beyond crypto – Stablecoins and tokenised assets in mainstream banking Stablecoins and tokenised assets are moving beyond their origins in the crypto markets and into mainstream banking and finance. Banks, market infrastr... 5658
Interviews Sep 17 Resilience and security at the core of Standard Chartered’s growth Standard Chartered makes technology resilience a board priority, addressing AI fraud, regulatory fragmentation, and supply chain risks to sustain trus... 8160
Opinion Sep 09 The future of lending isn’t just automated — it’s autonomous Agentic AI is reshaping lending by handling routine tasks and freeing bankers to focus on strategy, clients and growth.... 3628
Interviews Sep 03 Digital assets move into mainstream banking at Standard Chartered Standard Chartered has been at the forefront of bridging the world of crypto-native innovation and regulated finance. Rene Michau, group head of digit... 6555
Profile May 06 Helen Child on trust, consent and creating a fairer financial future through open banking As the founder of Open Banking Excellence, Helen Child has shaped the global conversation around data-sharing, financial inclusion and collaborative i... 3016
Roundtable Apr 07 AI reshapes banking, driving innovation and risk management At the Japan Banking Innovation Conference, TAB Global unveiled key insights from the Global Excellence in Digital and Retail Finance Programme 2025, ... 10882
Opinion Apr 04 UK narrows HK’s lead in RMB internationalisation Hong Kong remains the leading offshore renminbi (RMB) centre, while London has emerged as a key player, leveraging its position as the world’s large... 6802
Opinion Apr 04 China and UK strengthen bond market connectivity for RMB growth China and the United Kingdom (UK) have significant potential to enhance connectivity between their bond markets, with key areas of cooperation in coll... 3191
News Analysis Mar 20 High-frequency banking powers seamless digital finance As the banking industry shifts to high-frequency interactions, AI, open banking and embedded finance drive real-time services, requiring financial ins... 3873
Interviews Mar 06 Revolut expands in Singapore and Southeast Asia with wealth and multi-currency services Revolut is expanding beyond its roots in foreign exchange and payments to become a broader financial services provider. With a new robo-advisory servi... 15295
Interviews Nov 12 Mastercard combats rising fraud with AI and global collaboration At the Singapore Fintech Festival 2024, Matthew Driver, executive vice president, head of services at Mastercard Asia Pacific, highlighted that as acc... 4602
Feature Nov 04 Rethinking global trade and supply chain finance Global trade is facing significant challenges as sanctions, tariffs, and shifting supply chains reshape the landscape. ... 5676
Opinion Oct 19 Why South Asia and SEA will lead the future of fintech lending South Asia and Southeast Asia are poised to dominate fintech lending, driven by unique growth factors and supportive ecosystems.... 4691
News Analysis Sep 12 Quantum technology can revolutionise finance, but create new problems Quantum computing can transform financial services by improving computation, modelling, and risk management. However, it also poses cybersecurity risk... 9256
Opinion Aug 02 Revolut receives UK banking licence, but reasons to remain sceptical Revolut, a notable player in European fintech, received its UK banking licence on 25 July 2024. This has been widely celebrated by the international f... 10655
Speech Jun 25 Lord Chris Holmes: “Bridge innovation and resilience for future finance now” Holmes advocates for balancing financial innovation with resilience, emphasising regulatory sandboxes, AI's transformative role, and the need for adap... 7768
Interviews Apr 29 Sean Kiernan on blockchain: “Crypto bridges real-world capital needs” Banking innovator Sean Kiernan from Greengage discussed how they use crypto-collateralised loans to help SMEs, stressing the importance of partnership... 6297
Interviews Feb 20 Brankas' Mike Dickinson: “Our vision is to make modern financial services available to everyone” Mike Dickinson, COO and CPO of Brankas, emphasised the critical importance of consent and authentication in secure data exchange, highlighting the com... 2904
Interviews Dec 14 Winston Quek, SBI Digital Markets: “Let’s not tokenise for the sake of tokenising” SBI has completed a technical pilot as part of MAS's Project Guardian, diving into asset tokenisation and DeFi, highlighting the importance of regulat... 6811
Interviews Oct 02 Chris Holmes: “Cooperate to enable economic and social benefit right away around the world” Chris Holmes, UK’s leading advocate for technology and innovation, and committee member on the groundbreaking Electronic Trade Documents Act that ca... 5849
Panel Discussion Aug 07 Banks aim for seamless global payments with ISO 20022 and technology integration Opening up payment systems for wider usage and standardising with ISO 20022 will achieve speed, security, transparency and traceability in cross-borde... 10699
Speech Jul 24 NatWest’s Howard Davies: “The rise of neobanks, fintechs and AI challenges traditional banking” Howard Davies, chairman of National Westminster Group, delivered an insightful speech at The Asian Banker Future of Finance Summit held in Bangkok, Th... 6752
Sibos Round Up Sep 08 Western Union’s Keogh: “Regulation offers opportunity to do better” Jacqueline Keogh, Western Union’s global head of payments sales, discusses some key points regarding regulation and innovation in the industry as we... 7855
interviews Sep 06 SmartStream’s Tripathy: “Solving use cases with AI is the way forward” Santosh Tripathy, practice lead for digital payments at SmartStream, shares his understanding of artificial intelligence, its functions, benefits and ... 14550
Speeches and Presentations Feb 27 Charities Aid Foundation’s Davies: "Championing the role of philanthropies to defend civil society" Rhodri Davies, in his speech at the Wealth and Society 2018, at the United Kingdom, traced the role of philanthropy in challenging State practices and... 6492
Speeches and Presentations Feb 27 Zahra Darvishi: “Working in a corporate environment does not allow you to be more creative and make some change” Zahra Darvishi, spoke at the Wealth and Society 2018 United Kingdom, about the underrepresented communities such as women and the millennial generatio... 6992
Speeches and Presentations Feb 27 Clearly So’s Schwartz: "Impact Investment can drive profit" Rodney Schwartz, challenges the notion that impact investing funds are less profitable than traditional investment funds, and proves that there is muc... 6156
Speeches and Presentations Feb 27 China Global Philanthropy Institute’s Fu: “Philanthropy is an important vehicle of family legacy in China” Fu Changbo, at the Wealth and Society 2018, held in the United Kingdom, paints a picture of the current financial ecosystem in China and the increasin... 6816
Speeches and Presentations Feb 19 Dr. Gordian Gaeta: “Mankind is not very good in organising himself to do well for others” Dr. Gordian Gaeta, at the Wealth and Society 2018, held in the United Kingdom urged people to bridge the gap between communities through philantrophic... 7983
Speeches and Presentations Feb 18 GlobalGiving’s Gurrier: “The power of data in allocating philantropic capital” In his introduction speech at the Wealth and Society 2018 at the United Kingdom, Alix Guerrier spoke about the history of GlobalGiving, what their vis... 5808
Speeches and Presentations Feb 15 Sparrow’s Tucker: “Our mission is to end digital poverty and to create an inclusive world Amy Tucker, during the Wealth and Society 2018, spoke about the importance of technology in developing lives and giving opportunities to people who do... 5805
Interviews Oct 31 SmartStream’s Kilcoyne: "If you think that compliance is expensive, have you tried non-compliance?" Vincent Kilcoyne sees multiple challenges from Basel Committee on Banking Supervision 248 (BCBS 248) and other regulations as rising interest rates c... 10928
TABLive Apr 13 TransferWise’s Kaarmann: "Banks haven't really treated their users transparently" ... 8015
TABLive Jan 17 techUK’s Beaumont: “Boards need to discover what the role of their banks is in an open future” ... 5790
Interviews Nov 29 A challenging time for Earthport as it tries to scale Newly appointed chief commercial officer at Earthport Mike Steinharter discussed how the company aims to expand globally and into new segments to incr... 7878