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 ... 654
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... 1198
Current Account May 21 Singapore tests whether trust can beat scale in the AI financial hub race Tan Su Shan, CEO of DBS, and Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s deputy prime minister and minister for trade and industry, set out how Singapore is trying to... 624
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... 1132
Awards Ceremonies May 13 Tengku Zafrul Aziz, Hironori Kamezawa, Kevin Lam, institutions, young bankers and regulators honoured for exceptional leadership, strength and regulatory stewardship TAB Global honoured Tengku Zafrul Aziz for lifetime achievement, Hironori Kamezawa as Global CEO of the Year, MUFG as Global Bank of the Year, Kevin L... 563
Conference May 13 Will banks shape the new financial order or be shaped by it The opening plenary of The Asian Banker Summit 2026 explored a central challenge for banks: whether to become more active shapers of economic outcomes... 567
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... 1142
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... 1394
Interviews May 08 Agentic commerce will make digital assets a mainstay of global finance The former chairman of the US House Financial Services Committee says stablecoins, AI and platform ecosystems are restructuring payments and cross-bor... 1503
Interviews Apr 30 Cross-border financing follows supply chains and restructures risk across markets Cathay United Bank is restructuring its cross-border corporate banking model as Taiwanese corporates decentralise production, requiring financing to b... 1782
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.... 1019
Current Account Apr 24 Non-USD stablecoins gain traction where banking and settlement rails are limited Standard Chartered and Zodia Markets say the 48-point gap between USD stablecoins’ market share and the dollar’s role in cross-border payments cre... 1149
Feature Apr 23 Malaysia's tokenisation pilots target cross-border wholesale frictions Bank Negara Malaysia is testing tokenised deposits and ringgit stablecoins to inform an end-2026 policy decision. Three pilots will also test Malaysia... 5313
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... 1338
Interviews Apr 09 Standard Chartered builds transaction banking around ASEAN’s cross-border complexity Standard Chartered's Ankur Kanwar discusses the bank's transaction banking business in ASEAN, positioned around rising intra-Asia flows, fragmented li... 1818
Interviews Apr 02 TenPay Global on China’s cross-border payment gateway and the coordination challenge behind agentic payments Yang Wenhui, chief executive officer of TenPay Global (Singapore) discusses the potential of China's CPG, why partnerships are essential and why commo... 2040
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... 2413
Interviews Mar 31 Bank of America’s GPS scales Asia Pacific through network depth, product modernisation and institutional expansion Bank of America’s Global Payments Solutions in Asia Pacific is growing through client acquisition, mandate wins and product investment, supported by... 2515
Analysis Mar 26 Banking beyond the rate cycle Following a year of falling interest benchmarks and shifting trade corridors, Tan Su Shan set out a view of banking resilience that rests less on cred... 1397
Interviews Mar 25 BNY strengthens GP&T execution through embedded AI and infrastructure scale BNY's Global Payments & Trade business in Asia Pacific is scaling institutional infrastructure through embedded AI, integrated foreign exchange execut... 2224
Speech Mar 18 China’s economic outlook: trends, challenges and opportunities China’s economy faces a structural demand contraction. Policymakers are unwilling to resolve it through quantitative easing. The bet is that strateg... 3684
Rankings Mar 16 Nubank, WeBank and MYBank top the 2026 World’s Best Digital Banks Ranking with strong financial performance and diversified offerings Digital banks are moving toward more structured growth, with headline growth moderating but overall expansion remaining strong. Profitability has impr... 5841
Analysis Feb 27 UOB reports $5.7 billion net profit after pre-emptive provisions as fee income reaches record UOB's 2025 performance highlights pre-emptive provisioning's impact on earnings, offset by record fee income and diversified income streams.... 2519
Current Account Feb 25 Bank of America sees diverging domestic cycles reshaping ASEAN bank credit growth and margins AI-driven export strength supports ASEAN, according to BoFA economists Kai Wei And and Rahul Bajoria but diverging output gaps and uneven policy trans... 1555
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 ... 2275
Analysis Jan 30 Global banking in an age of constrained resilience Global banking enters 2026 with strong capital positions and easing financial conditions but faces a structurally more constrained environment shaped ... 2973
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... 5138
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... 2427
Interviews Dec 11 Saviynt argues machine identity governance must evolve for the age of AI agents As machine identities outpace human ones, Dan Mountstephen, senior vice president for APJ at Saviynt, calls for a consolidated governance fabric to ma... 3002
Interviews Dec 08 Northern Trust builds institutional foundations for digital assets Northern Trust's Justin Chapman discusses developing digital-asset infrastructure to support institutional adoption, integrating tokenised workflows i... 3491
Interviews Dec 04 Bank of America outlines the next phase of digital trade transformation Bank of America's Siddharth Gupta and George Fong outline legal, operational and interoperability priorities for advancing digital trade through autom... 3374
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... 2362
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... 3795
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 24 MetaComp positions StableX Network for the next phase of digital payments and settlement MetaComp’s co-president Tin Pei Ling explains how its StableX Network addresses the structural inefficiencies and trust deficits in cross-border se... 3694
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 24 How Standard Chartered is institutionalising digital assets across banking Danielle Szetho, head of digital asset portfolio and governance at Standard Chartered, discusses the bank’s efforts to embed regulated digital asset... 3122
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 21 Clean identity and clean money enable accountable Web3 adoption Cleanverse CEO Ceridwen Choo explains how a compliance-native architecture that interlocks bank-verified identity with verified regulated stablecoins ... 2014
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 20 Bank of America builds a future-ready global payments infrastructure Rich Clow explains how Bank of America is modernising payments infrastructure to deliver scalable, interoperable and simplified services across global... 2445
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 20 Mastercard’s 2030 vision builds an intelligent future for payments Mastercard’s Sandeep Malhotra outlines how tokenisation, interoperability and AI-ready systems are reshaping Asia Pacific’s payments infrastructur... 4193
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 19 JP Morgan sees tokenised finance coming of age Kara Kennedy, global co-head of Kinexys by JP Morgan, explains how tokenised deposits, stablecoins and institutional digital asset infrastructures are... 2681
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... 4063
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 19 GFTN builds global corridors for fintech collaboration GFTN is establishing centres of excellence and regional satellite capabilities to strengthen innovation, policy development and cross border connectiv... 2324
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 18 Linux Foundation calls for cryptographic agility ahead of the quantum era Linux Foundation’s Hart Montgomery urges financial institutions to inventory cryptography, build agile architectures and collaborate through open st... 2119
HK Fintech Week Nov 17 Standard Chartered leads the shift from traditional to tokenised finance At Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025, Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick discussed how the financial system is entering a decisive phase as assets, pa... 2095
Awards Ceremonies Nov 07 Mashreq's Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair recognised for lifetime achievement and contribution to UAE banking and finance sector Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Mashreq Bank chairman, receives the William “Bill” Seidman Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award for transformative leaders... 3057
Round Up Nov 04 Institutions build interoperable foundations for stablecoins and digital markets TOKEN2049 Singapore 2025 showcased crypto’s evolution from innovation to institution, where regulation, interoperability and infrastructure drive it... 3072
Trendwatch Oct 28 Scale, strength and digital transformation define the next phase of global finance TAB Global’s latest research highlights a banking industry navigating two powerful currents. On one hand, the world’s largest, strongest and best ... 2623
Round Up Oct 27 Banks converge on AI, interoperability and tokenisation to build the next frontier of payments and trade At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, banks showcased AI, interoperability and tokenisation to modernise payments, trade, treasury and finance, building seamless g... 5447
Analysis Oct 23 The future of working capital: from cheap liquidity to selective, data-driven finance Over a decade of cheap liquidity shaped the global financial landscape after the Global Financial Crisis. As the world transitions from abundant to se... 3136
Interviews Oct 21 Circle’s USDC embedded in regulated finance David Katz, vice-president of strategy and policy for Asia Pacific at Circle, explains how regulation and collaboration embed USDC in institutional fi... 4385
Sibos Round Up Oct 21 Bank of America advances cross-border real-time payments and FX risk solutions in Asia Pacific At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Phil Carmalt, head of global payments solutions products for Asia Pacific at Bank of America, described how the bank is meeti... 2365
Sibos Round Up Oct 15 Dandelion’s wholesale network links banks to 3.2 billion mobile wallets and 626,000 cash points At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Euronet’s Juan Bianchi said Dandelion enhances existing payment networks, linking banks to emerging markets and preparing f... 2229
Awards Ceremonies Oct 15 Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase named Global CEO of the Year 2025 for transformational leadership Dimon’s enduring leadership at JPMorgan Chase has set a global standard for resilience, performance and long-term strategic vision in banking.... 2348
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.... 2213
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.... 2865
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... 2199
Sibos Round Up Oct 08 BNY builds inclusive, interoperable payment infrastructure for the next frontier of finance At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Isabel Schmidt, Executive Platform Owner for BNY’s Enterprise Payments Enablement, outlined how the bank is creating a sing... 1983
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 Bank of America embeds AI and data to transform corporate payments At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Winnie Chen, head of global payment solutions for Asia Pacific at Bank of America, explained how interoperability, data insig... 2125
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 Bank of America applies AI and shared-ledger initiatives to enhance global payment solutions At Sibos, Bank of America’s Mark Monaco highlighted collaboration, technology integration, and partnerships driving the bank’s evolving global pay... 2094
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 JP Morgan pushes cross-border instant payments through infrastructure, policy and innovation At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, JP Morgan’s Katja Lehr outlined using payments scale and industry initiatives to overcome cross-border speed, cost, and reg... 3040
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 ACI Worldwide builds cloud-native hub and intelligent orchestration to power instant and cross-border payments At Sibos 2025, ACI’s Philip Bruno outlined how ACI Connetic enables faster, safer, programmable payments with intelligent orchestration and fraud pr... 2264
Interviews Oct 06 Tether's Paolo Ardoino says: "50-60% of USDT is cross-border trade and payments" Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino plans to expand with USAT and AI initiatives, strengthening the firm’s role in global digital finance.... 5130
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.... 3387
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... 4969
Interviews Sep 19 Bank of America focuses on resilience, predictability and advisory at Sibos Frankfurt Ahead of Sibos 2025, Bank of America’s Christian Stolcke, Greg Kavanaugh, Winnie Chen, Phil Carmalt and Terence Tan discuss how macro shifts, rails ... 3839
Interviews Sep 17 Ripple sets out institutional case for stablecoins in Asia Jack McDonald, senior vice president of stablecoins at Ripple, shares how the company is approaching regulated stablecoin issuance, cross-border use c... 4959
Current Account Sep 15 BNY positions for the next frontiers of global finance In the lead up to Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, BNY said the focus will be on how global payments and market infrastructure are being reshaped by interoper... 3081
Interviews Sep 08 Deutsche Bank sets out how stablecoins and tokenisation enter mainstream banking As Sibos returns to Frankfurt from 29 September to 2 October 2025 under the theme “The next frontiers of global finance”, discussions on stablecoi... 5562
Interviews Sep 05 JP Morgan and Kinexys on the next frontiers of payments and tokenisation As Sibos 2025 convenes in Frankfurt from late September to early October, Katja Lehr of JP Morgan and Akshika Gupta of Kinexys by JPMorgan laid out wh... 5276
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... 5605
Interviews Aug 28 Stripe’s strategy for AI and stablecoins in APAC Asia Pacific is at the heart of Stripe’s global growth plans. With localised infrastructure, stablecoin-based accounts, and AI embedded into payment... 6290
TABLive Jul 08 Temenos refocuses product strategy under Barb Morgan’s leadership Barb Morgan, chief product and technology officer at Temenos, outlines how the company is aligning its technology roadmap with clients’ evolving e... 5520
Conference Jun 27 Rebuilding economic resilience and reimagining China’s growth amid global disruption At the 2025 The Asian Banker Future of Finance China Summit, held on 26 June in Beijing, five distinguished keynote speakers from academia, government... 3075
Roundtable Jun 05 Banks recalibrate cross-border payment strategies and orchestrate platforms for a real- time, multi-rail world Banks are moving beyond legacy rail limitations to build orchestrated, customer-centric payment platforms. From consolidating real-time rails and dome... 4828
Roundtable Jun 04 AI, digital currencies and decentralised disruption reshape the future of banking and finance In a wide-ranging and candid dialogue at The Asian Banker Summit Leadership Luncheon Dialogue, global financial executives, technologists and regulato... 4386
Opening Keynote Jun 03 From cash to code - Rosie Rios on the next financial paradigm Rosie Rios, 43rd Treasurer of the United States and board member of Ripple, in her keynote at The Asian Banker Summit 2025 called on the financial sec... 7163
Trendwatch Jun 02 A new global benchmark redefines wholesale banking leadership TAB Global’s inaugural ranking of the World’s Best Corporate, Investment and Wholesale Banks sets a multidimensional benchmark for institutional s... 3468
Conference Jun 02 Geopolitics and technology reshape the future of global transaction finance At the Transaction Finance Reinvented Conference during The Asian Banker Summit 2025, industry leaders explored how cross-border payments and global t... 4281
Leadership Awards May 26 Masahiro Kihara awarded Best Bank CEO in Japan for reshaping corporate culture and driving sustainable growth Masahiro Kihara’s bold leadership transformed Mizuho’s culture and growth, earning him the title of Best Bank CEO in Japan and securing the group... 3915
Leadership Awards May 16 Piyush Gupta receives the TAB Global William Bill Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievements in Leadership in the Financial Services Industry, 2025 Amid two decades of transformation in Asia Pacific finance, Piyush Gupta stands out for redefining modern banking and exemplifying the vision, excelle... 5141
Opinion Apr 30 Weak banks, strong solutions: The bridge bank approach in Bangladesh A bridge bank is a temporary financial institution established by regulators to take over and manage the operations of a failing bank until a permanen... 12307
Interviews Apr 11 BNY scales up its Asia Pacific offerings in cross-border payments,liquidity management and digital trade finance The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) is transforming its global business through a unified platforms operating model that is designed to deli... 7585
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, ... 9880
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... 5791
Panel Discussion Mar 26 Building trust in digital finance through blockchain and tokenisation Tokenisation and blockchain are rapidly becoming transformative forces in finance, with the potential to enhance security, transparency and efficiency... 2972
Opinion Mar 21 China's sci-tech stars hailed amid two sessions China's technological capabilities have been gaining attention, with noteworthy developments taking place at a rapid pace. As the third sessions of th... 2683
Interviews Mar 17 Bank of America expands Asia Pacific transaction banking through customised solutions and technology innovation Bank of America is expanding its transaction banking business across Asia Pacific, positioning itself as a partner for multinational corporations, fin... 10867
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... 13149
Site Visits Mar 05 The AI imperative - How banks can work with generative AI Preferred Networks, Japan’s largest AI unicorn, is at the forefront of artificial general intelligence. At the TAB Global Japan Innovation Study Tou... 5443
