Weekly Brief Nov 12 Monee’s lending growth brings higher credit costs; Australia expands consumer data sharing Retail Finance Weekly: Monee’s provisions outpace loan growth as Shoprite and Investec plan retailer-led banking and Australia opens non-bank loan d... 678
Current Account Nov 10 Binance breach shows how trusted systems can authorise fraudulent payments Compromised Binance signing infrastructure and on-chain permissions that outlasted withdrawal suspension show why banks need independent limits and re... 977
Weekly Brief Nov 09 How are political change, bank earnings and financial risks reshaping the industry? The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Democrats’ control of Congress reshaped expectations for US financial policy, while global bank earnings revealed div... 807
Weekly Brief Nov 03 Westpac doubles impairment charges, Santander absorbs acquisition capital hit Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: Westpac impairments doubled, Santander’s Webster deal cost 147 basis points of CET1 and euro-area funding access weak... 878
Weekly Brief Oct 29 US court strikes down debit interchange cap, Revolut launches UK personal loans Retail Finance Weekly: An appeals court ruling on issuers’ incremental costs threatens large US banks’ debit fee income, while Revolut’s UK pers... 1809
Weekly Brief Oct 27 Gulf banks report higher 9M earnings, Mastercard expands payment connectivity in Syria TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Falling impairments and a disposal gain lift ADCB and RAKBANK, while higher charges restrain Emirates NBD and Saudi Nati... 1130
Weekly Brief Oct 26 AI sell-off drives US Treasury rally as French 10-year yield tops 5% The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Investors question whether AI infrastructure spending can deliver lasting returns, as funding conditions diverge across... 3144
Weekly Brief Oct 12 India raises repo rate as global bond yields and oil prices climb The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: India resumed monetary tightening as US and French bond markets sold off, oil remained above $100 a barrel and the FSB ... 1732
Sibos Round Up Oct 06 When embedded payments move from checkout into treasury During a Sibos panel discussion, WorldFirst, BBVA, Visa and Federal Reserve Financial Services argue embedded B2B payments must move beyond execution ... 1330
Weekly Brief Oct 05 China eases borrowing costs as Australia tightens and global yields stay elevated The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: China reduces selected borrowing costs as Australia tightens policy. Weaker US hiring tempers rate expectations, but el... 1963
Weekly Brief Sep 30 Swift plans cross-border payments by phone number and email Transaction Finance Weekly: Swift's pay-by-alias framework, FedNow's cross-border leg, BNY's Pay-to-Wallet and JP Morgan-Thunes expand cross-border pa... 2564
Weekly Brief Sep 28 Swiss upper house backs proposal UBS says would add $16 billion to its parent-bank CET1 requirement Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: Swiss lawmakers advance a $16 billion CET1 hit for UBS, as Fed proposes capital rules for stablecoin issuers.... 1562
Weekly Brief Sep 17 PBOC says slower loan growth is China’s new normal as financing shifts beyond banks TAB China Weekly Brief: PBOC flags slower loan growth, Hong Kong releases five-year plan, HKMA raises base rate, ABC completes renminbi transaction.... 2748
Weekly Brief Sep 15 GCC bank assets exceed $4 trillion as deposits rise 6% and UAE credit expands TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: GCC bank assets top $4 trillion, Türkiye holds rates at 37%, US sanctions VTB Bank, and ADGM assets under management ri... 1615
Weekly Brief Sep 14 ECB raises rates to 2.50% as euro-area energy inflation hits 14.3% The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: The ECB raised rates to 2.50% as inflation rose and Saudi pipeline attacks disrupted oil supply, while UniCredit advanc... 1484
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... 2063
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... 1422
Weekly Brief Aug 24 US Treasury expands long-dated buybacks, Alibaba raises $10.3 billion for AI infrastructure The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: US Treasury doubles long-dated buybacks as debt hits $40 trillion, Alibaba raises $10.3 billion, SoftBank plans AI bond... 1340
Weekly Brief Aug 17 China records $50 billion bank-lending contraction, Bank of America enters Indian consumer credit with Jio Financial The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: China's bank lending contracts by a record RMB340 billion, US inflation eases to 3.4%, Japan's GDP growth slows to 0.3%... 3749
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... 1850
Weekly Brief Aug 04 Emirates NBD expands in Egypt, UAE banking assets reach $1.53 trillion TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Emirates NBD moved to acquire HSBC Egypt's retail banking business, UAE banking assets climbed to $1.53 trillion and Ma... 1686
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... 1580
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 ... 3500
Weekly Brief Jul 29 ADCB profit rises 28% as Gulf bank earnings diverge TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: ADCB extended its profit streak to 20 quarters as Gulf earnings diverged, DIFC surpassed 10,000 registered companies, an... 1446
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... 1913
Weekly Brief Jul 20 EU proposes freer movement of bank capital and liquidity, JPMorgan questions US capital reset This week, the European Commission proposed freer capital and liquidity movement across banking groups, JPMorgan pushed back on uneven US capital refo... 1347
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... 1274
Weekly Brief Jul 13 Gulf banks tap AT1 markets, Brazil's bank rescue hits a wall This week's Risk and Capital Weekly Brief covers Gulf banks' strong AT1 demand, OCC-approved stablecoin trust charters for Circle and Sony Bank, ABN A... 984
Editorial Jun 30 Can China's banks turn AI governance from a board mandate into a competitive advantage? China's NFRA has issued its first dedicated AI framework for banks and insurers, moving AI from a technology initiative to a board-level governance is... 3633
Weekly Brief Jun 29 From retail gold to AI funds, Chinese institutions move on risk ICBC and peers gate leveraged precious metals trading after volatility, as JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs reinforce capital buffers, Nomura builds instant... 988
Weekly Brief Jun 29 Singapore establishes Future of Finance Institute, BIS warns on sovereign debt The BIS warns record sovereign debt held by non-bank investors poses new systemic risk, as Morgan Stanley gates a private credit fund again, and MAS l... 1308
Current Account Jun 25 All 32 US banks pass Fed stress test as higher rate assumptions offset growing credit losses The Fed's 2026 supervisory stress test cleared every large US bank against a scenario modelling $708 billion in projected losses, but the cleanest agg... 3950
Interviews Jun 05 How should banks compete when Washington redraws the rules of finance Former US Congressman Patrick McHenry argues that AI, digital assets and a more politically responsive regulatory environment will reshape how banks c... 2100
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... 832
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... 860
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.... 2250
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... 896
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... 2548
interviews Oct 29 China's economic policy makers Top policy advisor, Huang Yiping explains the history and direction of China’s economic policies.... 25307
Feature Sep 07 Central banks accelerate digital currency plans as PBOC surges ahead Central banks are undertaking extensive work on digital currencies to improve the cost, security, speed and reach of transactions to eventually accele... 14252
editorial Mar 11 The Asian Banker Perspectives 11 March 2019 "I believe we need a crisis in Europe to really fix Europe," said Laurence Fink, Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock.... 6059
