Weekly Brief Nov 04 Nedbank completes 66% NCBA acquisition; Moody’s downgrades Senegal TAB Africa Weekly Brief: African banks expanded across borders as Nedbank took control of NCBA and Absa entered Dubai, while Moody’s downgraded Sene... 1035
Weekly Brief Nov 03 IFC and Citi expand trade finance for emerging markets, Hong Kong advances 24/7 tokenised settlement Transaction Finance Weekly: Public guarantees widen trade finance access, while tokenised settlement and on-chain funds make corporate cash available ... 1191
Weekly Brief Nov 03 Egypt advances bank privatisation, Bahrain’s Mumtalakat plans AI-native wholesale bank TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Egypt advances bank privatisation and tightens policy, while Gulf lenders grow profits and Bahrain eyes AI-led banking.... 711
Weekly Brief Oct 23 ISSB proposes nature disclosure guidance, China expands industrial carbon accounting Sustainable Finance Weekly: Nature-risk reporting and carbon-price benchmarks are sharpening transition planning, but emerging-market sustainable-bond... 1401
Weekly Brief Oct 15 Ecobank strengthens China-Africa payments as banks pursue new digital channels TAB Africa Weekly Brief: Standard Bank backs OPay, Airtel Money lists in London, Ecobank expands renminbi links and Zambia nears IMF programme.... 3755
Sibos Round Up Oct 12 Can DBS make transaction banking convergence work across new trade corridors? DBS is bringing cash management, trade, supply chain finance, real-time payments and tokenised money closer together as Asian companies expand into ne... 1431
Opinion Oct 12 Asia’s local currency bond markets open new funding frontiers Asia’s local currency bond markets, led by Greater China, give sovereigns, supranationals and agencies cheaper funding from new investors and will g... 1206
Weekly Brief Oct 07 BCEAO sets new electronic money transfer rules across West Africa TAB Africa Weekly Brief: BCEAO mandates instant-payment interoperability, Zambia cuts rates 250 basis points and Attijariwafa bank agrees Société G... 1344
Weekly Brief Oct 07 Always-on payments and embedded banking expand into corporate and institutional workflows Transaction Finance Weekly: Citi takes cross-border payments beyond office hours as HSBC enters client systems and IFC backs supplier finance.... 2424
Weekly Brief Oct 05 Federal Reserve adopts stress-test changes to reduce volatility in bank capital requirements Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: Fed finalises stress-test changes to smooth capital requirements, New Zealand rules take effect and the Basel Committee... 2622
Weekly Brief Sep 23 Partior and LSEG target prefunded nostro dependence in cross-border settlement Transaction Finance Weekly: Partior and LSEG DiSH built a multi-bank liquidity framework, HSBC expanded cross-border cash pooling in China and NPCI in... 1182
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.... 1483
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... 2224
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... 1401
Weekly Brief Jul 21 Bank Nizwa eyes Oman Islamic banking giant, Revolut expands into UAE digital assets This week, Bank Nizwa moved to acquire Oman's Alizz Islamic Bank, Revolut won approval to expand digital asset services in Dubai and UAE banks pressed... 3124
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... 912
Awards Ceremonies Nov 07 Absa Ghana, Commercial Bank of Qatar and BSF recognised for achievements in retail, transaction banking and trade finance in Middle East and Africa Leading financial institutions in the Middle East and Africa were recognised at the TAB Global Middle East and Africa Awards 2025 in Dubai. ... 3582
TABLive Jul 03 BNCTL sharpens national mandate and regional focus as Timor-Leste prepares for ASEAN integration As Timor-Leste looks to join ASEAN in October 2025, BNCTL under its new CEO, Marcelo da Cruz Carvalho, outlines its strategic transformation to suppor... 21281
Interviews Aug 09 Bank BTPN’s Henoch Munandar prioritises sustainable financial inclusion and digitalisation in Indonesia Bank BTPN, under the leadership of president director/CEO, Henoch Munandar, focuses on sustainable financial inclusion and digital transformation to... 7566
Research Note Jun 20 Banks forced to get better in servicing their SME customers While fintechs may take some market share away in specific niches, the partnerships, analytics, and value-add that leading banks are developing can k... 14941
