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... 561
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... 452
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... 1013
Interviews Jul 14 How Standard Chartered’s digital asset strategy is evolving across capital markets and payments As digital assets move into commercial deployment, Standard Chartered is preparing for their adoption across capital markets and payments by building ... 1045
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... 256
Current Account Jul 01 Can Standard Bank turn RMB clearing into revenue beyond existing trade flows? The PBoC has authorised Standard Bank and ICBC to jointly clear renminbi transactions across 19 African countries, the first continent-named clearing ... 929
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... 192
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... 148
Weekly Brief Jun 15 Italy's largest bank deal, Asian currency defence Intesa Sanpaolo's EUR 30.6 billion ($35.3 billion) bid for Monte dei Paschi becomes Italy's largest banking deal, as EU ministers advance centralised ... 173
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... 142
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... 174
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... 5288
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... 2990
Jan 30 Middle East and Central Asia region faces economic turmoil, eye recovery in 2025 The IMF cut its 2024 growth forecast for the Middle East and Central Asia region, due to geopolitical tensions, conflicts and climate-related risks.... 5136
Sibos Round Up Oct 21 Leading bank in the Middle East strengthens financial ties between China and the GCC On the first day of Sibos 2024 in Beijing, the First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), showcased its commitment to facilitate cross-border transactions between th... 356615
Sibos Round Up Oct 21 Leading bank in the Middle East strengthens financial ties between China and the GCC On the first day of Sibos 2024 in Beijing, the First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), showcased its commitment to facilitate cross-border transactions between th... 356615
Sibos Round Up Oct 21 Leading bank in the Middle East strengthens financial ties between China and the GCC On the first day of Sibos 2024 in Beijing, the First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), showcased its commitment to facilitate cross-border transactions between th... 2822
Current Account Apr 26 PBoC’s new deputy governor determined to get risk management right Tao Ling’s appointment at the Chinese central bank signifies a renewed focus on enhancing China’s financial stability and risk management strategi... 7148
Interviews Sep 21 NDB’s Maasdorp: “We have a 40% target for climate finance” New Development Bank’s Leslie Maasdorp discussed how the nascent multilateral bank is bridging the gap in infrastructure financing in emerging econo... 6084
Research Note Dec 31 Digital asset outlook 2022: Will the momentum continue? The total capitalisation of digital assets surged three-fold in 2021, with strong evidence that the momentum is likely to continue into the new year. ... 30240
Research Note Apr 09 China to create state-backed entity to supervise tech data The Chinese government has proposed establishing a joint venture with local technology companies to oversee the collection of data from Chinese consum... 7614
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.... 5693
