Weekly Brief Oct 02 Barclays expands Anthropic’s Claude Code to support software development and legacy modernisation Financial Technology Weekly: Barclays expands Claude Code for legacy modernisation, HSBC opens banking data to clients' AI tools, Mastercard tests age... 1731
Weekly Brief Oct 01 Mozambique downgraded to CCC as debt-restructuring risk rises TAB Africa Weekly Brief: S&P cuts Mozambique to CCC on Eurobond restructuring risk, Nigeria's yields fall after CBN rate reset and Angola sells Standa... 979
Weekly Brief Sep 30 Qatar draws strong global demand for $3 billion sovereign bond TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Qatar's $3 billion bond draws $7.7 billion in orders as UAE restricts Bank Melli Iran branches.... 1039
Weekly Brief Sep 25 SFC targets 2027 launch for Southbound renminbi trading and REIT Connect TAB China Weekly Brief: SFC targets 2027 for renminbi Stock Connect upgrades; PBOC sets holiday liquidity operations; NFRA's Shanghai office curbs ban... 1130
Interviews Sep 22 Can Alex Bank turn high-margin lending into a broader banking franchise? Alex Bank is expanding beyond higher-margin personal and vehicle lending into transaction banking, small business lending and mortgages, testing wheth... 917
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... 904
Interviews Sep 03 Can AI change the economics of core modernisation? Temenos CEO Takis Spiliopoulos says AI could cut implementation and upgrade costs that have made core modernisation slow, expensive and risky for bank... 714
Current Account Sep 01 Can CIMB’s wholesale expansion lift underlying earnings? CIMB's wholesale banking drives first-half profit growth, but provision writebacks mask flat underlying operating income.... 770
Current Account Sep 01 Can Maybank sustain fee and funding gains as credit costs normalise? Maybank’s second-quarter net profit rose 2.4% as stronger fees and lower impairment charges narrowed the first-half decline. Wealth fees and current... 876
Weekly Brief Aug 19 Indonesia expands retail credit through QRIS, Klarna cuts outlook despite return to profit Retail Finance Weekly: Klarna cuts its 2026 outlook despite returning to profit, Nubank tops $1 billion in quarterly profit and BofA takes a stake in ... 1219
Awards Ceremonies Aug 13 Jose Teodoro Limcaoco recognised for building a larger, more integrated and digitally enabled BPI Jose Teodoro Limcaoco was named Best Bank CEO in the Philippines as BPI won Best Managed Bank, following its Robinsons Bank integration and 15% loan g... 1489
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... 1475
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... 2283
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... 961
Weekly Brief Jul 27 Berenberg discloses attempts to influence regulatory capital and profit Governance failures, capital defences and a wave of buybacks define this week's brief, as banks from Berenberg to Emirates NBD balance growth against ... 1021
Current Account Jun 20 HSBC expands Google Cloud AI partnership with $100 million use case threshold HSBC announced an expanded AI partnership with Google Cloud in June 2026, prioritising use cases estimated to return more than $100 million in revenue... 3766
Interviews Jun 05 BNI strengthens its transaction-driven wholesale banking engine BNI is repositioning wholesale banking around transaction flows and operational deposits, using BNIdirect to drive sustainable growth across corporate... 1994
Current Account May 26 CIMB Group posts $400 million Q1 profit as fee income and cost cuts offset margin pressure Malaysia’s second-largest lender by assets reported steady income growth and lower costs, while net interest margins showed early signs of stabilisa... 1811
Awards Ceremonies May 14 Kevin Lam awarded Best Bank CEO in Malaysia for building a sharper, more competitive and enduring franchise at Hong Leong Bank Kevin Lam’s leadership at Hong Leong Bank has strengthened financial outcomes, operational capabilities and the quality of its franchise, earning h... 3006
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... 4305
Analysis May 06 ADCB targets technology-led growth as fee income cushions rate headwinds in the first quarter of 2026 Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) posted a strong first quarter of 2026. Ala'a Eraiqat, group chief executive officer, and Deepak Khullar, group chief ... 2405
Interviews Apr 15 Standard Chartered's blueprint for transformation that lasts Standard Chartered's Fit for Growth programme saved $754 million, exceeding return targets a year early. Global head of group transformation, Brian O'... 4243
Opinion Mar 30 Unlocking Singapore’s potential to build homegrown multinationals Singapore is a major financial centre, managing over $6 trillion in assets under management, hosting the regional headquarters of most global banks, a... 2234
Analysis Mar 25 JPMorgan Chase posts $57B profit in 2025, plans $105B spend as rate tailwinds fade JPMorgan Chase closed 2025 with $57 billion in net income and a 20% ROTCE, but the results point to a structural shift that will define the bank’s 2... 9807
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... 4657
Analysis Feb 27 Maybank hits 11.7% ROE as corridor banking and deposit repricing reshape earnings Maybank's 2025 ROE rose to 11.7%, driven by wealth fees growth and a resilient deposit mix, supporting cross-border expansion.... 4995
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.... 3846
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.... 4163
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... 2292
Interviews Feb 06 Shanghai Commercial Bank builds SME and wealth operating leverage through data and digital assets Ryan Fung and Eric Fan outline how Shanghai Commercial Bank is reshaping its SME model through shared data, controlled AI and tokenised settlement to ... 3013
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... 2945
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 Mizuho advances on tokenised deposits, AI and cybersecurity partnerships to modernise cross-border payments and trade finance At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Mizuho’s Ashutosh Kumar outlined tokenised deposits, blockchain, AI and partnerships enabling faster, secure, interoperable... 3768
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... 2670
Co-published Sep 29 CCB 2025 interim results show steady progress with leading NIM, rising fee income and stable cost and efficiency management China Construction Bank posted steady interim results in 2025, supported by strong margins, rising fee income and firm asset quality. Cost disciplin... 4139
Co-published Jun 04 CCB delivers steady growth and optimisation, with costs and risks under control At its 2024 Annual Performance Conference on 28 March, China Construction Bank (CCB) reported strong growth, with total assets of RMB 41 trillion ($5.... 19034
Speeches and Presentations May 30 Trust the data, take the leap! At the TAB Global Leadership Awards 2025, Emmanuel Daniel used a personal leap of faith to illustrate why leadership begins with trust—in data, in p... 4845
Speeches and Presentations Mar 08 Digital Banking Annual Meeting 2024: Shaping the future through AI Industry leaders converged in Seoul to explore the transformative potential of emerging technologies like AI and blockchain, and highlighted the imper... 4197
Speeches and Presentations Mar 08 Digital Banking Annual Meeting 2024: Shaping the future through AI Industry leaders converged in Seoul to explore the transformative potential of emerging technologies like AI and blockchain, and highlighted the imper... 35077
