Weekly Brief Aug 11 Wells Fargo plans tokenised deposits, Deutsche Bank gains direct RMB clearing role Transaction Finance Weekly: Wells Fargo launches tokenised deposits for corporate clients, Deutsche Bank gains direct RMB clearing in Frankfurt, Klarn... 933
Interviews Aug 05 Kasikornbank repositions FX distribution through digital execution As foreign exchange (FX) markets fragment across platforms, currencies and regulatory regimes, Kasikornbank is expanding its FX and capital markets pr... 559
Interviews Jul 17 How is HSBC applying corporate lending discipline to pre-profit start-ups? HSBC's Innovation Banking unit is moving earlier into start-ups' lifecycles across Southeast Asia, tying credit decisions to institutional backing and... 979
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... 261
Interviews Jun 16 Why ING believes MNCs are demanding more integrated banking solutions Trade fragmentation is changing how MNCs organise financing, liquidity and risk across South and Southeast Asia. As supply chains become more distribu... 894
Editorial Jun 16 Has Indonesia mistaken a 35-year market evolution for market failure? Indonesia is right to pursue greater value from its natural resources. The harder question is whether it is trying to solve two fundamentally differen... 1175
Interviews Jun 05 If payments are becoming commoditised, where does transaction banking create value? As payment execution becomes faster, broader and increasingly standardised, financial institutions are under pressure to rethink where transaction ban... 1204
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... 1463
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... 3371
Interviews May 11 kompasbank pushes SME banking beyond lending kompasbank CEO Michael Hurup Andersen believes SME banking is moving beyond standalone lending products towards operational banking models built aroun... 1357
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... 3060
Interviews Apr 09 MUFG builds its Asia transaction banking franchise on an integrated regional platform Belinda Han, managing director and head of transaction banking Asia Pacific, MUFG Bank, discusses how the bank is growing its transaction banking fran... 3170
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... 2676
Analysis Apr 06 Al Rajhi Bank posts 26% profit growth, driven by diversification and lending shift Al Rajhi Bank’s profit grew by 26% in 2025, supported by balanced loan growth, a shift toward SMEs and corporates, and expanding investment banking ... 3631
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... 3036
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.... 3537
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 20 StraitsX builds the rails for real-world stablecoin payments Liu Tianwei, co-founder and CEO of StraitsX, explains how regulated digital money infrastructure across Asia links stablecoins to compliant, real-worl... 5582
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... 2528
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... 6504
Interviews Mar 19 Strengthening the foundations of Commercial Bank of Ceylon Under CEO Sanath Manatunge, Commercial Bank of Ceylon has maintained its position at the forefront of Sri Lanka’s banking sector, focusing on asset ... 8878
