Site Visits Oct 23 How BAAI and Tencent are testing AI reliability and exposing digital banking security gaps Research into autonomous AI and a demonstration of manipulated facial video exposed different challenges for banks during the third day of The Asian B... 227
Site Visits Oct 21 How CCB and MEGVII are addressing the data and identity challenges of AI in banking The opening day of The Asian Banker Beijing AI Innovation Study Tour 2026 examined two challenges in deploying AI across banking: making enterprise da... 705
Interviews Oct 19 Can reusable identity help banks counter AI fraud without slowing onboarding? Jumio’s Bala Kumar discusses how banks can use previous identity information to reassess risk beyond onboarding and reduce repeated document submiss... 1089
Weekly Brief Oct 16 Citi links AI-assisted insourcing to lower technology vendor costs, HKMA explores accountability for AI agents Financial Technology Weekly: Citi links 30% lower vendor spending to AI-assisted insourcing as the HKMA and FSB address accountability for AI agents.... 1386
Conference Oct 15 Nigeria’s banks face the harder test of turning financial strength into economic value At Finance West Africa 2026, banking and technology leaders questioned whether recapitalisation would translate into productive lending, challenged th... 1261
Sibos Round Up Oct 15 Can ACI turn payments modernisation into growth without multiplying infrastructure? ACI Worldwide’s Scotty Perkins and Marc Trepanier say the case for payments modernisation is shifting from infrastructure savings towards faster inn... 771
Weekly Brief Oct 14 Asian lenders back QNB’s $2.5 billion funding deal TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: QNB’s $2.5 billion loan draws Asian backing, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank raises equity and deposit competition intensifies.... 1105
Interviews Oct 07 What does it take to lead a well-run bank in an AI-driven financial system? As AI reshapes banking execution, Hong Leong Bank CEO Kevin Lam argues that the harder leadership task is building institutions that remain discipline... 1118
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 Can Bottomline make payment optionality resilient without adding fragmentation? Standardised data, AI and more payment rails give banks optionality, but Natasha Lapierre argues value requires systems sharing information and switch... 827
Sibos Round Up Oct 06 Can FIS make payments intelligent enough to choose the right rail? FIS's Kevin Flood expects orchestrated intelligence to abstract rail choice from clients, while embedded controls preserve visibility, auditability an... 1112
Sibos Round Up Oct 06 Agentic payments are really about automating the task In a Sibos panel, Ant International, Goldman Sachs, Standard Chartered and NPCI International Payments discuss how agentic payments are about automati... 1399
Sibos Round Up Oct 02 Can ING turn supply chain resilience into a transaction banking advantage? As companies redraw supply chains around resilience rather than lowest cost, ING is being asked to move financing programmes across markets, give trea... 869
Sibos Round Up Sep 30 Can SMBC Connect turn client-led design into greater treasury engagement? SMBC built its new US cash management portal with continuous input from 50 corporate clients. Early users are sending more wire payments, higher trans... 1017
Weekly Brief Sep 17 Grab strengthens Southeast Asia consumer finance ecosystem with $1.49 billion Atome Financial acquisition Retail Finance Weekly: Grab expands into digital lending with Atome Financial deal, Revolut gains Colombia banking licence, Bank of Baroda pushes AI i... 2238
Feature Sep 16 How should FIs build and sustain digital trust when AI is transforming the threat landscape? AI is changing banking faster than any technology since the internet. As systems become more autonomous, institutions must keep them secure, explainab... 1359
Weekly Brief Sep 11 Morgan Stanley and Evercore shape OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Financial Services Financial Technology Weekly: OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services with Morgan Stanley and Evercore, Ant International expands AMP, Meta's Mu... 2521
Interview Notes Sep 08 Nanovest turns customer interaction signals into operational risk governance system Nanovest's CX-Risk Signal Governance framework transforms customer interactions, chatbot behaviour and service workflows into a unified system for det... 904
Weekly Brief Sep 04 Deutsche Bank plans 15-to-two core overhaul as banks quantify AI gains Financial Technology Weekly: Deutsche Bank consolidates core systems as TD and CMB scale AI while regulators flag cyber-resilience risks.... 1431
Weekly Brief Aug 28 Sacombank completes hybrid-cloud core upgrade, ANZ cuts customer scam losses by 24% Financial Technology Weekly: Sacombank reports performance and infrastructure gains from its hybrid-cloud core upgrade, while ANZ cuts customer scam l... 949
Conference Aug 26 How are banks modernising for AI without compromising resilience and trust? Banks at Temenos Regional Forum Asia Pacific 2026 discussed how core modernisation and AI are changing technology priorities, while Vietnam's evolving... 985
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... 1036
Conference Aug 21 How AI-era risks test the limits of bank-level controls in the Philippines As Philippine banks expand artificial intelligence (AI) in fraud detection and daily operations, banking and cybersecurity leaders at TAB Finance Phil... 2233
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... 2609
Current Account Jul 28 India’s Bank of Baroda data breach exposes customer records after employee email compromise A compromised employee email account allegedly exposed customer identification documents, loan records and internal audit files. The bank has not disc... 9707
Interviews Jul 17 How is UOB Thailand turning integration complexity into retail profitability? UOB Thailand's retail arm is shifting from scale-driven growth to profitability-led restructuring, using segmentation, digital wealth sales and analyt... 1278
Interviews Jun 18 GX Bank integrates AI to scale fraud detection, risk management and business intelligence Caroline Chong, Head of Data at GX Bank, discusses how Malaysia's first licensed digital bank built in-house AI tools to manage surging transaction an... 2565
Interviews Jun 12 How Alliance Bank is building an everyday banking franchise Alliance Bank Malaysia is using digital engagement, ecosystem partnerships and technology investments to position itself as an everyday banking platfo... 1584
Current Account Jun 11 Financial Stability Board points banks towards AI monitoring AI as human oversight reaches its limits Agentic AI is increasingly embedded in fraud detection and payment workflows at major banks. The Financial Stability Board's June 2026 consultation re... 3972
Current Account May 22 RHB targets SME cyber risk as Malaysia's fraud losses double and AI sharpens attack tooling RHB's integration of AML and fraud management, combined with an SME cyber self-assessment tool, points to a broader challenge: financial crime defence... 2668
Awards Ceremonies May 15 Titan Chia named Chief Information and Technology Officer of the Year for driving CTBC Bank’s digital transformation and technological innovation Titan Chia, Chief Information and Technology Officer at CTBC Bank, was awarded Chief Information and Technology Officer of the Year at the TAB Global ... 2359
Awards Ceremonies May 13 Malaysian banks recognised for excellence in AI, payments and digital Innovation at The Asian Banker Malaysia Awards 2026 Affin Bank, Ryt Bank, GX Bank and Alliance Bank were recognised at The Asian Banker Malaysia Awards 2026 in Kuala Lumpur.... 2078
Interviews Apr 14 Mobile-first banking drives customer engagement and productivity at Nedbank Nedbank’s strategic shift to a mobile-first approach has transformed its operations, boosting customer engagement, acquisition and operational effic... 3720
Conference Apr 06 AI improves banking operations but exposes execution gaps At the Shanghai International AI Finance Summit 2026, Wang Kaijing of SenseTime discussed how AI-driven models enable banks to integrate structured a... 3270
Feature Mar 31 The intelligent bank at scale — AI leadership and accountability in global banking Banks winning at AI will embed machine-assisted decisioning into governance, explainability, balance sheet discipline, and client trust—not algorith... 3811
Interviews Feb 06 Alliance Bank builds Digital SME lending engine around fraud controls and financial capability Kevin Shum, head, digital SME, business transformation and merchant acquiring, group business and transaction banking at Alliance Bank Malaysia, set o... 3628
Interviews Feb 02 Alliance Bank embeds digital lending through virtual cards, partnerships and unified origination Alliance Bank Malaysia is reworking its consumer lending economics by embedding credit products into partner ecosystems such as e-wallets and e-commer... 3667
Co-published Dec 10 E.SUN leads Taiwan’s banking sector in SME financing and fraud prevention E.SUN Bank is strengthening Taiwan’s financial ecosystem through AI-driven credit evaluation, advanced fraud prevention and deep support for SMEs. I... 3873
Co-published Dec 09 Cathay United Bank recognised with five major awards from The Asian Banker in 2025 Cathay United Bank secures five major awards in 2025, highlighting excellence in digital transformation, AI innovation, mobile banking, analytics and ... 2899
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 26 Mastercard embeds AI governance to support production-grade financial systems Mastercard is scaling responsible AI across its global payments network, embedding privacy, ethical safeguards and accountability to transition high-r... 5981
HK Fintech Week Nov 25 Maya leverages AI to advance financial inclusion in the Philippines At Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025, Maya Group CTO Alfred Lo explained how AI is expanding financial access and education in the Philippines, where most p... 4673
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 20 UOB strengthens regional cyber resilience amid rising ecosystem risks UOB’s group CISO Tobias Gondrom outlines how it is strengthening cyber resilience across ASEAN through ecosystem-wide defences, AI-enabled detection... 3502
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 19 HSBC readies for quantum era with crypto agility and industry pilots HSBC's Tancy Tan outlines a pragmatic, regulation-aligned quantum strategy focused on crypto-agility, early pilots, ecosystem collaboration and buildi... 3050
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 18 QAI Ventures positions Singapore as Asia’s launchpad for quantum innovation QAI Ventures' Lisa Schröder views Singapore as Asia’s quantum–AI commercial hub, helping deep-tech founders scale optimisation and modelling solu... 2573
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 17 Visa discusses how AI and value-added services are addressing acceptance and fraud challenges Visa’s Axel Boye-Moller explains how AI-driven fraud detection, acceptance optimisation and modular innovation are strengthening trust, resilience a... 3677
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 17 JP Morgan builds unified payments backbone for digital and fintech platforms across the globe JP Morgan is strengthening its global payments infrastructure to support digital platforms, fintechs and corporates as Asia’s real-time and embedded... 3891
Round Up Oct 27 Technology partners build the new foundation of global finance with AI, cloud and interoperability AI, cloud-native platforms and open interoperability are rebuilding global financial infrastructure, enabling secure, resilient and programmable payme... 3389
Sibos Round Up Oct 16 Finastra launches Trade Innovation Nexus to tackle interoperability, compliance and fraud in trade finance At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Manish Joshi, managing director for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa at Finastra’s lending business, explained how the ... 3176
Sibos Round Up Oct 14 Temenos launches AI-infused money-movement platform to modernise cross-border and domestic payments At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Temenos’ Mick Fennell unveiled money-movement solution leveraging AI, APIs, ISO 20022 and cloud to streamline payments.... 3119
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... 3888
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 ACI Worldwide builds cloud-native hub and intelligent orchestration to power instant and cross-border payments At Sibos 2025, ACI’s Philip Bruno outlined how ACI Connetic enables faster, safer, programmable payments with intelligent orchestration and fraud pr... 2889
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 Standard Chartered pushes interoperability and risk mitigation to scale trade digitisation At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Standard Chartered’s Samuel Mathew highlighted leveraging network, standards, and tech partnerships to reduce risk, acceler... 17700
Interviews Sep 19 Bank of America focuses on resilience, predictability and advisory at Sibos Frankfurt Ahead of Sibos 2025, Bank of America’s Christian Stolcke, Greg Kavanaugh, Winnie Chen, Phil Carmalt and Terence Tan discuss how macro shifts, rails ... 5151
Site Visits Sep 15 AI and digital finance in practice at OneConnect, Lexin and WeBank Delegates of the China AI Innovation Study Tour visited OneConnect, Lexin and WeBank in Shenzhen. ... 5524
Site Visits Sep 09 AI at scale in infrastructure, commerce and finance in Shanghai China AI Innovation Study Tour 2025 opened in Shanghai, showing AI’s role in infrastructure, commerce, and financial services via leading firms.... 3767
Interviews Aug 28 Stripe’s strategy for AI and stablecoins in APAC Asia Pacific is at the heart of Stripe’s global growth plans. With localised infrastructure, stablecoin-based accounts, and AI embedded into payment... 9300
Leadership Awards Aug 11 Khairussaleh Ramli awarded Best Bank CEO in Malaysia for transformative leadership and strategic discipline Khairussaleh Ramli’s bold and disciplined leadership has propelled Maybank’s customer-focused digital transformation, sustainability commitments a... 7357
Roundtable Jun 05 Banks recalibrate cross-border payment strategies and orchestrate platforms for a real- time, multi-rail world Banks are moving beyond legacy rail limitations to build orchestrated, customer-centric payment platforms. From consolidating real-time rails and dome... 5924
Institutional Awards May 29 Clearstream Fund Centre, KB Kookmin Bank, Bangkok Bank and BIDV recognised for excellence in financial markets technology infrastructure and custody services Clearstream Fund Centre, KB Kookmin Bank, Bangkok Bank and BIDV were recognised at the TAB Global Business Achievement Awards in Jakarta, Indonesia.... 3582
Roundtable Apr 07 AI reshapes banking, driving innovation and risk management At the Japan Banking Innovation Conference, TAB Global unveiled key insights from the Global Excellence in Digital and Retail Finance Programme 2025, ... 11256
News Analysis Mar 20 High-frequency banking powers seamless digital finance As the banking industry shifts to high-frequency interactions, AI, open banking and embedded finance drive real-time services, requiring financial ins... 4036
Conference Mar 03 Thai banks ponder a future defined by speed, collaboration and customer experience in the AI era How banks in Thailand can harness emerging technologies, reinvent collaboration and create a seamless, boundary-less customer experience.... 6085
Trendwatch Feb 24 Digital and retail banking trends in 2025 The digital and retail banking sectors continue to evolve, driven by innovation, rapid development and adoption of generative artificial intelligence ... 5395
Conference Feb 21 Japan Banking Innovation Conference 2025 - Transforming finance through agentic AI, digital assets and quantum computing The Japan Banking Innovation Conference 2025, held at The Westin Tokyo, convened over a hundred senior banking executives, fintech leaders, policymake... 8753
Site Visits Feb 18 Advancing frontiers in fintech, AI, robotics and space exploration On Day 1, the Japan Innovation Study Tour 2025 opened with a welcome from tour hosts Foo Boon Ping, president and managing editor of The Asian Banker,... 3860
Speeches and Presentations May 30 Tay Ah Lek of Public Bank receives the William ‘Bill’ Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievement The William ‘Bill’ Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievement was conferred on Tay Ah Lek, managing director and CEO of Public Bank, at The Asian Bank... 9709
Perspectives Mar 01 Banks face escalating battle in fight against digital fraud With the proliferation of digital frauds in consumer and corporate banking, innovative mechanisms beyond bolstering the security of digital banking ar... 11284
interviews Jun 22 Grammig Advisory’s founder: “Next generation family offices more open to cryptocurrencies” David Grammig, founder and managing director of consultancy firm Grammig Advisory, discussed the growth of family offices in Europe and other parts of... 11225
