Feature Nov 27 Building resilience for a quantum-ready financial system Quantum computing remains nascent, but its security risks now shape financial planning as institutions map cryptographic exposure and prepare multi-ye... 1425
HK Fintech Week Nov 25 BOC Life accelerates digital transformation to redefine Hong Kong life insurance Mark Kai, CFO of BOC Life, shared at the Hong Kong FinTech Week that the company is accelerating digital transformation across operations, platforms a... 782
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 21 Hedera positions its distributed ledger network for institutional use Isadora Arredondo, global policy director at Hedera, outlined how the network’s technical design, governance structure and regulatory engagements ai... 696
Awards Ceremonies Nov 21 First Bank of Nigeria, Bank of Punjab, Stanbic IBTC, Absa, Al Rajhi Bank and BDO Unibank recognised for excellence in retail finance, SME banking and transaction finance First Bank of Nigeria, Bank of Punjab, Stanbic IBTC, Absa, Al Rajhi Bank and BDO Unibank were recognised at The TAB Global Finance Awards 2025.... 1173
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 20 UK’s FCA sharpens AI oversight as banks deploy models at scale As AI scales, the FCA is tightening governance and testing, with Jessica Rusu stressing production oversight and MAS alignment to manage cross-border ... 966
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 18 TerraPay’s Ani Sane discusses building compliant and interoperable cross-border payment networks Ani Sane, co-founder and chief business officer of TerraPay, outlines how the company is extending its digital payments infrastructure to connect bank... 777
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 12 GFTN launches ALFIN as industry mulls next decade of financial technology blueprint The opening plenary of the Singapore Fintech Festival 2025 marked a decade of transformation in finance and technology. Industry and government leader... 1132
Opinion Nov 04 Reflections on China's AI journey China’s AI journey reveals a mature ecosystem where banks, platforms and regulators collaborate to embed intelligent finance across sectors.... 414
Opinion Nov 04 China’s AI innovation model and its global implications China’s AI model fuses technology, policy and finance into an integrated system, offering global lessons amid distinct local conditions.... 311
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... 1415
Sibos Round Up Oct 21 BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business drives private capital, digitalisation and trust in Asia Pacific asset servicing market At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Franck Dubois, head of Asia Pacific for Securities Services at BNP Paribas, highlighted how globalisation, private capital gr... 1554
Interviews Oct 17 audax redefines digital banking economics through embedded finance Across Asia’s digital-banking landscape, embedded finance is emerging as a structural advantage. Smriti Gupta, chief financial officer of audax, exp... 1549
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 ... 1500
Sibos Round Up Oct 16 BNY accelerates real-time payments, AI and fintech collaboration across Asia Pacific At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Fabian Khoshbakht, Head of Treasury Services for Asia Pacific at BNY, discussed how the bank is enabling faster and richer cr... 771
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... 1331
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.... 1384
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... 1407
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 Smartstream doubles down on infrastructure and AI to future-proof post-trade operations At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, CEO Akber Jaffer outlined SmartStream’s rebrand and investments in cloud, APIs and AI for resilient post-trade.... 1189
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 Bank of America applies AI and shared-ledger initiatives to enhance global payment solutions At Sibos, Bank of America’s Mark Monaco highlighted collaboration, technology integration, and partnerships driving the bank’s evolving global pay... 1025
Interviews Oct 06 Tether's Paolo Ardoino says: "50-60% of USDT is cross-border trade and payments" Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino plans to expand with USAT and AI initiatives, strengthening the firm’s role in global digital finance.... 2762
Sibos Round Up Oct 03 Deutsche Bank explores tokenised deposits, stablecoins and unified ledgers At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Manuel Klein, Head of Market Management, Payments and Digital Currencies at Deutsche Bank, described how the bank is shaping ... 1047
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... 2082
Awards Ceremonies Sep 19 CTBC Bank and E.SUN Bank lead Taiwanese banks across retail, corporate and transaction banking Leading financial institutions in Taiwan were recognised for achievements in retail, transaction finance, financial technology and financial markets.... 2172
Interviews Sep 17 Resilience and security at the core of Standard Chartered’s growth Standard Chartered makes technology resilience a board priority, addressing AI fraud, regulatory fragmentation, and supply chain risks to sustain trus... 4043
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. ... 1787
Site Visits Sep 15 Ant Group, PingPong and Zhejiang University showcase compliance, payments and research innovation The third day of the China AI Innovation Study Tour 2025 in Hangzhou took participants through Ant Group’s growth journey, milestones and AML Centre... 1524
Speech Aug 29 Jose Teodoro Limcaoco: “Embracing technology is no longer optional but essential” At Finance Philippines 2025, BAP's Jose Teodoro Limcaoco, urged the industry to become smarter, more proactive and much bolder as it navigates rapid t... 11160
Interview Notes Aug 26 Alliance Bank Malaysia focuses on proprietary technology and embedded finance to drive growth Alliance Bank Malaysia has introduced virtual credit cards, dynamic card numbers and embedded personal financing into partner platforms, to grow marke... 2169
Interviews Aug 21 Standard Chartered’s risk-first approach to scaling AI globally As global banks accelerate AI adoption, Standard Chartered is embedding the technology across the enterprise with discipline and governance, turning r... 5880
TABLive Jul 08 Temenos refocuses product strategy under Barb Morgan’s leadership Barb Morgan, chief product and technology officer at Temenos, outlines how the company is aligning its technology roadmap with clients’ evolving e... 4545
Interviews Jun 27 China reforms financial system with caution as it confronts global risks Professor He Ping of Tsinghua University explains why China must resist short-term stimulus, reform its regulatory system and innovate responsibly to ... 4739
Awards Ceremonies Jun 25 ICBC (Asia) and BOCHK recognised for excellence in asset custody and wealth management in Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) [ICBC (Asia)] and Bank of China (Hong Kong) [BOCHK] received recognitions for their outstanding perform... 5004
Interviews Jun 05 Modernising fund infrastructure through convergence of traditional and digital platforms Vincent Clause of Euroclear and Rehan Ahmed of Marketnode discuss how their partnership bridges legacy financial infrastructure with next-generation d... 3440
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.... 2155
Institutional Awards May 28 Clearstream Fund Centre, OCBC, Techcombank, Kasikorn Bank, Security Bank and other leading financial institutions and technology companies recognised for excellence in financial technology innovation Clearstream Fund Centre, OCBC, Techcombank, Kasikorn Bank and Security Bank were recognised at the TAB Global Business Achievement Awards in Jakarta, ... 4403
Institutional Awards May 26 Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, BNY, United Overseas Bank and Mizuho recognised for excellence in transaction banking, payments, and trade and supply chain finance in Asia Pacific Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, BNY, United Overseas Bank and Mizuho were recognised at the TAB Global Business Achievement Awards in Jakarta, Indones... 2650
Co-published May 07 Unlocking the full potential of digital assets Digital assets and CBDCs are transforming global finance, requiring interoperability, regulation and collaboration to realise their full potential.... 5601
Opinion May 07 Why banks must build AI model context platforms to stay competitive As artificial intelligence (AI) evolves from a knowledge retriever into a memory-driven personal assistant, banks face a fresh competitive frontier. R... 2474
Interviews Apr 16 KB Kookmin strengthens custody leadership in South Korea through client-centric innovation and operational excellence KB Kookmin Bank outlines how it is enhancing its custody and services business through client-centric improvements, operational resilience and continu... 4053
Opinion Apr 02 Klarna’s AI revolution: The future of an AI-driven bank The financial industry is undergoing a rapid transformation, with banks and fintechs integrating artificial intelligence (AI) to improve efficiency an... 7413
Opinion Mar 21 China's sci-tech stars hailed amid two sessions China's technological capabilities have been gaining attention, with noteworthy developments taking place at a rapid pace. As the third sessions of th... 1929
Interviews Mar 11 MUFG’s path to innovation and resilience in APAC MUFG Bank is advancing its operations in the Asia Pacific region with a strategic vision focused on modernisation, collaboration and sustainability. B... 137354
Datafiles Feb 26 India’s banking sector soars with higher profit growth Kotak Mahindra Bank is the most profitable bank in India, while State Bank of India reports the largest net profit. Indian banks place fourth globally... 1228
Site Visits Feb 19 Strategic investments drive customer-centric digital finance The second day of the Japan Innovation Study Tour 2025 provided an in-depth look at how Japan’s financial institutions are leveraging technology, st... 2578
Interviews Nov 30 Shaping the future of finance through technology and innovation At Sibos 2024, discussions within the financial technology solution community focused on the adoption of ISO 20022, the growing integration of AI and ... 2330
Interviews Nov 16 JP Morgan’s Kinexys scales blockchain for the future of finance Following the rebranding of Onyx to Kinexys, JP Morgan is accelerating its blockchain strategy to enhance asset tokenisation and distributed ledger te... 5738
Interviews Nov 15 Digital Asset scales commercialisation of asset tokenisation and DLT Yuval Rooz, co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset, discussed the company’s innovative approach to asset tokenisation and distributed ledger technology... 3375
Interviews Sep 03 J Trust Bank overhauls legacy system Cho Won June, director of information strategy and technology at J Trust Bank explained how the bank is tackling the challenges of outdated legacy sys... 5811
Interviews Jul 02 Cake Vietnam digital bank aims for profitability by end 2024 Leveraging advanced AI, the bank aims to be among the top 5% of profitable digital-only banks globally by the end of 2024, transforming digital bankin... 7723
Interviews May 07 Chris Holmes on future of inclusive finance and technology Ahead of his keynote at The Asian Banker Summit in Hong Kong in May 2024, Holmes, known as Lord Holmes in the UK House of Lords, discussed his expansi... 7971
Trendwatch Apr 26 Bank boards fail to embrace technological imperative The boards of many financial institutions lag in recognising technology’s critical role, risking resilience and competitiveness due to insufficient ... 7547
Interviews Feb 09 Emirates NBD's Bold Digital Transformation: Redefining Banking for the Digital Age Pedro Sousa Cardoso, Chief Digital Officer, outlines the bank's ambitious journey - from revamping its core infrastructure to cloud-native solutions ... 6251
Excerpt Jan 30 Late entrant Toss Bank leverages advanced tech to disrupt and lead Toss Bank, led by CEO Hong Min-taek, shakes up South Korea's digital banking scene with innovation, daily interest payouts, and efficiency, positionin... 9209
Interviews Jan 08 OKX Ventures’ Ren: “Our vision is on the long-term future of Web3” Jeff Ren, partner at OKX Ventures, recently shared his insights into the future of Web3 industry. OKX Ventures’ current portfolio contains 15 start-... 5236
Interviews Jan 03 ICICI’s Jha: “We approach customers as ‘One Bank’ with the entire bouquet of services” ICICI Bank reported significant business growth in the first half of FY 2023-24, with increases in operating income and net profit driven by strong cr... 5694
Excerpts Sep 26 StanChart Ghana invests in digital tech to boost retail business Standard Chartered Ghana adopted a new business strategy to improve customer service and promote digital platform usage... 8054
Speeches and Presentations Sep 21 Navigating new frontiers for finance and sustainability in the metaverse The metaverse, once the stuff of science fiction, is rapidly becoming a reality with profound implications for the financial services industry and oth... 6506
Speech Jul 24 Emmanuel Daniel: “We are coming to the end of the platform era” At Seamless Middle East 2023 Dubai, Emmanuel Daniel, founder of TAB Global, presented his book and discussed the ongoing transformation on the financi... 3839
Speech Jul 24 NatWest’s Howard Davies: “The rise of neobanks, fintechs and AI challenges traditional banking” Howard Davies, chairman of National Westminster Group, delivered an insightful speech at The Asian Banker Future of Finance Summit held in Bangkok, Th... 5411
Panel Discussion Jul 13 Financial experts analyse US bank runs and regulatory mitigation strategies The Future of Finance Summit 2023 set off at a lively pace with a deep dive into the US bank runs that rattled the banking industry earlier this year,... 5491
Excerpts Jun 01 Minsheng Bank strengthens risk management to target SME segment Gao Yingxin, chairman of China Minsheng Bank, met with Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker, to discuss the bank’s development and its futur... 5164
Excerpts Mar 28 Thailand’s National ITMX-PromptPay could have the most real-time cross-border payment linkages in the world Today, National ITMX and PromptPay have established cross-border real-time QR payments with six countries—Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Sing... 14612
Sibos Round Up Feb 04 Digital Assets' Schneider: “We provide the building blocks to speed up platform and development” Georg Schneider, head of financial engineering at Digital Asset, spoke about the difficulties in creating and digitising assets into tokens, and how D... 11202
Co-published Jan 25 Ping An’s cloud-native technology accelerates digital transformation and Smart Bank implementation By the end of 2021, 28% of Ping An Bank’s applications, some 1,700, had been built based on a new cloud- native platform... 8939
Co-published Nov 28 Mox Bank improves core banking through modern technology stack and API-first solution engine The bank partnered with Thought Machine’s Vault to launch a greenfield, cloud-native digital bank offering multiple retail products, leveraging a mi... 11781
Interviews Jul 07 GCash's Martha Sazon: “We became profitable three years ahead of target” Martha Sazon, president and CEO of Mynt/GCash, discussed the rapid growth of the fintech company, how being cloud native helped it be... 24673
Interviews Jun 07 Safeboda’s Ricky Thomson: “Digital technology is reviving Uganda” Ricky Rapa Thomson, co-founder of Uganda’s first ride-hailing app SafeBoda, talked about how digital technology is helping the boda boda (motorcycle... 26728
interviews Jan 11 Alex Bank’s Simon Beitz: “We focus on a higher margin for risk opportunities in consumer finance” Simon Beitz, founder and CEO and Craig Fenwick, co-founder and CFO at Alex Bank share their business model, strategic plans for future growth and how ... 19408
Sibos Round Up Dec 16 SmartStream’s Pillay: “Banks have a strong use case to embed AI to automate operations” Radha Pillay, regional sales director for Asia Pacific at SmartStream, shared his views on the evolving technology requirement of financial institutio... 4067
Research Note Dec 02 Blockchain to support better governance as sustainability funds increase The push for climate change considerations puts pressure on financial services companies to develop and use advanced technologies such as blockchain t... 13886
News Analysis Nov 11 Techcombank partners with AWS in cloud migration Techcombank partnered with cloud computing platform Amazon Web Services to enhance the bank’s cloud capabilities and to promote cloud adoption in Vi... 9271
Trendwatch Sep 06 The $610 million DeFi heist that wasn’t Despite losing over $610 million worth of cryptocurrencies to a cyber hack, touted as the largest of its kind, Poly Network was able to recover all as... 23711
Trendwatch Jul 23 Concentration of cloud providers raises financial stability risks The use of cloud technology is gaining traction among financial institutions due to the efficiency, scale and saving that it affords. However, regulat... 13487
Datafiles Jun 30 Top ten companies with most bitcoin hold over 204,000 in total Some companies have acquired cryptocurrencies for their corporate treasuries despite the volatility. MicroStrategy, the public company that holds the ... 109159
Current Account May 07 Digital currencies gain momentum in US and China The largest US cryptocurrency platform goes public and China's digital renminbi testing speeds up... 16005
Research Note May 05 SCF to take bigger share of sustainability-linked loans that hit $119 B in 2020 As demand for sustainable products rises, stakeholders including consumers, investors, and regulators are pushing manufacturers, suppliers and lenders... 14329
Speech Jan 28 BIS’ Carstens: “Digital currencies and the future of the monetary system” Agustín Carstens, general manager of Bank for International Settlements, in a speech to Hoover Institution affiliates, comprising Stanford University... 10014
Jan 11 Tencent’s Lin: “Demand for cross-border payments and remittance increased during the pandemic” Forest Lin, corporate vice president at Tencent and concurrently president at Tencent Financial Technology, shares his insights on the impacts of the ... 7787
Current Account Jan 07 $18 billion Gojek-Tokopedia merger brewing after talks with Grab hit a snag Tokopedia and Gojek are reportedly in a tie-up ahead of a planned public listing in Indonesia and the United States... 6917
interviews Oct 13 Nium’s Bermingham: “We are expanding payment routes in Asia” Michael Bermingham, co-founder and chief business officer of Nium, shares how the company has evolved its business model across retail and enterprise ... 8181
Feature Sep 07 Central banks accelerate digital currency plans as PBOC surges ahead Central banks are undertaking extensive work on digital currencies to improve the cost, security, speed and reach of transactions to eventually accele... 12277
Aug 13 5G will drive the “financial new normal Shenzhen-based Chinese tech giant Huawei held its Asia Pacific Financial Industry Storage Summit 2020, on 13 August to address the latest trends, deve... 7909
Sep 01 Mizuho Bank’s Das: “Digitalisation is transformation” Devashis Das, deputy head of Global Transaction Banking, Asia Oceania at Mizuho Bank discusses the latest financial technologies and the opportunities... 10269
Research Note Jul 17 Identifying climate risks and opportunities for investment From corporate governance and board composition to loan portfolio credit quality, new approaches utilising passive and active steps are driving the ch... 6140
Research Note Jun 03 Renewed impetus helps accelerate industry-wide trade digitalisation efforts but interoperability remains key hurdle Pressure on margins from increased competition and compliance requirements is forcing the industry to recalibrate its trade finance offerings. ... 13148
Current Account Mar 27 TradingScreen launches QUO, a new cloud based workflow solution for wealth managers US based order and execution management systems provider TradingScreen recently launched a ‘software as a service’ based platform for trade manag... 5450
Opinion Jan 16 Fincross International's Lavegardi: "We are on the age of asset tokenisation" With the emergence and proliferation of the crypto technology/economy, the age of asset tokenisation has begun. ... 17114
Interviews Jan 09 Grab grows financial inclusion and its payments impact across Southeast Asia Grab’s key objectives going forward include driving increased acceptance of e-wallets, adding more big brand names to the rewards programme, and dev... 25848
Case Study Nov 13 Most improved retail bank in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa Ping An Bank has successfully transformed its operating structure into a modern one, prioritizing asset-light and capital-light structures to allow f... 5050
Research Note Nov 07 Pursuing digital enhancements a top priority among regional banks Global and regional cash management banks across Asia-Pacific are making substantial investments in digital initiatives to enhance the overall transa... 7366
Interviews Oct 31 Ripple’s Treacher: “The banking world’s kind of lost pace with the rest of commerce and society which is moving onto a much more real-time globally-connected environment” Marcus Treacher, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at Ripple, discusses challenges in expediting payment processes from a clarity, visibility,... 10273
Sibos Round Up Oct 09 SWIFT’s Haddad: “So, at the moment, a typical GPI is sub 30 minutes. We are trying to get it down to seconds.” Eddie Haddad, SWIFT Managing Director, Asia Pacific talks about the latest developments in Global Payments Initiative (gpi), how it helps institutions... 8905
Interviews Oct 09 Nordea’s Richter: “We need to look at the payment ecosystem overall, and see what type of value-added services we can put around the payments” Claus Richter, Head of Transaction Banking Solutions at Nordea shares his views on the impact of technology, particularly blockchain, on domestic and ... 8960
TABLive Sep 25 (Sponsored Content) TMB Thailand's customer satisfaction score up 20% with video conferencing ... 22695
Research Note Feb 02 Digitalisation and internationalisation - Key elements of employment trends ... 35063
Speeches and Presentations Dec 12 Soul Hitte: "We are building an infrastructure that did not exist before" Soul Hitte, founder of Dianrong.com, a marketplace lending platform in China, compares the development of P2P lending between US and China, and the ex... 8191
TAB RadioFinance Sep 01 Mambu's Danilkis: "Everyone is now concerned about moving their customers and sales data to the cloud" ... 5202
co-published video Jun 09 Affin Bank Group and Moody's Analytics win the Liquidity Risk Technology Implementation of the Year in Asia Pacific 2017 ... 7806
Interviews May 18 Interview: “Dodd–Frank is not designed to prevent failure in all occasions” ... 3004
