Opinion Oct 24 The next firewall is human: How banks protect customers through knowledge Banks can turn financial knowledge into their strongest defence against scams, debt and digital exploitation. ... 762
Interviews Oct 13 Swiss-regulated AMINA Bank launches Hong Kong hub for Asia’s digital-asset markets AMINA Bank expands to Asia with a Hong Kong hub, offering institutional-grade custody, lending and trading under Swiss-regulated digital-asset standar... 2262
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... 878
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 Fireblocks builds the “core banking” infrastructure for digital assets and on-chain payments At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Stephen Richardson, chief strategy officer and head of banking at Fireblocks, described how the company is simplifying access... 1329
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... 677
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... 1102
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 ... 726
Interviews Sep 22 Deutsche Bank balances legacy and new rails in global payments Sebastien Avot, head of institutional cash and trade finance, Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank, explained how the bank is navigating the coexistence of e... 2098
Interviews Sep 17 Ripple sets out institutional case for stablecoins in Asia Jack McDonald, senior vice president of stablecoins at Ripple, shares how the company is approaching regulated stablecoin issuance, cross-border use c... 2279
Interviews Sep 12 Standard Chartered prioritises tokenisation, AI and the future of securities services Tan Ying Ying, Global Head of Product Management for Financing and Securities Services at Standard Chartered, explained how tokenisation, AI, interope... 2474
Interviews Sep 05 JP Morgan and Kinexys on the next frontiers of payments and tokenisation As Sibos 2025 convenes in Frankfurt from late September to early October, Katja Lehr of JP Morgan and Akshika Gupta of Kinexys by JPMorgan laid out wh... 2249
Interviews Sep 04 Sibos Frankfurt set to confront digital assets, AI, resilience and interoperability As Sibos returns to Europe, Dhiraj Bajaj, global head of transaction banking FI sales at Standard Chartered, outlines what banks and financial institu... 2627
Interviews Sep 03 Digital assets move into mainstream banking at Standard Chartered Standard Chartered has been at the forefront of bridging the world of crypto-native innovation and regulated finance. Rene Michau, group head of digit... 2837
Roundtable Jun 04 AI, digital currencies and decentralised disruption reshape the future of banking and finance In a wide-ranging and candid dialogue at The Asian Banker Summit Leadership Luncheon Dialogue, global financial executives, technologists and regulato... 2910
Opening Keynote Jun 03 From cash to code - Rosie Rios on the next financial paradigm Rosie Rios, 43rd Treasurer of the United States and board member of Ripple, in her keynote at The Asian Banker Summit 2025 called on the financial sec... 5035
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.... 5494
Opinion Mar 17 Stablecoins: The next frontier in fintech and digital payments Stablecoins are reshaping finance, bridging fiat currencies and digital assets. Initially created to counter cryptocurrency volatility, they have beco... 3369
Site Visits Feb 27 Innovation and leadership lessons from SoftBank and SBI SoftBank and SBI have emerged as powerful forces in financial and technological innovation. Their approaches to investment, digital transformation and... 5745
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... 5396
Interviews Nov 25 Burnt Banksy - from burning NFT art to refining digital assets In a conversation with The Asian Banker founder Emmanuel Daniel, “Burnt Banksy”, who in 2021 set aflame a Banksy piece after tokenising it, talked... 4585
Speeches and Presentations Jun 12 What the industry can learn from Swiftonomics In his opening address at The Asian Banker Summit, Emmanuel Daniel urged the financial services industry to embrace transformative changes, drawing pa... 5663
Feature May 20 Rise of digital assets and tokenisation Now a formidable force in the finance sector, digital assets and tokenisation offer unprecedented opportunities through innovative technologies that e... 11718
Interviews Jan 24 Circle’s Yam Ki Chan: “Stablecoins can reduce transaction time and cost for Asian businesses” Yam Ki Chan, vice president of strategy and policy at Circle, discussed the stablecoin landscape, and how Singapore is taking the lead on the fintech ... 3561
Interviews Nov 29 Citigroup’s Shobit Maini: “We’re trying to deliver the benefits of the blockchain technology without the complexity’’ Shobhit Maini, co-head of digital assets for global markets at Citigroup, unveils a groundbreaking FX trading app that uses blockchain to execute real... 2301
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... 6342
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... 11166
Sibos Round Up Feb 01 ANZ's Janakiraman: “Our three focus areas are emerging payment technologies, digital assets and currencies, and data” Hari Janakiraman, head of industry and innovation, transaction banking at ANZ talked about three distinct but interlinked areas that are needed to f... 3279
Opinion Oct 03 “Financial inclusion is a lie” Financial inclusion goes beyond just having a bank account, said Emmanuel Daniel, founder and chairman of Wealth and Society, to Robert Rubinstein, ch... 10455
Research Note Feb 10 Continued innovation in DeFi and CeFi underpins future of cryptos The continuous expansion of the crypto market and the innovations it promises have been closely watched by the financial services industry, particular... 24084
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. ... 28934
interviews Oct 01 CCU.ai's Romain Nouzareth: “Crypto blockchain is greener and smarter than "old" financial system Romain Nouzareth, CEO and chairman of CCU.ai, a Quebec-based cryptocurrency miner, discussed its recent listing on the Toronto's TSX Venture Exchange ... 18921
Trendwatch May 21 Central banks work to link multiple CBDCs across borders Several countries all over the worl in various stages of developing central bank digital currencies (CBDC) . In a survey of 46 central banks, BIS foun... 11108
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... 15812
