How Avo Insurance is turning a head start into a lasting edge in Hong Kong's virtual insurance market

Avo Insurance became Hong Kong's first virtual general insurer in 2019. Seven years on, can product speed, B2B2C distribution and parent Asia Insuranc...

Has the Bank of England exposed the limits of the post-2008 regulatory settlement?

The Bank of England's latest proposals to make elements of the capital framework more usable appear to be technical refinements to banking regulation....

What the best retail bank is doing differently

Bank of China (Hong Kong), assessed by TAB Global as the best retail bank in the world, Asia Pacific, and Hong Kong for 2026, offers a compelling exam...

Why banks are re-architecting the core for speed, stability and scale

Banks are moving beyond replacement-led modernisation towards a broader redesign of architecture, operating models and resilience capabilities. The ch...

Can Standard Bank turn RMB clearing into revenue beyond existing trade flows?

The PBoC has authorised Standard Bank and ICBC to jointly clear renminbi transactions across 19 African countries, the first continent-named clearing ...

TAB Global adds AI Excellence and Beyond Borders categories to Business Achievement Awards

The introduction of the AI Excellence and Beyond Borders awards reflects TAB Global's view that banking leadership is defined by sustained execution r...

Can China's banks turn AI governance from a board mandate into a competitive advantage?

China's NFRA has issued its first dedicated AI framework for banks and insurers, moving AI from a technology initiative to a board-level governance is...

All 32 US banks pass Fed stress test as higher rate assumptions offset growing credit losses

The Fed's 2026 supervisory stress test cleared every large US bank against a scenario modelling $708 billion in projected losses, but the cleanest agg...

Chinabank ‘s new credit card solution for Philippine households

Consumer banking in the Philippines has become highly commoditised, with credit cards becoming widely available and digital-first challengers raising ...

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...

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...

The Asian Banker Hong Kong Awards 2026 highlight the future direction of banking in Hong Kong

This year’s awards show how Hong Kong banks are embedding AI into mainstream operations, strengthening cross-border capabilities and redefining cust...

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...

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...

Vietnamese banks recognised for digital innovation, SME finance and wealth management at The Asian Banker Vietnam Awards 2026

TNEX, VietinBank, BIDV, and Vietcombank were recognised for achievements in digital banking, SME services, wealth management, transaction finance and ...

ABA Bank named Best Retail Bank in Cambodia 2026 for excellence in digital and retail banking

The Asian Banker has recognised ABA Bank as Cambodia’s leading retail bank in 2026, highlighting the institution’s performance in digital innovati...

How Affin Group turned enterprise risk management into an intelligence-led operating capability

Affin Group’s transformation of enterprise risk management reflects how banks are repositioning risk from a compliance function into a more intellig...

Intesa Sanpaolo bids $35.3B for Monte dei Paschi di Siena in deal that would reshape Italian banking

Intesa Sanpaolo has launched a bid to acquire Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena in a transaction that would create the Eurozone's second-largest bank by...

How should banks compete when Washington redraws the rules of finance

Former US Congressman Patrick McHenry argues that AI, digital assets and a more politically responsive regulatory environment will reshape how banks c...

Citi Institute projects $5.5T tokenised asset market by 2030 as DTCC, NYSE and Nasdaq embed tokenisation in core infrastructure

Citi Institute projects a $5.5 trillion tokenised asset market by 2030, driven by public securities as DTCC, NYSE and Nasdaq integrate tokenisation....

Basel Committee flags change management failures as top cause of ICT incidents at global banks

Change control gaps are the leading cause of non-malicious ICT incidents at banks, ahead of design and testing failures, capacity issues and external ...

Bank Muamalat positions ATLAS as a cloud-native growth engine for Islamic banking

Malaysia's Islamic banks face pressure to lower acquisition costs and serve younger customers. Hazrizal Hassan, director of digital banking at Bank Mu...

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...

Chinese yuan emerges as situational safe-haven currency

With the Strait of Hormuz under severe disruption, the world is facing a major physical shock to oil supplies through which around 20 million barrels ...

FirstBank’s Digital Xperience Centres expand self-service banking

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has aggressively rolled out Digital Xperience Centres (DXCs)—fully automated, self-service hubs designed to provide cu...

HSBC tokenises deposits to solve 24/7 treasury problem

Lewis Sun, global head of digital currencies, corporate and institutional banking at HSBC, explains how tokenised deposits can give corporate treasure...

HBL modernises core banking through continuous transformation

HBL CTO Faisal Anwar believes large-scale banking transformation increasingly depends on whether incumbent institutions can modernise continuously whi...

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...

Techcombank engineers reusable AI agent platform to accelerate software development

Techcombank is investing in centralised AI governance and a modular agent platform designed to transform its software development lifecycle. Tran Hoan...

Singapore tests whether trust can beat scale in the AI financial hub race

Tan Su Shan, CEO of DBS, and Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s deputy prime minister and minister for trade and industry, set out how Singapore is trying to...

What does Trust Bank’s profitable month say about digital banking economics in Singapore?

Trust Bank’s first profitable month in March 2026 is an important milestone, but the more meaningful question is whether it signals that digital ban...

HSBC launches $4B credit facility for China's clean energy and low-carbon companies

HSBC has established a $4 billion Sustainability and Transition Credit Facility in mainland China to provide financing to eligible companies in clean ...

United Overseas Bank, Deutsche Bank and Vietcombank honoured for leadership in cross-border investment, trade finance and sustainable finance

United Overseas Bank, Deutsche Bank and Vietcombank were recognised at the TAB Global Business Achievement Awards 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ...

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 ...

Bank of America and Deutsche Bank lead Business Achievement Awards 2026 for excellence in financial services innovation

The TAB Global Business Achievement Awards 2026 honoured leading institutions for excellence in global transaction banking, payments, and trade and su...

Malaysia enters third phase of economic transformation with a blueprint for an AI-native economy

At The Asian Banker Summit 2026, Minister for Digital Gobind Singh Deo argued that Malaysia’s AI ambitions require more than investment attraction. ...

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...

Bank Indonesia, Security Bank, Alliance Bank, Tonik and Bank Sinopac recognised for achievements in technology innovation

The Financial Technology Innovation Awards 2026 have recognized leading-edge advancements across Asia Pacific’s banking and financial services indus...

OCBC, Pudao Credit, Kasikornbank, Bank Mandiri and Atmaal recognised for excellence in AI deployment across Asia Pacific

The AI Excellence Awards 2026 celebrated these leaders for their commitment to advancing the role of artificial intelligence in banking and finance, p...

Tengku Zafrul Aziz, Hironori Kamezawa, Kevin Lam, institutions, young bankers and regulators honoured for exceptional leadership, strength and regulatory stewardship

TAB Global honoured Tengku Zafrul Aziz for lifetime achievement, Hironori Kamezawa as Global CEO of the Year, MUFG as Global Bank of the Year, Kevin L...

Will banks shape the new financial order or be shaped by it

The opening plenary of The Asian Banker Summit 2026 explored a central challenge for banks: whether to become more active shapers of economic outcomes...

Hironori Kamezawa named Global CEO of the Year for leading MUFG's transformation into a more coherent and globally competitive institution

Hironori Kamezawa's leadership at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has delivered sustained improvements in financial performance, strategic coher...

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....

Tengku Zafrul Aziz recognised for lifetime leadership and institutional impact across finance and public service

Tengku Zafrul Aziz, chairman of the Malaysian Investment Development Authority, receives the William “Bill” Seidman Lifetime Leadership Achievemen...

MAS awarded Best Systemic and Prudential Regulator in Asia Pacific for market-shaping leadership and digital asset integrity

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) was recognised for building structural infrastructure, consolidating the digital token ecosystem, and advanc...

OCBC uses wealth and deposits to defend earnings as rates fall

OCBC’s first-quarter profit rose 5% to SGD 1.97 billion ($1.46 billion) as record non-interest income offset weaker lending margins, while its plann...

Can banks operationalise AI without creating new complexity?

Discussions at the Temenos Community Forum 2026 unpack how banks are moving AI into production environments, but operational deployment raises harder ...

HSBC's best returns in near 20 years meet a $1.3 billion credit charge

HSBC's strongest returns in nearly two decades were overshadowed in the first quarter of 2026 by a $1.3 billion credit charge that sent shares down sh...

UOB targets fee-led growth as Citi integration yields 8.5 million ASEAN customers

UOB posted SGD 1.4 billion ($1 billion) in first-quarter 2026 net profit as lower lending margins shift focus from the Citibank integration to convert...

Agentic commerce will make digital assets a mainstay of global finance

The former chairman of the US House Financial Services Committee says stablecoins, AI and platform ecosystems are restructuring payments and cross-bor...

Why Tier 1 banks are rethinking core modernisation

TCF 2026 explored how AI, SaaS and composable banking are reshaping core modernisation strategies, while banks highlighted the burden of keeping large...

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 ...

CIMB Group sells Thai auto portfolios to Krungsri as Forward30 rebalances group capital

CIMB Group is reallocating capital away from Thailand's automotive finance market, with Thailand's share of group risk-weighted assets falling to 10% ...

OCBC acquires HSBC Indonesia's retail and wealth unit in $4.9B AUM deal

The acquisition of HSBC Indonesia's International Wealth and Premier Banking operations adds 336,000 customers and about 1,300 staff to OCBC Indonesia...

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...

DBS sustains record first-quarter income on customer flows as rate compression bites

DBS reported first quarter 2026 net profit of SGD 2.93 billion (about $2.2 billion) on record total income of SGD 5.95 billion (about $4.4 billion), a...

UOB strengthens ASEAN entry platform for cross-border growth

UOB’s foreign direct investment advisory business focuses on enabling companies to enter and expand across ASEAN by connecting them to government ag...

Strait of Hormuz closure set to deliver largest commodity price spike since 2022, World Bank warns

The World Bank's April 2026 Commodity Markets Outlook projects a 16% rise in average commodity prices this year, driven by the near-total closure of t...

Khazanah and SC price Malaysia's first tokenised sukuk in $25M pilot

Khazanah Nasional and SC Malaysia have priced the country's inaugural tokenised sukuk, a MYR 100 million (about $25 million) one-year issuance structu...

Sustainable finance in Asia is scaling but cross-border execution is not keeping pace

Sustainable finance in Asia is expanding rapidly across markets, but cross-border scaling still depends on how consistently capital, data and transiti...

DBS expands Spark GenAI programme to move SMEs from experimentation to deployment

SMEs in Singapore are gaining more structured support to apply artificial intelligence within their operations through DBS’s expanded Spark GenAI pr...

Non-USD stablecoins gain traction where banking and settlement rails are limited

Standard Chartered and Zodia Markets say the 48-point gap between USD stablecoins’ market share and the dollar’s role in cross-border payments cre...

Redesign the bank before scaling AI, says SBI’s Rajagopalan

As banks expand artificial intelligence (AI) beyond pilots to enterprise-wide adoption, the real challenge is no longer experimentation but execution....

Malaysia's tokenisation pilots target cross-border wholesale frictions

Bank Negara Malaysia is testing tokenised deposits and ringgit stablecoins to inform an end-2026 policy decision. Three pilots will also test Malaysia...

Global banking confronts a 1970s-scale oil shock with depleted policy space

Banks enter the Strait of Hormuz disruption well-capitalised and liquid, but the IMF's Spring 2026 publications find fiscal and financial policy space...

Beyond borders financing is being shaped in frontier markets

From Deutsche Bank’s perspective, beyond borders financing in frontier markets depends on following client-led trade corridors, financing strategic ...

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'...

Wang Xiang outlines FoFund’s institutional platform strategy

Wang Xiang, founder and chairman of FoFund, set out how the firm has developed as a technology-led institutional platform serving China’s financial ...

BCA sharpens its domestic advantage while deepening wholesale and ecosystem banking

Bank Central Asia continues to deliver one of the strongest combinations of profitability, efficiency and funding quality in Indonesia, even as the op...

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...

BNY posts record results as higher margins, broad revenue gains and platform strategy take hold

Bank of New York Mellon reported record revenue and net income in 2025, driven by growth in fee and interest income, operational leverage and platform...

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...

TenPay Global on China’s cross-border payment gateway and the coordination challenge behind agentic payments

Yang Wenhui, chief executive officer of TenPay Global (Singapore) discusses the potential of China's CPG, why partnerships are essential and why commo...

The potential of an Asian carbon market

The pillars of an Asian carbon market are slowly assembling, from China's vast emissions-trading system to nascent schemes across South-East Asia. Whe...

OCBC advances digital banking through enhanced architecture and embedded integration

OCBC is reshaping the future of regional banking across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China and Macau through Velocity and the OCBC Busin...

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...

Banking beyond the rate cycle

Following a year of falling interest benchmarks and shifting trade corridors, Tan Su Shan set out a view of banking resilience that rests less on cred...

From digital banking to the intelligent bank at scale

For more than a decade the banking industry has focused on digital transformation. Mobile banking, cloud infrastructure and platform partnerships have...

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...

China’s economic outlook: trends, challenges and opportunities

China’s economy faces a structural demand contraction. Policymakers are unwilling to resolve it through quantitative easing. The bet is that strateg...

FAB closes 2025 with 24% net earnings growth as AI deployment anchors core banking operations

First Abu Dhabi Bank reported 24% net profit growth and improved operating efficiency, as revenue expansion and disciplined cost management reduced t...

Nubank, WeBank and MYBank top the 2026 World’s Best Digital Banks Ranking with strong financial performance and diversified offerings

Digital banks are moving toward more structured growth, with headline growth moderating but overall expansion remaining strong. Profitability has impr...

SPD Bank's Zhang Weizhong drives digital and intelligent transformation, expands retail franchise

Zhang Weizhong, Chairman of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, was named Retail Finance Leader of the Year at the TAB Global Excellence in Retail Finan...

QNB posts 10% pre-tax profit growth as LNG-driven financing and 2030 strategy reshape its trajectory

Qatar National Bank reported 10% pre-tax profit growth in 2025, strengthening its balance sheet and launching a 2030 strategy focused on GCC connectiv...

RCBC reframes retail banking around employee primacy and programme-led growth

RCBC's retail banking transformation centres on employee-focused programmes designed to improve financial inclusion and increase customer engagement. ...

CIMB announces record dividend and cross-sell growth in first year of Forward30

CIMB's first Forward30 year yielded MYR 7.9 billion (about $1.7 billion) net profit and 11.3% ROE, as franchise and fee income growth offset rate and ...

OCBC delivers $6.8 billion pre-tax profit as deposits anchor wealth monetisation model

OCBC's full-year 2025 profit before tax rose to $6.8 billion, driven by strong income, cost discipline and stable asset quality....

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....

Emirates NBD surpasses AED 1 trillion in assets as regional expansion accelerates

Emirates NBD surpasses AED 1.16 trillion ($317 billion) in assets as regional expansion accelerates...

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....

Stablecoins: Reshaping finance with Singapore leading the way

Singapore shifts from financial sandbox to deploying stablecoins, embedding tokenised money into its financial system....

BPI shifts to engagement-led mobile banking model as digital adoption accelerates

BPI’s mobile platform reaches 8.75 million users, anchoring customer engagement, acquisition, ecosystem integration and long-term digital-driven pro...

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....

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...

Hang Seng Bank builds family-centred retail and wealth operating model for everyday banking

Hang Seng Bank integrates everyday banking, branch transformation and family-centred wealth planning to strengthen customer engagement, deepen relatio...

Standard Chartered CFO joins Apollo as private credit platforms expand institutional role

Diego De Giorgi’s move from Standard Chartered to Apollo Global Management comes as institutional investors continue expanding their role in credit ...

Singapore studies how to bridge private capital and public markets through new growth capital workgroup

Authorities will examine origination, mobilisation and recycling of capital while seeking to attract regional companies and technology startups to rai...

Visa charts APAC’s two-speed consumer economy as travel and digital spend accelerate

Simon Baptist, principal economist for APAC at Visa, examined how cross-border mobility, digital commerce and artificial intelligence investment are r...

Chocolate Finance on building a low-volatility, low-cost asset management alternative to banks and insurers

Chocolate Finance’s founder Walter de Oude and CIO Benjamin Tan explain how an asset management-led capital structure, disciplined fixed income inve...

DBS reports $8.1 billion net profit and 16.2% ROE as fee income offsets margin compression

DBS’ 2025 results show income increasingly generated from customer activity rather than credit intermediation. Deposits, advisory distribution, sett...

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...

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 ...

CCB (Asia) anchors retail and wealth banking in Hong Kong to serve GBA

Annie Chen, deputy chief executive of China Construction Bank (Asia) (CCB (Asia)), explained how the bank manages its Hong Kong retail and wealth mana...

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...

Hong Leong Bank builds SME operating leverage through relationship-led banking

Woon Siew Hoong explains how Hong Leong Bank’s SME franchise delivered resilient 2025 performance through focus on micro and small businesses, relat...

SCBHK frames retail and wealth strategy around affluent scale, execution and innovation

Stephen Man explains how Standard Chartered Hong Kong’s retail strategy centres on affluent-led growth, hybrid digital–advisory execution and disc...

Evident builds full-stack tokenisation platform around origination, liquidity and operating leverage

Evident is building a full-stack tokenisation platform for private markets, spanning origination, distribution and post-trade servicing, with China-li...

Rethinking digital money and settlement in a tokenised world

Regulated digital money is shifting from trials to early production as banks in Asia Pacific and beyond build interoperable, compliant settlement syst...

Techcombank rebuilds its technology core around cloud, data and disciplined execution

Tuan Nguyen, group chief information officer (CIO) of Techcombank, explained how a cloud-first strategy, multi-year platform modernisation and deliver...

Endowus builds a fiduciary wealth model for Hong Kong’s structural realities

Endowus is positioning its Hong Kong business around a different understanding of wealth, liquidity and incentives, adapting a fee-only fiduciary mode...

China Merchants Bank and ICBC lead Chinese private banking winners at Wealth and Society Awards 2025

China Merchants Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China led the winners at the Wealth and Society Awards 2025, where ten leading wealth manag...

Centre d’Art Rodin (Shanghai) and Nan Yi, Chairman and Founder of Universal Energy recognised for wielding social impact

Centre d’Art Rodin (Shanghai) and Nan Yi, Chairman and Founder of Universal Energy were recognised at Wealth and Society Awards Ceremony 2025 in Sha...

Waleed Abdullah Al-Mogbel named Best Bank CEO in Saudi Arabia for business results, people development and sustainability

Al-Mogbel’s leadership at Al Rajhi Bank has strengthened market performance, advanced human capital development and driven sustainability and commun...

European Commission shapes the next frontier of AI governance in finance

As AI permeates finance, the EU tightens governance, accountability and data-protection rules, with Peter Kerstens, adviser to the European Commission...

Bank SinoPac sweeps three The Asian Banker Taiwan Awards for innovative banking solutions

At The Asian Banker Taiwan Awards 2025, Bank SinoPac was recognised for setting benchmarks in operational automation, fintech-powered corporate servic...

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 ...

Northern Trust builds institutional foundations for digital assets

Northern Trust's Justin Chapman discusses developing digital-asset infrastructure to support institutional adoption, integrating tokenised workflows i...

Bank of America outlines the next phase of digital trade transformation

Bank of America's Siddharth Gupta and George Fong outline legal, operational and interoperability priorities for advancing digital trade through autom...

UOB strengthens responsible AI governance for enterprise deployment

UOB sharpens production-grade AI governance with disciplined model controls, explainability frameworks and enterprise-wide oversight to scale responsi...

Nethermind brings transparency to the “black box” of on-chain settlement

Nethermind's Delane Foo outlines how transparency, privacy and scalable public-chain infrastructure are reshaping institutional tokenisation as banks ...

Law and industry adoption converge in digital trade

Legislative reforms and industry standards are accelerating digital trade. Structured documentation, automated verification and interoperable systems ...

CFIT positions the UK as a model of prudence in digital-money regulation

CFIT’s Nicole Sandler outlines the UK’s stability-first stablecoin approach, global divergence in reserve and redemption models, and what banks mu...

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...

XTransfer builds intelligent cross border payments for global SMEs

Violas Xiao, CEO of XTransfer Singapore, explains how AI, data and ecosystem partnerships are shaping the company’s cross border payments infrastruc...

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...

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...

MAS strengthens financial system resilience as cloud, AI and quantum risks converge

Vincent Loy details how the Monetary Authority of Singapore is strengthening operational resilience, raising AI governance standards and advancing qua...

How UOB is positioning for digital assets at scale

Lee Zhu Kuang, managing director and group head of UOB’s Innovation Group, outlines how the bank is preparing for tokenised assets and emerging digi...

How Standard Chartered is institutionalising digital assets across banking

Danielle Szetho, head of digital asset portfolio and governance at Standard Chartered, discusses the bank’s efforts to embed regulated digital asset...

Clean identity and clean money enable accountable Web3 adoption

Cleanverse CEO Ceridwen Choo explains how a compliance-native architecture that interlocks bank-verified identity with verified regulated stablecoins ...

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....

Bank of China (Hong Kong), Hatton National Bank, Metrobank and TPBank recognised as the strongest banks in their home markets

Bank of China (Hong Kong), Hatton National Bank, Metrobank and TPBank were recognised at The TAB Global Finance Awards 2025....

How DCJPY is building the tokenised deposit model in Japan

DeCurret DCP’s Mai Kaneko explains how DCJPY is shaping Japan’s regulated ecosystem for tokenised deposits, stablecoins and future CBDC use....

Bank of America builds a future-ready global payments infrastructure

Rich Clow explains how Bank of America is modernising payments infrastructure to deliver scalable, interoperable and simplified services across global...

HSBC positions itself for the next stage of digital asset adoption

HSBC’s John O’Neill explains how tokenised deposits, CBDCs and real-world assets are moving from pilots to real-world adoption across global finan...

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...

IBM urges financial institutions to prepare for quantum-safe transition

IBM’s Ray Harishankar explains why progress in quantum computing requires banks to prepare cryptographic systems early, ensuring secure, coordinated...

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...

DBS Hong Kong drives digital leap for SMEs with human-centred AI

DBS Bank Hong Kong is reshaping SME banking through digital integration and responsible use of AI. At Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025, Lareina Wang, manag...

Tokyo opens a new frontier for fintech and Web3 collaboration

Tokyo positions itself as a fintech and Web3 gateway, leveraging regulatory clarity, sandboxes and Japan–ASEAN partnerships to attract global innova...

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...

Linux Foundation calls for cryptographic agility ahead of the quantum era

Linux Foundation’s Hart Montgomery urges financial institutions to inventory cryptography, build agile architectures and collaborate through open st...

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...

Italy builds fintech bridges with Singapore and ASEAN for the next decade

Italy’s ambassador to Singapore and Brunei Dante Brandi, trade commissioner Giorgio Calveri and Italia Fintech vice president Massimo Ruffolo outlin...

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...

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...

Standard Chartered leads the shift from traditional to tokenised finance

At Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025, Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick discussed how the financial system is entering a decisive phase as assets, pa...

Institutions build interoperable foundations for stablecoins and digital markets

TOKEN2049 Singapore 2025 showcased crypto’s evolution from innovation to institution, where regulation, interoperability and infrastructure drive it...

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...

Banks converge on AI, interoperability and tokenisation to build the next frontier of payments and trade

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, banks showcased AI, interoperability and tokenisation to modernise payments, trade, treasury and finance, building seamless g...

Ping An Bank drives business innovation through AI

Ping An Bank leverages AI to strengthen core retail and transaction capabilities, driving innovation, efficiency and improved customer experience acro...

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. ...

The future of working capital: from cheap liquidity to selective, data-driven finance

Over a decade of cheap liquidity shaped the global financial landscape after the Global Financial Crisis. As the world transitions from abundant to se...

UBA accelerates growth through digital innovation and strategic expansion

UBA is expanding across Africa through AI-driven digital innovation, real-time payments, and inclusive, customer-centric platforms that enhance financ...

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...

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...

UOB builds bridges for beyond borders investment in ASEAN

UOB’s FDI Advisory Unit guides corporates expanding across ASEAN, with Jimmy Koh outlining its focus on emerging regional economic corridors and par...

Bank of Punjab’s digital strategy confronts challenges in SME expansion

Through a digital-first strategy targeting SMEs and agriculture, the Bank of Punjab is expanding financial inclusion in Pakistan, balancing innovation...

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 ...

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...

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...

Building a new multilateral order through finance and shared risk

At CGTN’s Dialogue, Emmanuel Daniel, Erik Solheim and Zhu Xian explored how finance, reform and cooperation can renew global multilateralism....

Coinbase expands derivatives business as digital market structure evolves

At TOKEN2049 Singapore, Coinbase’s Usman Naeem outlined its derivatives and tokenisation push to bridge traditional and digital finance....

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....

Wise Platform embeds low-cost, instant cross-border payments into banks and ecosystems

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Samarth Bansal, general manager for Wise Platform Asia Pacific, explained how Wise is extending its infrastructure from retai...

Deutsche Bank positions itself as a trusted partner for transition finance and inclusive sustainability

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Lavinia Bauerochse, global head of sustainable finance, Corporate Bank at Deutsche Bank, explained how sustainability has evo...

BNY builds inclusive, interoperable payment infrastructure for the next frontier of finance

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Isabel Schmidt, Executive Platform Owner for BNY’s Enterprise Payments Enablement, outlined how the bank is creating a sing...

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...

Bank of America embeds AI and data to transform corporate payments

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Winnie Chen, head of global payment solutions for Asia Pacific at Bank of America, explained how interoperability, data insig...

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...

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....

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...

JP Morgan pushes cross-border instant payments through infrastructure, policy and innovation

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, JP Morgan’s Katja Lehr outlined using payments scale and industry initiatives to overcome cross-border speed, cost, and reg...

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...

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...

Deutsche Bank drives G20 cross-border payments agenda with real-time, blockchain and AI initiatives

At Sibos 2025, Deutsche Bank’s Tsvetanka Nankova detailed efforts to enhance cross-border payments via ISO 20022, real-time, blockchain and AI....

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....

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 ...

Standard Chartered builds data-rich platforms for an AI-led future

Sunday Domingo, global head of digital channels solutions at Standard Chartered, said at Sibos Frankfurt 2025 that the ISO 20022 migration is only the...

Standard Chartered accelerates clearing speed, transparency and embedded payments

Speaking at Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Danielle Sharpe, global head of clearing at Standard Chartered, set out how the bank is investing in speed, transpar...

ICBC accelerates digitisation of wealth management operations through innovation platform

Under the “Digital ICBC” initiative, ICBC advances to build a comprehensive wealth management ecosystem, addressing customer needs and driving sus...

Swift launches shared digital ledger at Sibos Frankfurt 2025

At the opening plenary of Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Swift chair Graeme Munro and chief executive Javier Pérez-Tasso announced a blockchain-based shared l...

David Lynne named Transaction Finance Leader of the Year for driving Deutsche Bank’s strategic growth and digital transformation

David Lynne leads Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Bank’s digital transformation, expanding global client mandates and sustainability initiatives....

Cathay United Bank hosts Vietnam tax and investment seminar on impact of tariffs and supply chain shifts

Cathay United Bank-Ho Chi Minh City branch hosted a seminar in Hanoi highlighting Vietnam’s tax and investment challenges, opportunities from global...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

China’s AI model is defined by platforms, integration and policy alignment

Over five days in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen and Dongguan, the China AI Innovation Study Tour 2025 brought delegates into detailed briefings with le...

BNY positions for the next frontiers of global finance

In the lead up to Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, BNY said the focus will be on how global payments and market infrastructure are being reshaped by interoper...

Huawei highlights financial services innovation as tour concludes in Dongguan

The final day of the China AI Innovation Study Tour took delegates to Huawei’s Songshan Lake campus in Dongguan. ...

How banks are making ESG integral to strategy, not just compliance

As regulatory expectations rise and greenwashing scrutiny tightens, banks are embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) into credit, govern...

RHB’s multi-pronged retail transformation in digital acquisition, AI services and flexible home financing

RHB is pursuing an integrated retail banking strategy that brings together end-to-end digital onboarding, generative AI for consistent branch service ...

From banking transformation to AI-driven finance and robotics in action

Delegates explored SPDB’s financial innovation, MYbank’s AI-driven SME banking, and DeepRobotics demonstrations on day two of China AI Innovation ...

TIDLOR aims to redefine inclusive insurance through omnichannel innovation

Through its multi-brand ecosystem— heygoody.com, Shield Insurance and Areegator—TIDLOR aims to reshape Thailand’s insurance landscape with dig...

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....

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...

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...

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...

HSBC evolves wealth proposition amid Asia’s pivot to alternatives, hybrid advice and cross-border growth

Affluent investors across Asia are rebalancing portfolios, accelerating adoption of alternatives and embracing hybrid advisory models. HSBC’s 2025 A...

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...

KAF Digital Bank strengthens digital Shariah banking with consortium-led, customer-first approach

Following its operational readiness and the April 2025 launch of its beta “PERINTIS” phase, KAF Digital Bank is steadily rolling out Shariah-compl...

Standard Chartered leads digital wealth transformation with personalised advisory at scale

Awarded Best Wealth Management Bank in Asia Pacific at the TAB Global Excellence in Retail Finance programme 2025 in Tokyo, Standard Chartered is driv...

Standard Chartered Hong Kong redefines retail banking with digital-first, lifestyle-centric innovation

Recognised as the Best Retail Bank in Asia Pacific at the TAB Global Excellence in Retail Finance Awards 2025 in Tokyo, Standard Chartered Hong Kong i...

Bank of China (Hong Kong) sets new benchmark in wealth management

Bank of China (Hong Kong) was awarded Best Wealth Management Bank in Hong Kong at the TAB Global Excellence in Retail Financial Services 2025 Awards P...

Bank of China (Hong Kong) leads home loan financing with Home Expert app

Bank of China (Hong Kong) has been awarded Best Home Loan Financing in Asia Pacific at the TAB Global Excellence in Retail Financial Services 2025 Awa...

DBS builds strategic momentum through resilience, integration and innovation

DBS posted record first-half 2025 results by strengthening its balance sheet, integrating clients, and embedding digital capabilities. Its “One Bank...

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...

Krungsri GIFT looks to reshape loyalty with AI-driven, mission-based engagement

Krungsri aims to redefine customer loyalty with GIFT, a personalised, gamified rewards platform embedded within its mobile banking app. By aligning ...

Techcombank transforms through technology, data and talent

Techcombank has rebuilt its core technology and data architecture, expanded its ecosystem partnerships and redefined its talent model as part of a mul...

CIMB sharpens retail and wealth strategy under Forward30 vision

CIMB is transforming retail and wealth under its Forward30 strategy by combining digital innovation, AI-driven advisory, and regional scale to deepen ...

CIMB eyes strategic and purposeful growth while strengthening its ASEAN franchise

At CIMB’s inaugural ASEAN Media Trip, Group CEO Novan Amirudin and his fellow group banking leaders elaborated on how the bank’s Forward30 strateg...

Shaping culture, building leaders - The enduring legacy of Mary Huen

Chief executive officer for Hong Kong and Greater China & North Asia at Standard Chartered, Mary Huen reflects on the deeper impact of leadership beyo...

MSB builds agile digital core for sustained transformation

Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank has embraced core and engagement banking modernisation, open-source DevOps, and AI readiness to drive dig...

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...

Europe and China must rebalance capital flows to build trust and resilience

At The Asian Banker Future of Finance China Summit 2025, held in Beijing on 26 June, Sabino Fornies Martinez, minister counsellor and head of trade se...

Recalibrating trade, industrial policy and financial systems in a fragmented world

In his keynote at the 2025 The Asian Banker Future of Finance China Summit, held on 26 June in Beijing, Robert Koopman— former Chief Economist of th...

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 ...

Cradle of China's private economy offers a blueprint to counter US tariffs

Given the US administration's shifting tariff policies, many global manufacturers may feel apprehensive about their growth prospects. Uncertainty in t...

OCB charts a customer-centric, modular path in Vietnam’s digital and sustainable banking landscape

Luong Tuan Thanh, CIO of Orient Commercial Bank (OCB), shares how the bank is deepening digitalisation and sustainability by rethinking core architect...

BPI deepens its support for small businesses through digital innovation and customer- centric solutions

With one of the largest small business loan books in the Philippines, BPI is reimagining business banking for small enterprises by investing in digita...

FIS and Episode Six seek to redefine issuer processing with global cloud-native platform

FIS and Episode Six have partnered to launch the FIS International Issuing Hub, a modular and API-first cloud-native solution designed to accelerate i...

UnionBank advances digital consumer banking with partnerships, AI and platform-driven growth

UnionBank of the Philippines is redefining digital consumer banking with a strategy built on ecosystem partnerships, AI-led decisioning, providing a f...

Banks focus on future-ready capabilities through core modernisation, cloud and AI

Senior executives from leading financial institutions in Asia share how they are strategically accelerating technology transformation by adopting clou...

Mizuho CEO Masahiro Kihara steers transformation with cultural reset, digital shift and global expansion

Since becoming CEO in 2022, Masahiro Kihara has driven Mizuho Financial Group’s turnaround by reshaping its corporate culture, refocusing on core st...

Temenos outlines measured approach to core banking transformation in Asia Pacific

At its 2025 Asia Pacific Regional Forum in Manila, Temenos set out a platform strategy built on progressive modernisation, modular architecture, embed...

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...

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....

A new global benchmark redefines wholesale banking leadership

TAB Global’s inaugural ranking of the World’s Best Corporate, Investment and Wholesale Banks sets a multidimensional benchmark for institutional s...

When digital meets quantum AI – A new era of finance

The Financial Technology Conference at The Asian Banker Summit 2025 brought together leading global experts who shared incisive views on how emerging ...

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....

Maybank steps up on winning global custody mandates

Maybank Securities Solutions is accelerating its growth, fuelled by new client acquisitions, digital innovation and a sharper delivery service model,...

Ti Eng Hui awarded Best Bank CEO in Brunei for driving strategic transformation, digital innovation and sustainability

Ti Eng Hui has driven strategic transformation, advanced digital innovation and embedded sustainability and human capital, earning him the title of Be...

Masahiro Kihara awarded Best Bank CEO in Japan for reshaping corporate culture and driving sustainable growth

Masahiro Kihara’s bold leadership transformed Mizuho’s culture and growth, earning him the title of Best Bank CEO in Japan and securing the group�...

Simon Loong charts WeLab’s journey from fintech disruptor to profitable digital bank

Simon Loong, founder and Group CEO of WeLab Group, shares how the company reached profitability ahead of global digital bank benchmarks, scaled digita...

TAB Global confers William “Bill” Seidman Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award on Muliaman Hadad: Recognising enduring contributions to financial supervision and governance

Muliaman Hadad is honoured for a lifetime of leadership that reshaped Indonesia’s financial system—championing regulatory reform, inclusive financ...

Muliaman Hadad and Helen Wong, leading executives, institutions and regulators honoured for outstanding leadership and regulatory strength

TAB Global honoured Muliaman Hadad for lifetime achievement, Helen Wong as CEO of the Year in Asia Pacific, and OCBC as Bank of the Year in Asia Pacif...

Helen Wong awarded CEO of the Year in Asia Pacific

Helen Wong’s visionary leadership at OCBC has driven regional growth, digital innovation and sustainability. She has aligned strategy, scaled wealth...

The end of buzzwords - Financial leaders define the roadmap for generative AI and LLMs in banking

As generative AI and LLMs move from lab to bank floor, experts from NatWest, Kata.ai and Human AI called for a pragmatic shift in how financial instit...

Piyush Gupta receives the TAB Global William Bill Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievements in Leadership in the Financial Services Industry, 2025

Amid two decades of transformation in Asia Pacific finance, Piyush Gupta stands out for redefining modern banking and exemplifying the vision, excelle...

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...

Helen Child on trust, consent and creating a fairer financial future through open banking

As the founder of Open Banking Excellence, Helen Child has shaped the global conversation around data-sharing, financial inclusion and collaborative i...

Indonesia leverages AI to shape the future of finance, trade and digital inclusion

A high-level focus group discussion organised by KEIND and TAB Global in Jakarta explored how artificial intelligence can support Indonesia’s econom...

China and ASEAN: Win-win cooperation as neighbours

President Xi Jinping’s Southeast Asia visit underscores growing China–ASEAN ties in trade, technology and culture, offering a model for cooperatio...

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...

Deutsche Bank strengthens APAC transaction banking franchise through client-centric innovation and disciplined growth

Deutsche Bank outlines its strategy for sustainable growth in transaction banking across Asia Pacific and beyond, leveraging its European heritage, ex...

HSBC Live+ targets lifestyle spends with overseas cashback benefits

HSBC Singapore’s Live+ credit card focuses on the emerging affluent segment, offering high cashback and curated rewards in dining, shopping and ente...

UK narrows HK’s lead in RMB internationalisation

Hong Kong remains the leading offshore renminbi (RMB) centre, while London has emerged as a key player, leveraging its position as the world’s large...

China and UK strengthen bond market connectivity for RMB growth

China and the United Kingdom (UK) have significant potential to enhance connectivity between their bond markets, with key areas of cooperation in coll...

HSBC Live+ recognised as best cash back credit card in Asia Pacific

HSBC Singapore’s Live+ credit card, which was recognised as the Best Cash Back Card in Asia Pacific, stands out for its lifestyle benefits, high cas...

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...

Postal Savings Bank of China drives rural revitalisation with ‘One County, One Product’ programme

Postal Savings Bank of China leverages big data and comprehensive financial services, together with tech partner NorthKing, to better support China’...

GienTech powers global financial firms’ digital transformation with AI and next-generation infrastructure

Kuang Wenchuan, President of GienTech Research Institute, explored how artificial intelligence and next-generation digital infrastructure like its ORI...

Vietnam accelerates financial innovation on strong economic momentum

Vietnam’s banking sector is entering a new phase of transformation, fuelled by robust economic growth, demographic tailwinds, supportive regulation ...

Building trust in digital finance through blockchain and tokenisation

Tokenisation and blockchain are rapidly becoming transformative forces in finance, with the potential to enhance security, transparency and efficiency...

Kata.ai expands conversational AI for financial services and beyond

Indonesia’s Kata.ai evolves from a personal assistant app into a leading B2B conversational AI platform, offering multilingual voice, chat and digit...

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...

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...

Bank of America expands Asia Pacific transaction banking through customised solutions and technology innovation

Bank of America is expanding its transaction banking business across Asia Pacific, positioning itself as a partner for multinational corporations, fin...

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...

China’s proactive fiscal policy: Driving growth, investment and global stability

As the world grapples with economic uncertainty, inflation and rising geopolitical risks, China has unveiled a powerful fiscal response with significa...

How Techcombank is driving growth and innovation in Vietnam’s banking sector

Techcombank reported a 20.3% increase in profit before tax for 2024, driven by strong credit growth, digital innovation and fee-based income. CFO Alex...

The AI imperative - How banks can work with generative AI

Preferred Networks, Japan’s largest AI unicorn, is at the forefront of artificial general intelligence. At the TAB Global Japan Innovation Study Tou...

AmBank transforms with AI and analytics

AmBank Malaysia is advancing its digital transformation with strategic investments in automation, AI and analytics under the stewardship of Elango Kup...

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....

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 ...

CTBC Bank’s Amy Yang strengthens retail franchise dominance, expands inclusive and sustainable finance

Amy Yang, Retail Banking Group CEO at Taiwan’s CTBC Bank, was recognised as the Retail Finance Leader of the Year in Asia Pacific for 2025 at the TA...

Standard Chartered, Industrial Bank of Korea, First Bank of Nigeria and WeBank recognised for excellence in retail, digital finance, SME banking and wealth management in Asia Pacific and Africa

Standard Chartered and its Hong Kong subsidiary, Industrial Bank of Korea, First Bank of Nigeria and WeBank were recognised at The TAB Global Excellen...

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...

Exploring fintech regulation, sustainability, wearables and corporate venture capital innovation

Day 3 of the Japan Innovation Study Tour delved into the convergence of fintech regulation, sustainability, wearables and corporate venture capital in...

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...

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,...

Half of the world’s top 10 banks by net profit are based in China

Chinese banks dominate the world’s top 10 banks by net profit, but their profit growth lagged behind US and UK banks, mainly due to rate cuts, narro...

How the US-China rivalry will shape global banking in 2025

The economic rivalry between the United States (US) and China will continue to influence the global banking industry in 2025, with significant implic...

TAIB aims to lead in inclusive and innovative digital products and services

TAIB is looking to redefine financial services in Brunei through its customer-focused, Shariah-compliant, and technology-driven solutions....

Circle drives stablecoin adoption through interoperability and regulatory compliance

Chan Yam Ki, vice president of strategy and policy at Circle, the issuer of the world’s second-largest stablecoin, emphasised how proactive regulato...

Bank of Jiangsu strengthens digital transformation with new-gen database platform

Bank of Jiangsu implements a next-generation enterprise-level database system for real-time data processing, enhancing operational efficiency, innovat...

Scaling asset tokenisation and DLT in finance

Asset tokenisation and distributed ledger technology are reshaping finance by bridging traditional and digital markets. From Europe, Hong Kong, Singap...

CTBC aims to transform retail banking with sustainable, AI-enabled and customer-centric innovation

CTBC Bank aims to redefine retail banking by leveraging generative artificial intelligence, championing sustainability, and tailoring services to dive...

Exploring opportunities for Chinese enterprises in Latin America’s promising markets

Panel discussion explores strategic investment opportunities in Latin American markets for Chinese enterprises, focusing on navigating complexities in...

Seylan Bank seeks to empower SMEs through digital innovation and financial inclusion

Ranil Dissanayake, Deputy General Manager of Branch Credit, and Chaminda Senewiratne, Head of Digital Banking Channels at Seylan Bank, shared insights...

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 ...

Paxos drives institutional stablecoin adoption with scalable solutions and ecosystems

Ronak Daya, head of product at Paxos, explained how its latest stablecoin, the Global Dollar, and the Global Dollar Network aim to drive institutional...

Fenergo harnesses automation and artificial intelligence to strengthen compliance

Cengiz Kiamil, managing director in Asia Pacific for Fenergo, a regulatory compliance solutions platform, discusses how the company leverages automati...

StraitsX partners with Alipay+ and Grab to drive stablecoin payment adoption

Liu Tianwei, co-founder and chief executive officer of StraitsX, and Kenny Chan, head of StraitsX, discuss how the company is advancing stablecoin ado...

Swift and Bottomline strengthen partnership to drive ISO 20022 migration and cross-border innovations

Swift and Bottomline collaborate to streamline cross-border payments and help financial institutions meet upcoming ISO 20022 deadlines, reducing frict...

How Temenos helps financial institutions integrate ESG standards and technology

Kalliopi Chioti, Chief ESG Officer, and Frankie Wai, Business Solutions Director at Temenos, discussed the pivotal role of technology in helping banks...

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...

Libeara on democratising access to asset tokenisation

Aaron Gwak, founder and CEO of Libeara, discussed how his SC Ventures-backed platform is advancing asset tokenisation, sharing its approach to bridgin...

Mastercard combats rising fraud with AI and global collaboration

At the Singapore Fintech Festival 2024, Matthew Driver, executive vice president, head of services at Mastercard Asia Pacific, highlighted that as acc...

GitHub on responsible AI, bridging innovation and regulation

As AI regulation intensifies globally, GitHub’s chief legal officer, Shelley McKinley, shares her insights on balancing innovation with regulatory f...

Open banking drives financial innovation in the Middle East

Open banking is transforming the Middle East financial landscape, with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) leading through innov...

Rethinking global trade and supply chain finance

Global trade is facing significant challenges as sanctions, tariffs, and shifting supply chains reshape the landscape. ...

Sibos 2024 in Beijing marks strategic nexus for global finance and China's growing role

Beijing took centre stage as the global financial community gathered for Sibos 2024, a milestone event that showcased China’s growing influence in i...

HKEX’s strategy to help global clients navigate challenges and opportunities in Hong Kong and Mainland markets

At Sibos 2024 in Beijing, Tae Yoo, managing director of global client development at HKEX, shared insights into how HKEX Group is addressing the evolv...

Cathay United Bank seizes growth in Southeast Asia’s digital consumer finance markets

Vietnam and Cambodia are key markets for digital consumer finance in Southeast Asia. Cathay United Bank is leveraging digital platforms and partnershi...

Finastra's AI Strategy: Enhancing productivity and innovation in financial services

At SIBOS 2024, Adam Lieberman, chief AI officer at Finastra, outlined the company's strategic focus on AI and its impact on financial services. ...

How is Broadridge helping FIs balance digital innovation and operational resilience with AI

As financial institutions become increasingly interconnected, ensuring digital operational resilience while embracing artificial intelligence (AI) inn...

Deutsche Bank navigates future of payments with focus on ISO 20022 and financial crime prevention

At Sibos 2024 in Beijing, Sebastien Avot, managing director and APAC head of institutional cash and trade finance at Deutsche Bank, shared insights on...

Deutsche Bank sees cash management and payments innovation with ISO 20022 adoption

At Sibos 2024, Patricia Sullivan, global head of institutional cash management at Deutsche Bank, outlined the bank’s approach to modernising global ...

Why South Asia and SEA will lead the future of fintech lending

South Asia and Southeast Asia are poised to dominate fintech lending, driven by unique growth factors and supportive ecosystems....

Exploring AI's transformative impact on finance and technology in China

On Day 2 of The Banking Academy Beijing AI Innovation Study Tour 2024, delegates explored how artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, a...

Buna poised to transform cross-border payments in the Arab region and beyond

Buna, launched by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), is reshaping cross-border payments by enhancing financial inclusion, reducing inefficiencies, and fost...

Standard Chartered navigates digital innovation, sustainability, and resilient transaction finance

Standard Chartered’s transaction banking leadership shared insights on how the bank is managing the challenges and opportunities posed by digital tr...

Bank CEOs lead charge on sustainable finance and ESG impact

As the world shifts towards sustainability, bank CEOs are at the forefront, driving ESG initiatives, overcoming challenges and reaping the benefits fr...

Commercial Bank of Qatar’s strategic approach to innovation and sustainability

Commercial Bank of Qatar implements a strategic sustainability framework and drives digital innovation for a more sustainable future....

JP Morgan advances payment innovation with programmable payments, blockchain and AI

JP Morgan is advancing global settlement by leveraging programmable payments, expanding the use of JPM Coin via its Onyx platform, employing AI to enh...

PBoC’s new stock market stabilisation stimulus shows quick results

People’s Bank of China (PBoC) governor Pan Gongsheng announced stimulus policies, including RMB 800 billion ($114 billion) of liquidity support dire...

Global central banks' quantitative tightening and implications for industry

Major central banks worldwide are shrinking their balance sheets after pumping liquidity into their economies throughout the worst of the COVID-19 pan...

Mario Draghi calls for bold innovation and investment to boost EU's competitiveness

Mario Draghi’s report outlines the challenges facing Europe’s competitiveness and the critical role banks must play in financing essential invest...

Philippines' digital transformation fuels financial growth and inclusion

Leaders and regulators in the Philippine banking and finance industry convened at Finance Philippines 2024 held on 26 September to discuss the vital r...

Cathay United Bank leads decarbonisation efforts in Asia Pacific

CUB headlines the climate change imperatives in sustainable finance, driving green initiatives and net-zero targets aligned with global standards ...

QIB integrates digital innovation and sustainability

QIB seeks to pioneer the integration of digital innovation and sustainability into its operations. ...

Standard Chartered elevates the mobile banking experience in Hong Kong with innovative features and advanced UI/UX

The revamped mobile banking app, SC Mobile Next Gen, provides innovative features that address customer demands for intuitive navigation, streamlined ...

North Asia’s global banks ponder AI, cloud, and resilience for a competitive edge

As financial institutions in North Asia, covering Greater China, Japan and South Korea, confront demographic and economic challenges, they are leverag...

Bank of China (Hong Kong) one-stop online home loan financing leads the market

As the leader in the mortgage market with innovative digital solutions and expanded services, BOCHK grew its portfolio by 7.4% in 2023, despite market...

Revolutionising wealth management with strategic financial solutions

Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK) is elevating its wealth management services by capitalising on diverse financial opportunities and providing bespoke...

HSBC revamps trade finance with strategic collaborations and client-centric solutions

In response to shifting global trade patterns, HSBC is refocusing its efforts through its newly rebranded Global Trade Solutions. It is embracing dat...

Barclays bolsters institutional payment processing in APAC with $1B infrastructure investments

Barclays' $1 billion investment in global payment infrastructure aims to expand client access to local instant payment systems while enhancing cost-ef...

How will BNY’s innovations drive the future of cross-border payments in Asia Pacific

Jennifer Barker, global head of treasury services and depositary receipts at BNY, discussed the rapid evolution of cross-border payments in Asia Pacif...

East West Bank enhances digital systems

Barani Sundaram, CTO of East West Bank, explained how the bank is modernising its core systems to improve customer service and operational efficiency,...

Strategies for success: Insights from ASEAN’s financial leaders at the Temenos Regional Forum 2024

Banking experts from across ASEAN discussed the critical role of technology and regulation in modernising financial systems, strengthening consumer pr...

Chocolate Finance to simplify money management

Walter de Oude, founder of Singlife, has launched Chocolate Finance, a platform aimed at optimising spare cash with competitive returns, user-friendly...

Taiwan’s leading banks prioritise innovation, regional expansion, and sustainability

Industry leaders convened at Finance Taiwan to discuss the future of digital finance, regional expansion strategies, and the integration of sustainabi...

Art Outreach Singapore chairman Mae Anderson builds bridges between arts and community

Mae Anderson, a lifelong advocate for the arts and visual literacy, has transformed Art Outreach Singapore into a pivotal force in the local arts scen...

Convergence of CeFi and DeFi set to revolutionise finance

The fusion of centralised and decentralised finance offers unprecedented opportunities for efficiency, innovation, and inclusivity...

UnionBank drives consumer banking growth with digital transformation and strategic acquisitions

UnionBank strengthens its consumer banking segment through strategic acquisitions and innovative digital transformation initiatives....

Perbanas’ Anika Faisal discusses Indonesia's digital banking evolution

Perbanas secretary general, Anika Faisal, highlighted the challenges and opportunities of digital banking in Indonesia, emphasising financial stabilit...

SeaBank Indonesia achieves rapid profitability and growth

SeaBank Indonesia's focus on retail banking has led to unprecedented growth and profitability, achieving in just 18 months after its product launch in...

Bank Aladin expands sharia-compliant digital financial services in Indonesia

Bank Aladin aims to transform Indonesia’s banking landscape through strategic partnerships and innovative sharia-compliant financial solutions, emph...

Allo Bank harnesses AI for strategic digital expansion

Allo Bank is leveraging AI, strategic partnerships, and customer-centric products to drive growth and aim to accelerate its trajectory to profitabilit...

Accelerating digital transformation in retail finance