Site Visits Sep 15 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. ... 1324
Site Visits Sep 09 AI at scale in infrastructure, commerce and finance in Shanghai China AI Innovation Study Tour 2025 opened in Shanghai, showing AI’s role in infrastructure, commerce, and financial services via leading firms.... 1267
Interviews Jul 31 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... 12480
Roundtable Apr 07 AI reshapes banking, driving innovation and risk management At the Japan Banking Innovation Conference, TAB Global unveiled key insights from the Global Excellence in Digital and Retail Finance Programme 2025, ... 5818
Interviews Mar 26 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... 5543
Leadership Awards Feb 22 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... 2790
Site Visits Feb 18 Advancing frontiers in fintech, AI, robotics and space exploration On Day 1, the Japan Innovation Study Tour 2025 opened with a welcome from tour hosts Foo Boon Ping, president and managing editor of The Asian Banker,... 1942
Interviews Dec 10 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... 2612
TABLive Oct 25 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. ... 2758
TABLive Oct 23 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... 2242
Opinion Oct 19 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.... 3242
Interviews Oct 03 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... 12234
Speeches and Presentations Sep 13 Indonesia charts path for financial sector deepening and resilience with Vision 2045 At The Asian Banker Finance Indonesia 2024, co-hosted with PERBANAS, Indonesian financial leaders outlined the ambitious Vision 2045.... 4367
Interviews Aug 27 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... 6220
Interviews Aug 07 Farro Capital focuses on intergenerational wealth, legacy and global mobility Farro Capital claims its success lies in its comprehensive and personalised approach to wealth management. The firm offers services ranging from wealt... 3908
Interviews Jun 25 Cathay United Bank’s Singapore nexus fuels regional ambitions As Southeast Asia’s economic clout continues its inexorable rise, Cathay United Bank (CUB) is turbocharging its Singapore operations, establishing t... 5361
Interviews Jun 13 SHB streamlines technology adoption for swift market entry One of Vietnam‘s leading commercial banks, Saigon-Hanoi Bank, accelerates its digital evolution with cutting-edge banking solutions.... 4419
Co-published Jun 06 Cathay United Bank boosts ASEAN presence, strengthening global supply chains and regional integration Expanding beyond Taiwan, the bank will focus on ASEAN markets to bolster global supply chain resilience and regional economic integration, according t... 5893
Interviews May 30 GXBank’s Lai Pei Si: “We’re a motley crew of technologists and bankers with a clear purpose to build the bank forward” GXBank is the frontrunner in inclusive, technology-driven financial services in Malaysia. Its CEO Lai Pei Si discussed the bank’s journey since its ... 6010
Speeches and Presentations May 30 Tay Ah Lek of Public Bank receives the William ‘Bill’ Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievement The William ‘Bill’ Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievement was conferred on Tay Ah Lek, managing director and CEO of Public Bank, at The Asian Bank... 7910
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... 7635
Trendwatch Mar 11 Unveiling the future of finance, embracing a new digital horizon TABInsights’ global benchmarks in retail and digital banks, and financial platforms, signal a significant shift towards digital transformations... 6320
Interviews Feb 20 Brankas' Mike Dickinson: “Our vision is to make modern financial services available to everyone” Mike Dickinson, COO and CPO of Brankas, emphasised the critical importance of consent and authentication in secure data exchange, highlighting the com... 2187
Excerpt Jan 16 Hong Leong Bank focuses on personalised community banking Andrew Jong, managing director of personal financial services, and Kevin Ng, head of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) banking, talk about the b... 3216
Excerpt Jan 09 Minsheng bank uses robust risk management to raise customer confidence Huang Jin, general manager of wealth management and private banking at China Minsheng Bank, discussed the bank’s private banking strategies that emp... 2679
Research Note Nov 01 Hong Kong’s roadmap to promote fintech adoption HKMA’s Fintech Promotion Roadmap developed with industry stakeholders aims to drive fintech adoption and spark discussions among banks and fintech c... 16387
Research Note Sep 12 Promising AI companies poised to transform financial services Generative AI is emerging as a game-changer, with new developments from the most promising companies in the field pushing its use... 8746
Interviews Apr 05 Stanchart nexus partners AWS and Indonesia’s e-commerce giant Bukalapak to launch first BaaS platform Kelvin Tan of Standard Chartered Bank and Peter Murray of Amazon Web Services discussed the launch of BukaTabungan, the digital bank partnership with ... 7685
Sibos Round Up Jan 29 Finastra's Rodrigues: “By 2025, 26% of all small business financing will be through Banking as a Service channels” Barry Rodrigues, Finastra discusses how consumers’ and corporates’ access to financial services through multiple channels in addition to banks’ ... 2879
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... 10438
Interviews Mar 29 Ukraine’s ambassador Zelenko: “Financial services community can contribute to stopping Russia's war” Ukrainian ambassador Kateryna Zelenko, in an exclusive conversation with The Asian Banker's Emmanuel Daniel and Mathew Welch discussed the implication... 34823
Research Note Feb 17 Cloud adoption accelerates among banks with unique strategies The financial services industry is undergoing a massive shift to cloud, but the challenging technology transition for incumbents requires a strategic ... 23983
TABLive Mar 23 OCBC’s Tsien: “Finance as a career choice” OCBC’s Tsien: “Finance as a career choice”... 4843
Sibos Round Up Jan 21 DBS, Microsoft, StanChart CEOs see financial services thrive in 2021 with accelerated digital transformation The chief executives of DBS Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Microsoft discuss the impact of technological transformation and COVID-19 on the future ... 6450
Research Note Dec 04 Leadership in a pandemic - Extraordinary circumstances require exceptional responses Exceptional leadership is demonstrated and proven during periods of sustained challenges and adversities to deliver strong and sustainable outcomes.... 6678
Research Note Nov 25 Big tech disruptors find dividends of financial services come at a price Tech giants, which make up some of the world’s largest companies, are muscling into traditional banking spaces. But whether they want to crush the t... 8988
Research Note Aug 19 How Wirecard’s exit may impact the future of payment processing in Asia The German fintech’s dramatic collapse is likely to reshape the payment processing landscape as market rewards players leading innovation and value ... 16165
Speech Jul 09 Big tech in finance: opportunities and risks It is still early days for large technology companies or “big techs” in financial services, but given their size and customer reach, these have t... 6221
Jun 18 Westpac's Duncan: “We need to welcome partnerships to drive innovation” Westpac chief development officer Macgregor Duncan spoke about the importance of partnerships in driving innovation... 6407
Research Note Apr 15 New players, new practices and new technologies in an evolving payments landscape Several key themes emerged amidst the many discussions by global leaders in payments, including QR code, blockchain, credit card schemes, fintech and ... 5293
Datafiles Feb 22 Employment outlook remains positive due to digitalisation and new regulations In the Asia Pacific region, skilled and experienced tech professionals and regulatory compliance specialists will find themselves well-positioned in t... 7928
Interviews Jul 19 "Be angry, be hungry, for good" Emmanuel Daniel, chairman, The Asian Banker, outlines the profiles of several digital entrepreneurs to remind bankers the skill, talent and passion th... 9371
TABLive Jun 15 Income recovery for most retail financial services markets in Asia Pacific in 2017/2018 ... 4236
Research Note May 29 Banks embrace digital innovation but find it hard to make substantial changes to its conventional business model ... 4494
Research Note Feb 17 Democratisation of banking services puts focus on relationships over products ... 4382
Research Note Feb 16 Banks need to leverage their superior product knowledge to stay relevant ... 5100
