Interviews Apr 02 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... 1466
Interviews Feb 12 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... 2171
Interviews Jan 22 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... 1577
Interviews Dec 04 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... 3023
HK Fintech Week Nov 25 Standard Chartered moves into its next phase of disciplined AI execution Standard Chartered sharpens disciplined AI execution, strengthening governance, scaling high-value use cases, and embedding secure, measurable, enterp... 3234
HK Fintech Week Nov 25 BOC Life accelerates digital transformation to redefine Hong Kong life insurance Mark Kai, CFO of BOC Life, shared at the Hong Kong FinTech Week that the company is accelerating digital transformation across operations, platforms a... 1986
Awards Ceremonies Nov 21 First Bank of Nigeria, Bank of Punjab, Stanbic IBTC, Absa, Al Rajhi Bank and BDO Unibank recognised for excellence in retail finance, SME banking and transaction finance First Bank of Nigeria, Bank of Punjab, Stanbic IBTC, Absa, Al Rajhi Bank and BDO Unibank were recognised at The TAB Global Finance Awards 2025.... 2602
Opinion Nov 04 Reflections on China's AI journey China’s AI journey reveals a mature ecosystem where banks, platforms and regulators collaborate to embed intelligent finance across sectors.... 1118
Opinion Nov 04 China’s AI innovation model and its global implications China’s AI model fuses technology, policy and finance into an integrated system, offering global lessons amid distinct local conditions.... 1000
Round Up Oct 27 Technology partners build the new foundation of global finance with AI, cloud and interoperability AI, cloud-native platforms and open interoperability are rebuilding global financial infrastructure, enabling secure, resilient and programmable payme... 2381
Leadership Awards Oct 15 Bank Mandiri is Indonesia’s Best Corporate, Investment and Wholesale Bank Bank Mandiri was recognised as Indonesia’s Best Corporate, Investment and Wholesale Bank 2025 for its digital innovation, regional strength and disc... 3247
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... 2364
Sibos Round Up Oct 07 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... 1900
Sibos Round Up Oct 01 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... 2538
Site Visits Sep 16 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... 4644
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.... 2984
Interview Notes Aug 26 Alliance Bank Malaysia focuses on proprietary technology and embedded finance to drive growth Alliance Bank Malaysia has introduced virtual credit cards, dynamic card numbers and embedded personal financing into partner platforms, to grow marke... 3812
Interviews Jun 16 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... 5147
Roundtable Jun 11 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... 3539
Roundtable Jun 05 Banks recalibrate cross-border payment strategies and orchestrate platforms for a real- time, multi-rail world Banks are moving beyond legacy rail limitations to build orchestrated, customer-centric payment platforms. From consolidating real-time rails and dome... 4368
Co-published Jun 04 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.... 15048
Leadership Awards May 22 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... 4327
Interviews Apr 14 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... 5183
Trendwatch Feb 24 Digital and retail banking trends in 2025 The digital and retail banking sectors continue to evolve, driven by innovation, rapid development and adoption of generative artificial intelligence ... 4472
Co-published Oct 28 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... 6958
Current Account Apr 23 MAS launches digital platform to fight money laundering and terrorism financing Singapore’s central bank has launched a platform that allows financial institutions to exchange customer information and flag suspicious activities ... 16347
Excerpts Oct 03 Security Bank elevated retail banking through digitalisation and fintech collaboration Rahul Rasal, head of retail banking at Security Bank, is driving the bank's growth in retail banking and its transition to a digital, open-banking fut... 6770
Aug 24 Cloud migration— Pandora’s box of data, culture and core replacement The cloud was the main topic of discussion at a tech roundtable, with leaders in digital innovation describing their experiences in core migration, ch... 6104
Panel discussion Aug 23 Digital money changes everything Financial industry leaders and decision-makers assess the banking and financial regulatory landscape over the course of digitalisation, fintech innova... 6802
interviews Apr 12 CRDB Bank expands economic growth in Tanzania for underserved businesses and communities Customers in rural Tanzania can now access financial services afforded by CRDB Bank’s network and new digital capabilities, opening a door for unde... 7829
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... 11431
Co-published Jan 25 Ping An’s cloud-native technology accelerates digital transformation and Smart Bank implementation By the end of 2021, 28% of Ping An Bank’s applications, some 1,700, had been built based on a new cloud- native platform... 9583
interviews Dec 22 TPBank's Tran: “One million of our new customers are from third-party platforms” James Tran, digital bank centre head, TPBank, highlighted that the bank's digital transformation is made possible by shifting to a digital-focused bus... 10544
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... 11143
Interviews Aug 19 Kilde’s Radek Jezbera: “BNPLs are misunderstood, the unit economics works” Radek Jezbera, co-CEO of alternative investment platform Kilde discussed the performance of private debt instruments against publicly traded assets an... 7571
interviews Dec 23 BSP's deputy governor Tangonan on financial inclusion, digital transformation, CDBCS and new payments infrastructures Mamerto Tangonan, deputy governor of BSP, discussed the latest developments in the Philippine’s journey to digitalising its financial ecosystem. He ... 23448
Current Account Nov 12 Alibaba and JD.com posted record Double 11 sales of $139 billion despite tech crackdown Alibaba and JD.com continue to set new sales records during the Double 11 shopping event, although growth decelerated amid China’s slowing economy a... 7643
Speeches and Presentations Sep 27 “How climate change will transform finance” Emmanuel Daniel, chairman and founder of The Asian Banker and Wealth and Society, discussed what financial services industry and institutions will hav... 9576
Research Note Aug 27 A comparison of licensing frameworks for digital banks in the Middle East The global financial industry has evolved as a result of the widespread digital transformation of traditional banks and the entrance of new digital ba... 19253
Co-published May 14 "Digital transformation is mixed up with optimisation" At the Finance Vietnam Leadership Dialogue 2021, heads of retail banking, products and businesses, including Le Xuan Vu, MB Bank;... 1862
Co-published Apr 14 Microsoft’s Yates: “Cloud adoption accelerated to build stronger digital foundation” Greater need to drive innovation, business value and efficiency increased the momentum to cloud adoption and digital transformation among financial in... 17300
Current Account Jan 07 $18 billion Gojek-Tokopedia merger brewing after talks with Grab hit a snag Tokopedia and Gojek are reportedly in a tie-up ahead of a planned public listing in Indonesia and the United States... 7703
Co-published Dec 07 Bank BRI advances its retail banking business in a digital economy The bank captured growth opportunities in Indonesia by focusing on improving customer experience and creating innovative digital services... 6809
Research Note Nov 03 China Merchants Bank is best retail bank amid strong competition from UAE, India and Singapore New performance benchmarks shaped by COVID-19 and digital transformation reshuffle best retail banks ranking in 2020... 10562
Sibos Round Up Oct 23 Standard Chartered's Sugirin: “With the pandemic, corporates are moving much more into near shoring” Michael Sugirin, global head for Open Account Trade, Ecosystem & Trade Implementation at Standard Chartered Bank, discusses trends of nimbler and more... 6870
Sep 26 Ping An Group's Larsen: “We’re constantly looking at new businesses that can create value” Veteran banker Jonathan Larsen, who ran Citibank’s global retail bank and mortgages, came out of retirement to head Ping An Group’s chief innovati... 14528
interviews Sep 07 Deutsche Bank’s Scott-Gray: “We’re removing all complexities to create a more efficient platform” Jennifer Scott-Gray, head of corporate bank, Australia at Deutsche Bank, speaks about building out a cash management branch in Australia and expanding... 9024
interviews Sep 05 Westpac’s Correa: “A strong, effective payment system will allow innovation to occur” Michael Correa, general manager of Westpac for Asia Pacific, talks about the payment developments in Asia and the role Australia played in achieving t... 8684
Trendwatch Jun 27 The race to build super-apps, platforms and communities As fintechs and big technology players are increasingly developing their platforms and apps, the financial services industry is in serious need of dev... 7504
