Weekly Brief Aug 05 HSBC exits two retail markets, Standard Chartered transfers Singapore lending portfolio to Trust Retail Finance Weekly: HSBC exits Australian and Egyptian retail banking through sales to Blackstone and Emirates NBD, while Visa agrees to acquire Bi... 970
Weekly Brief Jul 20 JP Morgan nears $1 trillion valuation, EU seeks to free $263 billion of trapped liquidity Wall Street earnings, Europe's push to unlock bank liquidity and renewed monetary tightening in Asia highlighted a week in which banks balanced resili... 421
Weekly Brief Jul 15 JP Morgan posts largest US bank Q2 earnings, Visa launches AI assistant Record Wall Street profits from trading and dealmaking contrast with muted consumer banking growth, as the UK regulates BNPL, Klarna seeks a US bank c... 196
Current Account Jun 25 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... 1726
Rankings May 14 Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citi rank as the world's best corporate, investment and wholesale banks The 2026 ranking of 100 institutions across 34 countries highlights how digital investment drives financial outcomes, with Middle Eastern banks gainin... 3170
Weekly Brief May 04 Rate paths diverge as banks report record first-quarter results The BOJ, Fed and ECB all hold rates but diverge sharply on signals, as record first-quarter earnings at UBS, US banks and Standard Chartered mask earl... 216
Weekly Brief Apr 20 War risk reshapes banking outlook The Iran war and Strait of Hormuz disruption dominate global finance this week, as the IMF cuts growth forecasts, US banks post record but cautious Q1... 198
Rankings Mar 16 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... 6930
Interviews Mar 03 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. ... 6057
Research Note Feb 28 Nominations are in for Retail Finance Leader of the Year 2024 in Asia Pacific TAB Global’s annual Retail Finance Leader of the Year in Asia Pacific award recognises outstanding contributions to sustainable banking and institut... 8114
Research Note Feb 26 Nominations are in for Global Retail Finance Leader of the Year 2024 TAB Global’s annual Retail Finance Leader of the Year award recognises outstanding contributions to sustainable banking and institutional transforma... 7781
Current Account Jun 01 Alibaba incurs $1.17 billion net loss in Q4 after record-high antitrust fine Alibaba posted a quarterly net loss for the first time since 2014 mainly due to the anti-monopoly fine slapped by the regulator in March. Tighter regu... 8727
Opinion Apr 02 Banks’ online channel features: Bridging towards treasury management systems (TMS) ... 5252
News Analysis Mar 26 China’s GDP growth has been overstated by an average of 1.7%, says new research New research reveals that the economic slowdown in China may be worse than the official statistics suggest since 2008, due to the potential inaccuracy... 6413
Research Note Dec 05 Top digital retail financial services provider in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa The most competitive digital retail financial institutions come all but from China, and the elite club of the top 10, representing all non-bank financ... 13461
