AB500 Oct 27 Asian Banker 500 Briefing This ranking defines the relative strength of the banks in the database of the 500 largest banks in Asia Pacific region by assets. Asian Banker Resear... 2045
TABLive Oct 07 The Philippine banking system is well positioned to face the challenges ahead Nestor A. Espenilla, Jr., deputy governor, supervision and examination of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, delivers the opening keynote speech at the Phil... 8042
TABLive Oct 27 “We aim to reduce friction in the buying experience” Betty DeVita, chief commercial officer of MasterCard Labs, shares the company’s key initiatives and priorities for 2017.... 2714
TABLive Oct 11 A long history and broad understanding of wealth management in Switzerland Martin Maurer, chief executive officer of the Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland, speaks about the evolution of the country as a financial an... 8787
TABLive Oct 27 Combating Financial Crime in the Digital Age Amar Singh, global cybersecurity and privacy thought leader, and Neeti Aggarwal, senior research manager, The Asian Banker, discuss how banks should p... 1090
co-published video Oct 29 Building Tomorrow’s Banks Today The Asian Banker tracks the work being done by leading technology decision makers in transforming their banks for the future. We maintain their profil... 5629
Speeches and Presentations Oct 15 Prosper Marketplace's Ron Suber: "The three legs of marketplace lending business" Ron Suber, founder and President of Prosper Marketplace, discusses the evolution of the online marketplace, how it is converging with the banking indu... 6915
Speeches and Presentations Oct 22 (Sponsored Content) Youxin Financial's Cheung: "An alternative way to serve micro and small enterprises" Jackson Cheung, co-founder and CEO of Youxin Financial, talks about how to leverage data analysis to help micro and small enterprises owners in a tigh... 7479
Speeches and Presentations Oct 16 The Asian Banker 500 Strongest Banks 2018 Briefing: The big clean-up occurring across the Asia-Pacific banking industry Despite continued strong growth in total assets, the Asia-Pacific banking sector is still exposed to high levels of private sector leverage with steps... 8109
Interviews Oct 31 Ripple’s Treacher: “The banking world’s kind of lost pace with the rest of commerce and society which is moving onto a much more real-time globally-connected environment” Marcus Treacher, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at Ripple, discusses challenges in expediting payment processes from a clarity, visibility,... 9271
Interviews Oct 31 ANZ’s Vasic and Huse: “Corporates who historically may have used one of the ‘globals’, now also need a strong local bank for support” ANZ’s Vasic and Huse speak about the greater transactional business needs of Australian clients expanding into Asia and also discuss the shake up th... 10223
Interviews Oct 31 SmartStream’s Kilcoyne: "If you think that compliance is expensive, have you tried non-compliance?" Vincent Kilcoyne, EVP and Head for Product Management at SmartStream sees multiple challenges from Basel Committee on Banking Supervision 248 (BCBS 24... 10628
Interviews Oct 09 Nordea’s Richter: “We need to look at the payment ecosystem overall, and see what type of value-added services we can put around the payments” Claus Richter, Head of Transaction Banking Solutions at Nordea shares his views on the impact of technology, particularly blockchain, on domestic and ... 8312
Sibos Round Up Oct 09 SWIFT’s Haddad: “So, at the moment, a typical GPI is sub 30 minutes. We are trying to get it down to seconds.” Eddie Haddad, SWIFT Managing Director, Asia Pacific talks about the latest developments in Global Payments Initiative (gpi), how it helps institutions... 8212
Interviews Oct 10 Mckinsey’s Bruno and Chaudhuri: “ Fintechs don’t see payments as a means of profitability, they see payments as a source of data” Mckinsey’s Bruno and Chaudhuri highlighted the emergence of alternative payment instruments in especially in markets of ASEAN & China and how fintec... 9117
Interviews Oct 31 SEB’s Da Silva and Lascoux: “ We see the industry trying to pull itself together to find a standard to handle the changing regulatory requirement” SEB’s Da Silva and Lascoux talked about how collaboration between multiple parties was driving rapid cross-border payments integration in the Nordic... 8727
Interviews Oct 10 Nomura’s Koo: “China may be facing a balance sheet recession, but it can withstand with strong fiscal stimulus” Richard Koo, chief economist of Nomura Research Institute discussed the property bubble in China and compared it with Japan’s experience in 1992. He... 3779
TABLive Oct 06 (Sponsored) Harnessing the power of data in cross-border payments SWIFT’s Julien Blanchez, Head of Data and Analytics, looks at the central role of data in supporting the move to real-time payments.... 9617
Oct 07 Verhofstadt: “The European Union needs to be deeply reformed as fast as possible” Guy Verhofstadt, former prime minister of Belgium, admits that the European Union is still a weak organisation. And in a future that heralds a “worl... 8593
interviews Oct 15 Bambu’s Phillips: “We are solving technology problems in an investment world” Ned Phillips, CEO and founder of Bambu, a B2B robo-advisory technology provider, discusses the growth trend in automated wealth management, how the co... 5885
TABLive Oct 06 Next generation artificial intelligence disrupts data quality processes Victoria Harverson, Global Head of Business Development at SmartStream Air, a unit of SmartStream Technologies, discusses the challenges in traditiona... 9391
interviews Oct 06 DWS’ Plein: “The large growth in ESG strategies will kick in in 2021” Oliver Plein, global head of investment specialists ESG at DWS discusses how sustainability related regulations and investor demand have driven ESG in... 454
interviews Oct 13 Nium’s Bermingham: “We are expanding payment routes in Asia” Michael Bermingham, co-founder and chief business officer of Nium, shares how the company has evolved its business model across retail and enterprise ... 7247
interviews Oct 14 Funding Societies’ Teo: “We meet SMEs’ needs through hyperlocal products and partnerships” Kelvin Teo, group CEO and co-founder of Funding Societies, explains the differences between the company and other peer-to-peer financing platforms, it... 6233
interviews Oct 19 StanChart HK's Huen: "China's opening agenda and renminbi internalisation are multi-year trends" Mary Huen, CEO of Standard Chartered Hong Kong, shares her insights into the role of Hong Kong as an international financial centre, China’s opening... 5926
Sibos Round Up Oct 21 Bank of America's Ameen: “Production and supply chain diversification not as simple as lift and shift” Faisal Ameen, head of global transaction services for Asia Pacific and Japan at Bank of America, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on trade and payment... 6698
Oct 23 AXA IM’s Gupta: “We are moving towards a more holistic definition of value creation” Anubhuti Gupta, head of APAC, Rosenberg Equities at AXA IM discusses with Foo Boon Ping the company’s ESG strategy and framework as well as how it i... 1001
Sibos Round Up Oct 23 BNY Mellon's Kim and Goldstein: “We are digitising to increase efficiency internally and with our clients” BNY Mellon’s global trade finance product head Joon Kim, and head of treasury services in Asia Pacific, Arnon Goldstein, discuss the prospects of a ... 11259
Speeches and Presentations Oct 27 Jonathan Lee wins Promising Young Banker in the Philippines Award Jonathan Lee, head of products and segments at CIMB Bank Philippines, was named Promising Young Banker in the Philippines at the Leadership Achievemen... 7979
Speeches and Presentations Oct 27 Ana Delgado wins Promising Young Banker in the Philippines Award Ana Delgado, chief customer experience officer and consumer finance head at Union Bank of the Philippines, was named Promising Young Banker in the Phi... 8415
Speeches and Presentations Oct 30 Justo A. Ortiz honoured with William “Bill” Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievement in Leadership in the Financial Services Industry for 2020 Justo A. Ortiz, vice chairman of Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), was honoured with the William “Bill” Seidman Award for Lifetime Achiev... 7311
Speeches and Presentations Oct 31 Samuel Tsien wins Leadership Achievement Award for Best COVID-19 Response and OCBC Bank is Best Managed Bank during COVID-19 in Singapore Samuel Tsien, group CEO of OCBC Bank, received Leadership Achievement Award for Best COVID-19 Response in Singapore at the Leadership Achievement Awar... 7370
Speeches and Presentations Oct 31 Morris Li wins Leadership Achievement Award for Best COVID-19 Response and CTBC Bank is Best Managed Bank during COVID-19 in Taiwan Morris Li, chairman of CTBC Bank, received Leadership Achievement Award for Best COVID-19 Response in Taiwan at the Leadership Achievement Awards Virt... 6746
Speeches and Presentations Oct 31 Bassel Gamal wins Leadership Achievement Award for Best COVID-19 Response and Qatar Islamic Bank is Best Managed Bank during COVID-19 in Qatar Bassel Gamal, group CEO of Qatar Islamic Bank, received Leadership Achievement Award for Best COVID-19 Response in Qatar at the Leadership Achievement... 6125
Speeches and Presentations Oct 31 Jonathan Alles wins Leadership Achievement Award for Best COVID-19 Response and Hatton National Bank is Best Managed Bank during COVID-19 in Sri Lanka Jonathan Alles, managing director and CEO at Hatton National Bank, received Leadership Achievement Award for Best COVID-19 Response in Sri Lanka at th... 6459
Speeches and Presentations Oct 31 Payong Srivanich wins Leadership Achievement Award for Best COVID-19 Response and Krungthai Bank is Best Managed Bank during COVID-19 in Thailand Payong Srivanich, president and CEO of Krungthai Bank, received Leadership Achievement Award for Best COVID-19 Response in Thailand at the Leadership ... 6677
Speeches and Presentations Oct 31 Wutisak Ongpatanakul wins Promising Young Banker in Thailand Award Wutisak Ongpatanakul, head of customer experience and digital at United Overseas Bank Thailand, was named Promising Young Banker in Thailand at the Le... 7057
Sibos Round Up Oct 23 Temenos’ Kam Chana: “AI is recreating intelligent customer engagement and driving learning revolution” Kam Chana, product innovation director at Temenos, shares her perspective on evolving financial technology trends, how banks need to rethink personali... 4879
Sibos Round Up Oct 23 FIS's Gopalakrishnan: “The biggest challenge for banks is the legacy systems and technology debt” Raja Gopalakrishnan, executive vice president at Global Real Time Payments, FIS, shares key trends in payments and financial technology as well as how... 6261
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... 6062
Sibos Round Up Oct 23 SEB’s Paula Da Silva: “It's the liquidity that could potentially kill you and not the capital” Paula Da Silva, head of transaction services at SEB, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on trade and cash management business from the bank and pan-Euro... 6433
Sibos Round Up Oct 23 Finastra’s Khoury: “Moving to cloud requires a mindset change to rethink technology business model” Wissam Khoury, head of international at Finastra, shares views on how the technology priorities of banks have changed due to the pandemic and how fina... 6335
Oct 24 SmartStream’s Brandli: “Banks are struggling to manage the volumes, cost and controls in contactless payments” Roland Brandli, strategic product manager at SmartStream Technologies shares key challenges faced by financial institutions in real time payments and ... 3072
interviews Oct 01 CCU.ai's Romain Nouzareth: “Crypto blockchain is greener and smarter than "old" financial system Romain Nouzareth, CEO and chairman of CCU.ai, a Quebec-based cryptocurrency miner, discussed its recent listing on the Toronto's TSX Venture Exchange ... 17865
interviews Oct 14 PermataBank’s Salimin: “Banks were pushed over the technology edge” Abdy D. Salimin, chief information officer and director of technology and operations, PermataBank, highlighted the opportunities in digital transforma... 8292
interviews Oct 29 China's economic policy makers Top policy advisor, Huang Yiping explains the history and direction of China’s economic policies.... 22680
Awards Ceremonies Oct 20 Taiwan Awards 2021 E.SUN Bank, CTBC Bank, HSBC (Taiwan), Taipei Fubon Bank and Bank SinoPac won at The Asian Banker Taiwan Awards programme. 71 shortlisted applications ... 7047
Speeches and Presentations Oct 26 Creating a roadmap for future digital banking strategies This is a presentation given by TAB chairman Emmanuel Daniel in a workshop on developing future digital banking strategies at the MPC Digital Commerce... 11709
Interviews Oct 10 “Economic slowdown is a time to prepare for another wave of transformations” Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of The Asian Banker discussed his recent travels in preparation for the launch of his new book, “The Great Transition – ... 1903
Interviews Oct 12 IMF’s Steven Bartnett: “Global economy is nowhere near stagflation despite weaker momentum” Even with risks tilted to the downside and a slower momentum, the global economy is still not headed towards stagflation— a recession combined with ... 1856
Interviews Oct 07 The Asian Banker’s Cindy Yu: “Our award programmes have to withstand the scrutiny of the industry” As The Asian Banker contributes to the development of China’s banking industry, telling its story to the rest of the world and sharing market intell... 2003
Interviews Oct 09 360tf enables trade finance globally With an extensive background in the trade finance and transaction banking industry with institutions such as Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. and Citi, CEO Vi... 5311
Interviews Oct 02 Chris Holmes: “Cooperate to enable economic and social benefit right away around the world” Chris Holmes, UK’s leading advocate for technology and innovation, and committee member on the groundbreaking Electronic Trade Documents Act that ca... 3390
Sibos Round Up Oct 04 ANZ's Janakiraman: "The future of payment infrastructure would be driven by tokenisation" ... 2440
Sibos Round Up Oct 04 Trade Ledger utilises OpenAI to address data processing, & data fragmentation in cash-to-cash cycle Martin McCann, founder of Trade Ledger, discusses how OpenAI's large language model can help SMEs gain insights from their data and how Trade Ledger's... 1185
Interviews Oct 09 Harnessing AI and ML for robust risk management Shekhar Bhandari, Kotak Mahindra Bank's president of global transaction banking, highlighted three major themes from Sibos 2023, focusing on the impor... 3320
Interviews Oct 09 HSBC embraces electronic bills of lading and digital solutions Clients are embracing digital tools and HSBC's innovative financial solutions to adapt to evolving consumer behavior, technology disruptions, ESG tran... 3422
Interviews Oct 26 Techcombank’s Jens Lottner: “Our two new buildings merge traditions with a digital future” CEO Jens Lottner shared Techcombank’s innovative approach and vision following the opening of its headquarters in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Viet... 6277
Interviews Oct 14 Choudhry: “What will global banking regulation look like in a digital world?” In a conversation with Emmanuel Daniel, Moorad Choudhry stressed the need to simplify global banking regulations, particularly those from Basel, to b... 3708
Site Visits Oct 17 China's AI innovation explores the intersection of finance, technology and regulation Day 1 of The Banking Academy Beijing AI Innovation Study Tour 2024 provided delegates with an in-depth view of China’s advances in fintech, platform... 2143
Site Visits Oct 19 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... 2647
Site Visits Oct 21 AI application in wealth management, risk solutions, and digital transformation On Day 3 of the Banking Academy Beijing AI Innovation Study Tour 2024, delegates explored a combination of AI-powered wealth management, risk solution... 2438
TABLive Oct 21 Bank of America drives innovation in Asia Pacific payments and liquidity solutions At Sibos 2024, Winnie Chen, head of Asia Pacific global payment solutions at Bank of America (BofA), discussed the bank’s strategic priorities in th... 2140
TABLive Oct 21 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 ... 1710
Plenary Session Oct 22 Global financial cooperation and China's modernisation take centre stage at Sibos 2024 in Beijing Sibos 2024 in Beijing showcased the evolving landscape of global finance, focusing on cross-border payments, financial inclusion, and technological in... 3790
TABLive Oct 22 Deutsche Bank harnesses ISO 20022 for the future of payments and trade finance Atul Jain, co-head of trade finance and lending at Deutsche Bank, discussed the industry's transition to ISO 20022, the challenges banks face, the re... 1319
TABLive Oct 23 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... 2039
TABLive Oct 23 How does Temenos see the way for ISO 20022 transition, AI deployment and resilient design At Sibos 2024 in Beijing, Temenos business director Frankie Wai addressed some of the pressing issues in financial services today: the ISO 20022 trans... 1551
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... 1460
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. ... 1851
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... 3709
TABLive Oct 28 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... 2761
TABLive Oct 29 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... 2815
TABLive Oct 24 BNY and Mizuho Bank forge collaboration to strengthen global trade services At Sibos 2024 in Beijing, BNY and Mizuho Bank jointly announced an agreement to collaborate on enhancing global trade services, further solidifying th... 1420
