Conference Jun 08 AI governance and horizontal integration define banking leadership in Asia Pacific At the Temenos Regional Forum Asia Pacific in Manila, Chi Li’s keynote and a panel discussion with Frankie Wai, Foo Boon Ping and Neil Tan examined how banks are approaching AI adoption with increasing caution, embedding governance from… 216
Sponsored Oct 12 Emirates NBD turns customer documents into reusable onboarding data Emirates NBD has shortened due diligence turnaround times by embedding AI-based document processing into live workflows, backed by... 2238
Sponsored Oct 01 CU NEX connects campus services and embedded finance in Thailand Chulalongkorn University and KBank's CU NEX platform embeds finance, healthcare, AI and student-led innovation into campus life, u... 1449
Sponsored Sep 22 Can connectivity become Deutsche Bank's advantage as global trade fragments? Anand Jha of Deutsche Bank says fragmenting trade corridors make global banks more relevant through local bank partnerships.... 1941
Site Visits Oct 28 How NetEase and Pony.ai are testing AI controls and commercial value NetEase and Pony.ai illustrated different challenges in deploying AI: controlling agent behaviour, operating autonomous vehicles a... 358
Rankings Oct 28 TAB Global 1000 World’s Strongest Banks 2026 ranking recognises Metrobank and Commercial Bank of Ceylon for financial resilience The 2026 rankings recognise banks across Asia Pacific for their financial strength, supported by profitability, asset quality, liq... 427
Rankings Oct 27 What turns scale into strength for Islamic banks? The 2026 Largest and Strongest Islamic Banks rankings show that scale provides a clear advantage, but banks that translate growth ... 289
Rankings Oct 27 What distinguishes the world’s financially strongest banks? Scale is strongly associated with financial strength, but the TAB Global 1000 World’s Strongest Banks 2026 ranking shows that si... 191
Rankings Oct 27 What does scale actually deliver for the world’s largest banks? The world’s 1,000 largest banks expanded to $180.7 trillion in assets in FY2025, but cross-tabulation shows that better asset qu... 177
Awards Ceremonies Oct 27 I&M Bank named Kenya’s best retail and SME bank at The Asian Banker Africa Awards 2026 I&M Bank received Best Retail Bank in Kenya and Best SME Bank in Kenya, recognising its customer growth, extensive digital engagem... 367
Rankings Oct 27 JPMorgan, Saudi National Bank and OCBC lead the TAB Global 1000 World’s Strongest Banks 2026 ranking The annual assessment of 1,000 institutions highlights the combination of profitability, asset quality, capital and funding that u... 934
Rankings Oct 27 Al Rajhi Bank, Kuveyt Türk and Kuwait Finance House lead the TAB Global World’s Strongest Islamic Banks 2026 ranking The assessment of 100 Islamic banks highlights how leading institutions combine scale with earnings capacity, operating efficiency... 712
Site Visits Oct 23 How BAAI and Tencent are testing AI reliability and exposing digital banking security gaps Research into autonomous AI and a demonstration of manipulated facial video exposed different challenges for banks during the thir... 1040
Weekly Brief Oct 27 HSBC launches RedCoin, JP Morgan and ADB expand India working-capital support Transaction Finance Weekly: Hong Kong stablecoins gain a major bank’s payment network, while recipient verification and shared s... 603
Weekly Brief Oct 26 Sweden’s SEB pauses buybacks as Barclays plans further capital returns ahead of Basel 3.1 Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: Supervisory model changes cut SEB’s buffer by 120 basis points as lower Pillar 2A requirements cu... 527
Weekly Brief Oct 26 AI sell-off drives US Treasury rally as French 10-year yield tops 5% The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Investors question whether AI infrastructure spending can deliver lasting returns, as funding condi... 837
Weekly Brief Oct 23 ISSB proposes nature disclosure guidance, China expands industrial carbon accounting Sustainable Finance Weekly: Nature-risk reporting and carbon-price benchmarks are sharpening transition planning, but emerging-mar... 1017
Weekly Brief Oct 23 Crédit Agricole expands AI agents, Santander reports lower model costs, Google Cloud outage hits banks Financial Technology Weekly: Crédit Agricole expands AI agents and Santander reports lower model costs, while a Google Cloud Lond... 1152
Weekly Brief Oct 23 PBOC considers overnight policy rate and plans bond market liquidity backstop TAB China Weekly Brief: PBOC outlines reforms to its policy-rate framework, corporate loan pricing and liquidity support, alongsid... 1818
Sponsored Sep 15 How is Deutsche Bank adapting institutional cash and trade to Asia Pacific’s changing flows? Deutsche Bank's Sebastien Avot on how payments, trade corridors and data reshape Asia Pacific cash and trade strategy.... 1280
Sponsored Sep 08 Where does Deutsche Bank see the next sources of growth in transaction banking? Deutsche Bank's Tsvetanka Nankova argues transaction banking's next advantage lies in decision intelligence and selective partnerships, not balance sheet or volume growth.... 1572
Sponsored Sep 08 Can banks make continuous change in core banking infrastructure safe? Siam Commercial Bank, Bangkok Bank and AWS leaders debate how Thai banks can modernise cores amid continuous change.... 868
Sponsored Sep 03 ICBC-AXA Life Chairman outlines long-term growth strategy Chairman Wang Dufu outlines ICBC-AXA Life ’s expansion strategy, financial performance and long-term ambition to scale assets and customer reach as China’s insurance market deepens ... 2302
