Awards Ceremonies May 13, 2026 Malaysian banks recognised for excellence in AI, payments and digital Innovation at The Asian Banker Malaysia Awards 2026 Affin Bank, Ryt Bank, GX Bank and Alliance Bank were recognised at The Asian Banker Malaysia Awards 2026 in Kuala Lumpur... 1933
Awards Ceremonies May 13, 2026 Tengku Zafrul Aziz recognised for lifetime leadership and institutional impact across finance and public service Tengku Zafrul Aziz, chairman of the Malaysian Investment Development Authority, receives the William “Bill” Seidman ... 1750
Awards Ceremonies May 13, 2026 MAS awarded Best Systemic and Prudential Regulator in Asia Pacific for market-shaping leadership and digital asset integrity The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) was recognised for building structural infrastructure, consolidating the digit... 1568
Datafiles May 12, 2026 Strategic AI deployment in G-SIBs transforms operations, risk management and customer value An analysis of AI initiatives across 29 Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) from 2023 to 2025 reveals a sector ... 534
Weekly Brief May 11, 2026 Fee income cushions banks as rate tailwinds fade First-quarter results show fee, wealth and insurance income offsetting weaker margins across major banks, as Australia h... 625
Interviews May 11, 2026 UOB builds transaction banking through long-term investment, diversification and execution depth A decade of sustained product investment, broader sector coverage and consistent delivery on complex client mandates has... 1796
Analysis May 11, 2026 OCBC uses wealth and deposits to defend earnings as rates fall OCBC’s first-quarter profit rose 5% to SGD 1.97 billion ($1.46 billion) as record non-interest income offset weaker le... 1928
Current Account May 11, 2026 Can banks operationalise AI without creating new complexity? Discussions at the Temenos Community Forum 2026 unpack how banks are moving AI into production environments, but operati... 1566
Interviews May 11, 2026 kompasbank pushes SME banking beyond lending kompasbank CEO Michael Hurup Andersen believes SME banking is moving beyond standalone lending products towards operatio... 1669
Current Account May 08, 2026 FSB flags supervisory data gaps across $2T private credit market The Financial Stability Board's first dedicated review of private credit warns supervisors lack visibility into a market... 3165
Analysis May 08, 2026 HSBC's best returns in near 20 years meet a $1.3 billion credit charge HSBC's strongest returns in nearly two decades were overshadowed in the first quarter of 2026 by a $1.3 billion credit c... 1784
Analysis May 08, 2026 UOB targets fee-led growth as Citi integration yields 8.5 million ASEAN customers UOB posted SGD 1.4 billion ($1 billion) in first-quarter 2026 net profit as lower lending margins shift focus from the C... 2700
Interviews May 08, 2026 Agentic commerce will make digital assets a mainstay of global finance The former chairman of the US House Financial Services Committee says stablecoins, AI and platform ecosystems are restru... 2481
Datafiles May 07, 2026 China's major banks expand overseas footprint, but gap with global peers persists China's major banks are expanding overseas revenue, driven by outbound corporates, renminbi internationalisation and dom... 495
Interviews May 07, 2026 Standard Chartered positions AI Factory and SC GPT as enterprise reuse engines Alvaro Garrido, COO, technology & operations and CIO, information security & data at Standard Chartered, on the bank's A... 4502
Current Account May 06, 2026 Why Tier 1 banks are rethinking core modernisation TCF 2026 explored how AI, SaaS and composable banking are reshaping core modernisation strategies, while banks highlight... 2116
