Weekly Brief Oct 14, 2026 Asian lenders back QNB’s $2.5 billion funding deal TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: QNB’s $2.5 billion loan draws Asian backing, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank raises equity and de... 1215
Weekly Brief Oct 14, 2026 Singapore Gulf Bank expands round-the-clock USD transfers through BNY Transaction Finance Weekly: Singapore Gulf Bank joins BNY’s 24/7 dollar transfers, OCBC and Ant International tokenise... 3139
Sibos Round Up Oct 13, 2026 Can Standard Chartered move agentic payments from recommendation to delegated action? Standard Chartered sees agentic payments advancing in stages: first using richer data to provide visibility, then recomm... 1028
Sibos Round Up Oct 13, 2026 Can Deutsche Bank connect digital-asset custody with its wider securities services franchise? Deutsche Bank has recently put its digital asset custody business live and is using Sibos to discuss it with clients at ... 1016
Weekly Brief Oct 13, 2026 IMF warns hedge fund leverage could amplify market stress Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: IMF puts hedge fund exposures at $40 trillion as Basel implementation gaps and India’s ... 1584
Interviews Oct 12, 2026 How HLB is keeping pace with clients’ growing wealth HLB is seeking to convert more of its retail and commercial banking relationships into wealth relationships and retain c... 305
Sibos Round Up Oct 12, 2026 Can Kinexys become the connective tissue between tokenised and traditional finance? JP Morgan is expanding Kinexys across currencies and payment infrastructures while participating in industry-led network... 1254
Interviews Oct 12, 2026 Can Solana Company compound SOL per share? Solana Company’s Joseph Chee uses share issuance, buybacks, staking and derivatives to grow SOL per share, keeping inf... 1385
Weekly Brief Oct 12, 2026 India raises repo rate as global bond yields and oil prices climb The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: India resumed monetary tightening as US and French bond markets sold off, oil remained ab... 1396
Sibos Round Up Oct 12, 2026 Can DBS make transaction banking convergence work across new trade corridors? DBS is bringing cash management, trade, supply chain finance, real-time payments and tokenised money closer together as ... 1160
Sibos Round Up Oct 12, 2026 Can Bank of America turn the next technology cycle into better payments outcomes? Bank of America sees the convergence of AI, distributed ledgers and tokenisation as a major new technology cycle in paym... 1566
Opinion Oct 12, 2026 Asia’s local currency bond markets open new funding frontiers Asia’s local currency bond markets, led by Greater China, give sovereigns, supranationals and agencies cheaper funding... 1021
Opinion Oct 12, 2026 AI abundance does not guarantee shared prosperity AI and robotics could vastly expand production, but ownership, taxation and distribution will determine who benefits.... 1043
Bank Results Oct 09, 2026 Hong Kong banks turn wealth and client flows into the next earnings engine Hong Kong’s leading banks accelerated median pre-tax profit growth to 16.3% year on year (YOY) in the first half of 20... 355
Weekly Brief Oct 09, 2026 South Korea’s K-GX plan backs industrial decarbonisation with $747 billion Sustainable Finance Weekly: South Korea’s K-GX commits KRW 1,000 trillion to industrial decarbonisation, while Thailan... 1335
Weekly Brief Oct 09, 2026 Golden Week retail and cross-border payments grow as China expands financial support TAB China Weekly Brief: Golden Week cross-border payments grow as China begins mortgage subsidies and auctions RMB 150 b... 5179
