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Alibaba’s Singles’ Day, the world’s biggest shopping festival, brings in a record of $38.4 billion this year as sales hit $1 billion in the first minute…
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The rising costs of compliance and due-diligence have motivated trade finance providers to find innovative solutions aimed at accelerating the process…
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The Asian Banker 500 (AB 500) 2019 is an annual evaluation of the 500 largest banks in the Asia Pacific region for the financial year 2018. This year’s…
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In the midst of the US-China trade war, Fudan University Dean of Economics Professor Zhang Jun, provides a clearer picture of what goes on inside the world’s…
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The lacklustre investment growth prospects for emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) is a cause for concern. Investment growth is subdued and…
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Islamic banks in Saudi Arabia are the largest and strongest, while Malaysia dominates share of assets
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Africa’s payments services architecture is rapidly evolving in response to changing technology and customer expectation. While non-banks such as mobile…
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Nadiem Makarim, Gojek founder and CEO, joins Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s cabinet as the minister of education and culture. Senior executives Andre…
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Banks in Saudi Arabia and UAE remain the strongest in the Middle East, while South African and Egyptian banks are the leaders in Africa
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Vietnam is likely to emerge as a significant consumer-driven market, placing it in the Asian consuming class of Indonesia and the Philippines with a gross…
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin E. Diokno presents an overall positive account pertaining to the country’s economic and financial growth.…
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As Chinese banks continue to dominate the list of largest banks, others in Asia Pacific face mounting pressure to sustain performance
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Regtech companies find vast opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region despite the unique regulatory compliance challenges. One such company is the UK-based…
On 1 January 2020, the new Swiss Financial Services Act will have a profound effect on the business activities of Asian financial service providers with…
The food industry is an enormous driver of climate change, and our current global food system is pushing our natural world to the breaking point.
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Guy Verhofstadt, former prime minister of Belgium, admits that the European Union is still a weak organisation. And in a future that heralds a “world of…
SWIFT’s Julien Blanchez, Head of Data and Analytics, looks at the central role of data in supporting the move to real-time payments.
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Bridging financing gap across three countries, Funding Societies/Modalku’s machine learning based risk assessment model, partnership ecosystem and range…
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As the role of corporate treasury evolves beyond its traditional core functions of cash and liquidity management, banks are making substantial investments…
The age of e-commerce, big tech, social media and fintech has dawned on Asia and Thailand is at the epicentre of this wave of industry disruption
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Banks are moving away from the gloomy outlook that previously reigned in the financial world. In The Asian Banker Future of Finance “Risk and Regulation”…
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As the trade conflict between the US and China continues to rumble on, there appear to be more losers than winners. Worse, we could all be losers, according…
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Hang Seng Bank tops the ranking in Asia Pacific for this year’s The Asian Banker Strongest Banks By Balance Sheet, which is the most comprehensive annual…
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Veteran banker Jonathan Larsen, who ran Citibank’s global retail bank and mortgages, came out of retirement to head Ping An Group’s chief innovation office.…