Weekly Brief Nov 12 Monee’s lending growth brings higher credit costs; Australia expands consumer data sharing Retail Finance Weekly: Monee’s provisions outpace loan growth as Shoprite and Investec plan retailer-led banking and Australia opens non-bank loan d... 530
News Analysis Nov 06 Can UOB grow its way out of a margin squeeze? UOB's ASEAN network, wealth business and transaction banking franchise offer opportunities for growth, but uneven regional returns, rising funding cos... 1004
Weekly Brief Nov 04 Revolut gains New Zealand banking licence; lending growth lifts Grab’s financial services earnings Retail Finance Weekly: Digital banks widened their reach as Revolut gained a New Zealand banking licence and lending growth lifted Grab’s financial ... 1004
Weekly Brief Oct 29 US court strikes down debit interchange cap, Revolut launches UK personal loans Retail Finance Weekly: An appeals court ruling on issuers’ incremental costs threatens large US banks’ debit fee income, while Revolut’s UK pers... 1798
Weekly Brief Oct 21 Capital One advances Discover network plans, UK proposes opening iPhone payments to rival wallets Retail Finance Weekly: Capital One shifts card spending to Discover’s network, UK proposes opening iPhone contactless payments and GCash parent Mynt... 5750
Interviews Oct 20 Can Hong Kong’s licensed stablecoins gain a role in capital markets settlement? Animoca Brands’ Evan Auyang sees regulated stablecoins connecting Hong Kong’s capital markets to global blockchain liquidity, but tokenised deposi... 2402
Interviews Oct 19 Can reusable identity help banks counter AI fraud without slowing onboarding? Jumio’s Bala Kumar discusses how banks can use previous identity information to reassess risk beyond onboarding and reduce repeated document submiss... 1827
Weekly Brief Oct 15 Visa gains preliminary approval for domestic card clearing in China, US bank earnings reveal contrasting retail results Retail Finance Weekly: Visa gains preliminary approval for China card clearing, India delays merchant fees and US banks report contrasting consumer re... 3495
Conference Oct 14 Tokenised collateral opens a route to institutional credit Executives from Ripple Prime, Chainlink, FalconX and Nasdaq discussed how tokenised collateral could encourage banks and prime brokers to finance onch... 1305
Weekly Brief Oct 07 Australia’s card reforms reshape payment costs and bank rewards Retail Finance Weekly: Australia's interchange cuts and surcharge ban shift card costs across issuers, merchants and consumers as Commonwealth Bank wi... 3480
Weekly Brief Oct 01 Nubank eyes UK banking expansion through potential Monzo acquisition Retail Finance Weekly: Nubank explores Monzo acquisition, Revolut wins Banco Cetelem Argentina approval and China bars non-bank payment institutions l... 2933
Weekly Brief Sep 23 Ant Group brings Alipay, digital payments and Zhima Credit together for AI commerce Retail Finance Weekly: Ant Group consolidated Alipay and Zhima Credit for AI commerce, PhonePe secured in-principle UAE approval, Revolut applied for ... 11431
Weekly Brief Sep 17 Grab strengthens Southeast Asia consumer finance ecosystem with $1.49 billion Atome Financial acquisition Retail Finance Weekly: Grab expands into digital lending with Atome Financial deal, Revolut gains Colombia banking licence, Bank of Baroda pushes AI i... 2765
Weekly Brief Sep 09 Chime moves beyond partner-bank model with $590 million Stride acquisition Retail Finance Weekly: Chime buys Stride Bank, EverBank and WaFd merge, ANZ migrates Suncorp customers, Bank of Thailand moves to license BNPL.... 728
Bank Results Sep 07 Can fee income offset weaker margins at Singapore’s banks? Singapore’s banks turned to non-interest income as margins compressed in the first half of 2026 (1H2026), but the earnings cushion was uneven. OCBC�... 594
Weekly Brief Sep 02 Affirm returns to Australia as banks and fintechs target younger customers Retail Finance Weekly: Banks and fintechs globally deepened embedded and digital-asset finance this week, as Affirm re-entered Australia and Better-Co... 1167
