Weekly Brief Nov 10 ADIB opens $476 million rights issue, FAB acquires Yasira and Qatar eases SME lending rules TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Fresh capital, broader services and new lending rules are opening growth opportunities for Gulf banks.... 836
Weekly Brief Oct 19 IMF raises 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1% as inflation and AI sell-off test market resilience The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Despite an upgraded IMF growth outlook, oil-driven inflation, higher yields and an AI-share sell-off are straining mark... 2509
Weekly Brief Aug 19 Commercial Bank of Dubai advances UAE Open Finance, UAE banking assets reach $1.44 trillion TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Commercial Bank of Dubai launches multi-bank payment initiation, UAE banking assets grow 17.1% to $1.44 trillion and Coi... 2260
Weekly Brief Aug 17 China records $50 billion bank-lending contraction, Bank of America enters Indian consumer credit with Jio Financial The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: China's bank lending contracts by a record RMB340 billion, US inflation eases to 3.4%, Japan's GDP growth slows to 0.3%... 3731
Weekly Brief Aug 11 Libya central bank governor resigns, World Bank backs $100 million Syria financial overhaul TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Central Bank of Libya's governor resigns, the World Bank approves $100 million for Syria's financial-sector modernisatio... 1765
Weekly Brief Aug 05 HSBC exits two retail markets, Standard Chartered transfers Singapore lending portfolio to Trust Retail Finance Weekly: HSBC exits Australian and Egyptian retail banking through sales to Blackstone and Emirates NBD, while Visa agrees to acquire Bi... 3114
Weekly Brief Jul 29 ADCB profit rises 28% as Gulf bank earnings diverge TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: ADCB extended its profit streak to 20 quarters as Gulf earnings diverged, DIFC surpassed 10,000 registered companies, an... 1435
Weekly Brief Jul 27 Berenberg discloses attempts to influence regulatory capital and profit Governance failures, capital defences and a wave of buybacks define this week's brief, as banks from Berenberg to Emirates NBD balance growth against ... 1364
Weekly Brief Jul 21 Bank Nizwa eyes Oman Islamic banking giant, Revolut expands into UAE digital assets This week, Bank Nizwa moved to acquire Oman's Alizz Islamic Bank, Revolut won approval to expand digital asset services in Dubai and UAE banks pressed... 3237
Weekly Brief May 18 Warsh takes the Fed as US-China talks reset trade risk Kevin Warsh is confirmed as Federal Reserve chair, Trump's Beijing visit extends the US-China trade truce, Japan's megabanks post record profits with ... 1114
Rankings May 14 Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citi rank as the world's best corporate, investment and wholesale banks The 2026 ranking of 100 institutions across 34 countries highlights how digital investment drives financial outcomes, with Middle Eastern banks gainin... 5128
Feature Mar 31 The intelligent bank at scale — AI leadership and accountability in global banking Banks winning at AI will embed machine-assisted decisioning into governance, explainability, balance sheet discipline, and client trust—not algorith... 4067
Roundtable Apr 07 AI reshapes banking, driving innovation and risk management At the Japan Banking Innovation Conference, TAB Global unveiled key insights from the Global Excellence in Digital and Retail Finance Programme 2025, ... 11475
