Weekly Brief Nov 03 Egypt advances bank privatisation, Bahrain’s Mumtalakat plans AI-native wholesale bank TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Egypt advances bank privatisation and tightens policy, while Gulf lenders grow profits and Bahrain eyes AI-led banking.... 612
Weekly Brief Oct 30 FAB cuts trade-document processing times by over 70%, BBVA reports 28% developer productivity gain Financial Technology Weekly: Banks report AI gains in single processes, from trade documents to lending, while UK supervisors find post-deployment mon... 988
Current Account Oct 29 Dubai AI Festival puts banking’s agentic AI ambitions to the test At Dubai AI Festival, Mashreq Bank, Zand, FABMISR, HSBC and Network International examined agentic AI, probing transaction authorisation, resilience a... 1593
Rankings Oct 27 JPMorgan, Saudi National Bank and OCBC lead the TAB Global 1000 World’s Strongest Banks 2026 ranking The annual assessment of 1,000 institutions highlights the combination of profitability, asset quality, capital and funding that underpins financial s... 2187
Weekly Brief Oct 23 Crédit Agricole expands AI agents, Santander reports lower model costs, Google Cloud outage hits banks Financial Technology Weekly: Crédit Agricole expands AI agents and Santander reports lower model costs, while a Google Cloud London outage exposes ba... 1610
Weekly Brief Oct 22 DTCC prepares tokenisation service, Bank Negara Malaysia launches bond and sukuk platform Financial Markets Weekly: Transaction Finance Weekly: Tokenisation enters core infrastructure as DTCC readies onboarding, Bank Negara Malaysia launche... 1430
Weekly Brief Oct 21 Emirates NBD plans UAE-based OpenAI deployment, Dubai Investments prepares subsidiary IPO TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Emirates NBD deploys OpenAI onshore, Dubai Investments plans DIP Holding flotation and Gulf bank profits diverge.... 1616
Weekly Brief Sep 28 US and Japanese bond yields hit multi-decade highs after Fed and BoJ hikes The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: US and Japanese bond yields hit multi-decade highs after Fed, BoJ hikes, as US-China trade truce extends, China profits... 1305
Weekly Brief Sep 15 GCC bank assets exceed $4 trillion as deposits rise 6% and UAE credit expands TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: GCC bank assets top $4 trillion, Türkiye holds rates at 37%, US sanctions VTB Bank, and ADGM assets under management ri... 1519
Weekly Brief Sep 08 FAB advances tokenised cross-border payments as GCC integration and sukuk issuance accelerate TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: FAB completes tokenised dollar transactions with Citi, Qatar joins AFAQ, and Saudi Arabia raises $3.25 billion through s... 2350
Weekly Brief Sep 08 Tokenised payments enter live treasury use as correspondent controls face scrutiny Transaction Finance Weekly: Citi and HSBC advance Swift-ledger payments, OFSI fines Citi and ByteDance secures a $29.6 billion loan.... 1376
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... 1377
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... 3051
Weekly Brief Jul 14 Siam Commercial Bank goes live with Citi’s 24/7 US dollar clearing, Swift pilots blockchain ledger with 17 banks This week's Transaction Finance Weekly covers the European Parliament advancing the digital euro, Swift's blockchain pilot with 17 banks, and SCB's la... 1035
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... 4993
Analysis Mar 17 FAB closes 2025 with 24% net earnings growth as AI deployment anchors core banking operations First Abu Dhabi Bank reported 24% net profit growth and improved operating efficiency, as revenue expansion and disciplined cost management reduced t... 7381
Trendwatch Oct 28 Scale, strength and digital transformation define the next phase of global finance TAB Global’s latest research highlights a banking industry navigating two powerful currents. On one hand, the world’s largest, strongest and best ... 3391
Trendwatch Jun 02 A new global benchmark redefines wholesale banking leadership TAB Global’s inaugural ranking of the World’s Best Corporate, Investment and Wholesale Banks sets a multidimensional benchmark for institutional s... 4404
Jan 30 Middle East and Central Asia region faces economic turmoil, eye recovery in 2025 The IMF cut its 2024 growth forecast for the Middle East and Central Asia region, due to geopolitical tensions, conflicts and climate-related risks.... 5475
Sibos Round Up Oct 21 Leading bank in the Middle East strengthens financial ties between China and the GCC On the first day of Sibos 2024 in Beijing, the First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), showcased its commitment to facilitate cross-border transactions between th... 356615
Sibos Round Up Oct 21 Leading bank in the Middle East strengthens financial ties between China and the GCC On the first day of Sibos 2024 in Beijing, the First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), showcased its commitment to facilitate cross-border transactions between th... 356615
Sibos Round Up Oct 21 Leading bank in the Middle East strengthens financial ties between China and the GCC On the first day of Sibos 2024 in Beijing, the First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), showcased its commitment to facilitate cross-border transactions between th... 3253
Speeches and Presentations Oct 16 The Asian Banker 500 Strongest Banks 2018 Briefing: The big clean-up occurring across the Asia-Pacific banking industry ... 9870
