Weekly Brief Aug 11 Wells Fargo plans tokenised deposits, Deutsche Bank gains direct RMB clearing role Transaction Finance Weekly: Wells Fargo launches tokenised deposits for corporate clients, Deutsche Bank gains direct RMB clearing in Frankfurt, Klarn... 1307
Weekly Brief Jul 20 JP Morgan nears $1 trillion valuation, EU seeks to free $263 billion of trapped liquidity Wall Street earnings, Europe's push to unlock bank liquidity and renewed monetary tightening in Asia highlighted a week in which banks balanced resili... 912
Weekly Brief Jul 15 JP Morgan posts largest US bank Q2 earnings, Visa launches AI assistant Record Wall Street profits from trading and dealmaking contrast with muted consumer banking growth, as the UK regulates BNPL, Klarna seeks a US bank c... 577
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... 694
Weekly Brief Jul 13 Chip stocks lose $2.1 trillion, UK puts cloud giants under bank oversight This week's Asian Banker Weekly Brief covers the collapsed US-Iran ceasefire and oil surge, a $2.1 trillion chip selloff, Swift's blockchain payments ... 639
Weekly Brief Jun 29 From retail gold to AI funds, Chinese institutions move on risk ICBC and peers gate leveraged precious metals trading after volatility, as JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs reinforce capital buffers, Nomura builds instant... 669
Weekly Brief Jun 29 Singapore establishes Future of Finance Institute, BIS warns on sovereign debt The BIS warns record sovereign debt held by non-bank investors poses new systemic risk, as Morgan Stanley gates a private credit fund again, and MAS l... 700
Current Account Jun 25 All 32 US banks pass Fed stress test as higher rate assumptions offset growing credit losses The Fed's 2026 supervisory stress test cleared every large US bank against a scenario modelling $708 billion in projected losses, but the cleanest agg... 3015
Current Account Feb 20 US banks confront challenges in shifting commercial real estate dynamics As commercial property prices decline due to a pandemic-induced decrease in office space demand, US banks are boosting provisions for credit losses, p... 6289
Sibos Round Up Oct 10 Top 10 takeaways from SWIFT at SIBOS 2023 Key takeaways from Sibos 2023: highlighting the importance of collaboration in addressing cross-border payment challenges, reducing transaction fricti... 4504
Sibos Round Up Nov 22 Digital innovation underpins industry’s resilience amid current turbulence and success in the future In the first in-person SIBOS since the outbreak of COVID, SWIFT members gathered in Amsterdam to discuss digital innovation and progressive finance in... 5801
Research Note Oct 11 Fragmented approach masks potential of end-to-end trade digitalisation As the trade finance industry collectively progresses to address challenges around digital fragmentation and isolation, adoption of standard solutions... 13050
Current Account May 21 Countdown to COP26: Are banks green or still grey in the fight against climate change? World’s 60 largest banks from Europe, Asia and North America continue to funnel nearly $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel projects from 2016-2020. Most ... 12044
Research Note May 05 SCF to take bigger share of sustainability-linked loans that hit $119 B in 2020 As demand for sustainable products rises, stakeholders including consumers, investors, and regulators are pushing manufacturers, suppliers and lenders... 15747
Sibos Round Up Nov 23 US banks grapple with COVID induced fall in transaction volumes while financial markets business shines Heads of cash, trade and treasury of three leading US transaction banks discuss the impact of COVID-19 on trade and payment flows as well as industry ... 16686
Sibos Round Up Nov 17 Wells Fargo's Amin: “It forces us to be much more focused on value added services and driving solutions” Well Fargo’s regional president and head of corporate and investment banking for Asia Pacific, Jafar Amin, discusses the rebound in inter regional t... 10848
interviews Sep 02 Wells Fargo’s Amin: “Asia remains a great growth story” Jafar Amin, Asia Pacific regional president and head of corporate and investment banking at Wells Fargo, discusses the challenges that financial insti... 12295
Jul 24 Ping An Bank’s Xie: “Those who focus on technologies will be the winners” Ping An Bank chairman Xie Yonglin talked about the bank’s transformation journey into a leading retail financial services provider, the evolution o... 15827
Research Note Jan 31 Remittances and FX services – how banks are trying to crawl back these businesses from MTOs Given that remittances are so lucrative in so many markets in Asia, and that new competitors are offering faster and cheaper services, banks will need... 31225
Research Note Oct 12 Cybercrime costs, security measures escalate as hackers get more creative ... 11098
