Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: HKMA's new Quantum Preparedness Index shows early-stage readiness at Hong Kong banks, while Lombard Odier faces a CHF 3 million AML fine.

The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Japan and the US jointly intervened to support the yen after the Bank of Japan held rates, as Standard Chartered raised guidance and China accelerated policy support.

As real-time payments become an increasingly important part of everyday financial activity, BDO Unibank is expanding its digital banking experience by making transactions more accessible and convenient for customers through BDO Pay. The mobile payment platform brings together payments, transfers and other banking services into a single experience, helping customers complete everyday financial needs with less time, cost and effort.

RCBC is using government disbursements and foreign-currency remittances as entry points to wider banking services. Lito Villanueva, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation and Inclusion Officer at RCBC, discusses institutional distribution, digital onboarding and partnerships that connect payments with savings, credit and cross-border services.

OCBC’s latest AI deployment, HELIOS, moves due diligence ahead of the first client meeting, shortening private banking onboarding and enabling compliance teams to identify potential business leads for relationship managers.

Airwallex is using its licences, payment connectivity and deterministic APIs to position itself as financial infrastructure for the agentic economy. Timothy Wong, Global Vice President of Data and AI at Airwallex, explains what it takes to turn user instructions into secure financial transactions.

Rather than replacing correspondent banking with a single new technology, Standard Chartered believes the next phase of cross-border payments lies in integration within a common operating model. Naveen Mallela explains why interoperability, liquidity and operational certainty are becoming more important than simply building another payment rail.

Financial Market Weekly: DTCC's Treasury clearing readiness, BNY's launch of digital transfer agency for tokenised funds, Malaysia's record-tight $1.5 billion sukuk and HKEX's IPO listing reforms.

Indian lenders posted stronger first-half profits as lower loan provisions boosted earnings, but weak revenue growth and margin pressure point to a more challenging outlook.

TAB Africa Weekly Brief: Airtel Africa prepares a London listing for Airtel Money, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana hold rates, and Angola's Banco de Fomento moves toward joining China's CIPS network.

Retail Finance Weekly: X launches X Money, Upstart secures a conditional bank charter, PayPal lifts payment volume to $486.4 billion, and DBS expands its AI assistant to nine million customers.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia is connecting retail customers, corporates, merchants and rural communities through BRImo, Qlola, BRI Merchant and BRILink, demonstrating how the country's largest banks are evolving into integrated financial ecosystems.

As Thailand’s retail banking environment shifts away from product-led growth and toward fee-driven wealth strategies, CIMB Thailand is repositioning its affluent franchise around an advisory-led operating model that integrates structured investment guidance, disciplined portfolio construction and digital engagement at scale.

Transaction Finance Weekly: SADC-RTGS added the Angolan kwanza as its first new settlement currency since 2013, Visa partnered with Airwallex on freight payments, and Mitigram acquired eExpand to expand trade finance intelligence

TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: ADCB extended its profit streak to 20 quarters as Gulf earnings diverged, DIFC surpassed 10,000 registered companies, and Israeli banks moved to sever correspondent ties with Palestinian lenders.