Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: Banco do Brasil's agribusiness delinquencies climb, Swiss lawmakers defer UBS's CET1 capital proposal, China's NPL ratio edges up and ABN AMRO's NIBC acquisition trims CET1 headroom.

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% and Bank of America takes a stake in Jio Credit.

Gulf banks saw earnings momentum weaken in the first half of 2026 as slower revenue growth, narrower margins and higher provisions offset resilient credit quality. Emirates NBD, Kuwait Finance House and Qatar National Bank outperformed, while the Iran conflict amplified differences across markets and raised the stakes for loan growth, funding and credit costs in the second half of the year.

Financial Technology Weekly: CBA puts a AUD200 million value on AI benefits, APRA penalises Bendigo Bank over cyber accountability failures, RBI demands AI model inventories from banks and IBM partners with OpenAI on enterprise deployment.

TAB China Weekly Brief: China's exports surge 23.9% on tech demand, the PBOC unveils a five-year policy framework, Chinese banks issue RMB1.3 trillion in capital bonds and CXMT overtakes ICBC and Tencent in market value.

As Thailand’s auto finance market contracts and demand shifts toward electric vehicles, KLeasing is using digital origination, automated servicing and KBank’s distribution network to improve efficiency and generate revenue beyond loan origination.

This year’s awards recognised Philippine banks that are strengthening retail, SME and transaction banking through digital capabilities, integrated platforms and scalable operating models.

Jose Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco’s leadership has expanded BPI’s scale, strengthened operating efficiency and advanced its digital transformation, earning him the Best Bank CEO in the Philippines award and BPI recognition as the Best Managed Bank in the Philippines.

Financial Markets Weekly: NVIDIA partners with six investment groups to mobilise $500 billion for AI infrastructure, Goldman Sachs agrees to acquire NEOS Investments for up to $2.25 billion and Nasdaq buys LeveL Markets.

UOB’s wealth income continued to grow as net interest margin narrowed and the bank lowered its fee-income growth outlook. It is looking to corporate and foreign direct investment relationships as another source of private-banking growth, while concentrating resources on advisory, distribution and customer infrastructure.

Finance Philippines 2026 examined how artificial intelligence is moving beyond experimentation into financial-services workflows, raising questions around measurable business value, autonomy, accountability and the organisational capabilities needed to deploy AI at scale.

OCBC posted 13% profit growth and raised loan guidance after exceptional M&A-driven expansion, but CET1 fell to 14%, testing whether digital infrastructure and energy financing sustain momentum.

As cross-border payments become more sophisticated, DBS Bank's Sriram Muthukrishnan argues that competitive advantage will increasingly belong to banks that understand customer intent first, then hide the growing complexity of payment infrastructure behind a simpler customer experience.

Retail Finance Weekly: Mercado Pago's credit portfolio grew 75% to $16 billion, Revolut secured a French banking licence, Nu México became a fully licensed bank, and CBA reported weaker mortgage demand.

TAB Africa Weekly Brief: Kenya holds its policy rate at 8.75% and approves its first banking-sector ETF, Afreximbank extends Chad a EUR 110 million facility, and the IMF finds Ghana's banking system broadly resilient to a gold-price shock.