HSBC has established a $4 billion Sustainability and Transition Credit Facility in mainland China to provide financing to eligible companies in clean power, transport electrification, data centres and artificial intelligence as they seek to expand internationally.

United Overseas Bank, Deutsche Bank and Vietcombank were recognised at the TAB Global Business Achievement Awards 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Titan Chia, Chief Information and Technology Officer at CTBC Bank, was awarded Chief Information and Technology Officer of the Year at the TAB Global Financial Technology Leadership Achievement Awards. With nearly two decades of technology leadership, he has played a key role in advancing the bank’s digital strategy and shaping the future of financial technology in Taiwan.

The TAB Global Business Achievement Awards 2026 honoured leading institutions for excellence in global transaction banking, payments, and trade and supply chain finance. The awards recognised organisations that advanced innovation, technology and client service across the global financial services industry.

At The Asian Banker Summit 2026, Minister for Digital Gobind Singh Deo argued that Malaysia’s AI ambitions require more than investment attraction. They require governments and industries to change how they operate. The country’s third phase of MyDIGITAL is being built around that premise.

The Financial Technology Innovation Awards 2026 have recognized leading-edge advancements across Asia Pacific’s banking and financial services industry. These awards celebrate achievements in blockchain technology, mobile banking, cybersecurity and digital payment infrastructure, among others.

The AI Excellence Awards 2026 celebrated these leaders for their commitment to advancing the role of artificial intelligence in banking and finance, positioning them at the forefront of technological transformation across the Asia Pacific region.

TAB Global recognised Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, MUFG Bank, BNY, and United Overseas Bank (UOB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for their outstanding achievements in driving efficiency, enhancing customer experience, and leading transformation across transaction banking functions.

TAB Global honoured Tengku Zafrul Aziz for lifetime achievement, Hironori Kamezawa as Global CEO of the Year, MUFG as Global Bank of the Year, Kevin Lam as Best Bank CEO in Malaysia and Hong Leong Bank as Best Managed Bank in Malaysia, alongside promising young bankers and Singapore’s MAS.

At the opening plenary of The Asian Banker Summit 2026, Malaysia’s Deputy Minister of Finance Liew Chin Tong and former US House Financial Services Committee chairman Patrick McHenry framed a central challenge for banks: whether to become more active shapers of economic outcomes or risk being overtaken by faster-moving technological change.

Hironori Kamezawa's leadership at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has delivered sustained improvements in financial performance, strategic coherence and global positioning, earning him the Global CEO of the Year award and MUFG recognition as the Global Bank of the Year.

Six executives from BNY, CIMB Islamic Bank, Alliance Bank Malaysia, Bank Mandiri and Bank of America were awarded by the TAB Global Promising Young Banker Awards programme for excellence across trade finance, sustainable finance, digital banking, consumer lending, Islamic banking and payments across Asia Pacific.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) was recognised for building structural infrastructure, consolidating the digital token ecosystem, and advancing sustainable finance, capital resilience and anti-money laundering (AML) defences.

Affin Bank, Ryt Bank, GX Bank and Alliance Bank were recognised at The Asian Banker Malaysia Awards 2026 in Kuala Lumpur.

Tengku Zafrul Aziz, chairman of the Malaysian Investment Development Authority, receives the William “Bill” Seidman Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award for a career spanning nearly three decades across financial services, public policy and national leadership, characterised by banking transformation, crisis stewardship and structural economic and investment reform.