Since becoming CEO in 2022, Masahiro Kihara has driven Mizuho Financial Group’s turnaround by reshaping its corporate culture, refocusing on core strengths like wealth management, corporate and investment banking, and accelerating digital and global expansion. In an interview with TAB Global founder and chairman, Emmanuel Daniel, he shared how the bank is rebuilding trust, revitalising domestic competitiveness and pursuing disciplined international growth — from the Greenhill acquisition in the US to fintech partnerships in Asia.

At its 2025 Asia Pacific Regional Forum in Manila, Temenos set out a platform strategy built on progressive modernisation, modular architecture, embedded artificial intelligence, and industrialised delivery. The company emphasised co-creation, compliance and consistent execution as the foundation for enabling banking innovation across a diverse and evolving region.

Vincent Clause of Euroclear and Rehan Ahmed of Marketnode discuss how their partnership bridges legacy financial infrastructure with next-generation digital capabilities to tackle inefficiencies in fund processing and meet the rising demand for global, scalable access to public and private markets.

Banks are moving beyond legacy rail limitations to build orchestrated, customer-centric payment platforms. From consolidating real-time rails and domestic clearing systems to deploying AI for fraud and routing, senior leaders shared a practical roadmap for cross- border innovation amid rising complexity.

Indarto Budiwinato, deputy commissioner of Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK), called for responsible artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and strong financial sector oversight to manage systemic risk. He shared Indonesia’s approach to regulation, consumer protection and regional cooperation at The Asian Banker Summit 2025 in Jakarta.

In a wide-ranging and candid dialogue at The Asian Banker Summit Leadership Luncheon Dialogue, global financial executives, technologists and regulators explored the confluence of artificial intelligence, tokenisation, embedded finance and regulatory reform, unveiling a future where institutions must evolve rapidly or risk being left behind.

Bank of the Philippine Islands and Thai Group Holdings were recognised at the TAB Global Business Achievement Awards in Jakarta, Indonesia.

At its 2024 Annual Performance Conference on 28 March, China Construction Bank (CCB) reported strong growth, with total assets of RMB 41 trillion ($5.55 trillion), customer loan net balance of RMB 25 trillion ($3.42 trillion), and a net profit of RMB 336 billion ($46 billion), a 1.15% increase year-on-year.

Rosie Rios, 43rd Treasurer of the United States and board member of Ripple, in her keynote at The Asian Banker Summit 2025 called on the financial sector to shape the emerging digital and AI-driven economy with inclusion, trust and accountability. She framed the future of money as a shift not just in technology, but in values and leadership.

TAB Global’s inaugural ranking of the World’s Best Corporate, Investment and Wholesale Banks sets a multidimensional benchmark for institutional strength and leadership, led by JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and ICBC, as the industry responds to increasing digital disruption, regulatory complexity and investor scrutiny.

At the Transaction Finance Reinvented Conference during The Asian Banker Summit 2025, industry leaders explored how cross-border payments and global transaction finance are redefined by shifting geopolitics and supply chains, developments in artificial intelligence and blockchain, wider adoption of application programming interfaces, and expansion of instant domestic payments.

The Financial Technology Conference at The Asian Banker Summit 2025 brought together leading global experts who shared incisive views on how emerging developments in artificial intelligence, embedded finance, blockchain, open banking and quantum computing are transforming the financial services industry.

At the TAB Global Leadership Awards 2025, Emmanuel Daniel used a personal leap of faith to illustrate why leadership begins with trust—in data, in people and in oneself.

At the TAB Global Leadership Awards 2025, Emmanuel Daniel used a personal leap of faith to illustrate why leadership begins with trust—in data, in people and in oneself.

Senior executives from leading financial institutions in Asia share how they are strategically accelerating technology transformation by adopting cloud, AI and modernised core technology.