Conference Jun 08 AI governance and horizontal integration define banking leadership in Asia Pacific At the Temenos Regional Forum Asia Pacific in Manila, Chi Li’s keynote and a panel discussion with Frankie Wai, Foo Boon Ping and Neil Tan examined how banks are approaching AI adoption with increasing caution, embedding governance from… 216
Sponsored Oct 12 Emirates NBD turns customer documents into reusable onboarding data Emirates NBD has shortened due diligence turnaround times by embedding AI-based document processing into live workflows, backed by... 2341
Sponsored Oct 01 CU NEX connects campus services and embedded finance in Thailand Chulalongkorn University and KBank's CU NEX platform embeds finance, healthcare, AI and student-led innovation into campus life, u... 1514
Sponsored Sep 22 Can connectivity become Deutsche Bank's advantage as global trade fragments? Anand Jha of Deutsche Bank says fragmenting trade corridors make global banks more relevant through local bank partnerships.... 2004
Site Visits Oct 29 How Amap and Bank of Beijing are testing the business value of AI The final day of The Asian Banker Beijing AI Innovation Study Tour 2026 examined how AI is being applied to real-world activity an... 217
Site Visits Oct 28 How NetEase and Pony.ai are testing AI controls and commercial value NetEase and Pony.ai illustrated different challenges in deploying AI: controlling agent behaviour, operating autonomous vehicles a... 710
Awards Ceremonies Oct 28 TAB Global 1000 World’s Strongest Banks 2026 ranking recognises Metrobank and Commercial Bank of Ceylon for financial resilience The 2026 rankings recognise banks across Asia Pacific for their financial strength, supported by profitability, asset quality, liq... 814
Rankings Oct 27 What turns scale into strength for Islamic banks? The 2026 Largest and Strongest Islamic Banks rankings show that scale provides a clear advantage, but banks that translate growth ... 362
Rankings Oct 27 What distinguishes the world’s financially strongest banks? Scale is strongly associated with financial strength, but the TAB Global 1000 World’s Strongest Banks 2026 ranking shows that si... 259
Rankings Oct 27 What does scale actually deliver for the world’s largest banks? The world’s 1,000 largest banks expanded to $180.7 trillion in assets in FY2025, but cross-tabulation shows that better asset qu... 247
Awards Ceremonies Oct 27 I&M Bank named Kenya’s best retail and SME bank at The Asian Banker Africa Awards 2026 I&M Bank received Best Retail Bank in Kenya and Best SME Bank in Kenya, recognising its customer growth, extensive digital engagem... 701
Rankings Oct 27 JPMorgan, Saudi National Bank and OCBC lead the TAB Global 1000 World’s Strongest Banks 2026 ranking The annual assessment of 1,000 institutions highlights the combination of profitability, asset quality, capital and funding that u... 1365
Rankings Oct 27 Al Rajhi Bank, Kuveyt Türk and Kuwait Finance House lead the TAB Global World’s Strongest Islamic Banks 2026 ranking The assessment of 100 Islamic banks highlights how leading institutions combine scale with earnings capacity, operating efficiency... 1067
Weekly Brief Oct 27 Gulf banks report higher 9M earnings, Mastercard expands payment connectivity in Syria TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: Falling impairments and a disposal gain lift ADCB and RAKBANK, while higher charges restrain Emirate... 403
Weekly Brief Oct 29 Hong Kong opens 24/7 tokenised fund trading, Clearstream gains Luxembourg control-agent authorisation Financial Markets Weekly: Tokenised funds gain round-the-clock trading in Hong Kong and regulatory backing in Luxembourg as the US... 520
Weekly Brief Oct 29 Airtel Money reports 34% revenue growth in first post-IPO results as margins narrow TAB Africa Weekly Brief: Transaction value outpaces customer growth but a falling take rate squeezes revenue, while AFC and Munich... 670
Weekly Brief Oct 29 US court strikes down debit interchange cap, Revolut launches UK personal loans Retail Finance Weekly: An appeals court ruling on issuers’ incremental costs threatens large US banks’ debit fee income, while... 849
Weekly Brief Oct 27 HSBC launches RedCoin, JP Morgan and ADB expand India working-capital support Transaction Finance Weekly: Hong Kong stablecoins gain a major bank’s payment network, while recipient verification and shared s... 911
Weekly Brief Oct 26 Sweden’s SEB pauses buybacks as Barclays plans further capital returns ahead of Basel 3.1 Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: Supervisory model changes cut SEB’s buffer by 120 basis points as lower Pillar 2A requirements cu... 647
Sponsored Oct 29 AWS builds cloud and AI risk capabilities across Southeast Asia’s financial sector AWS’s FSI Immersion Day trains risk and compliance teams across five Southeast Asian markets in cloud governance, generative AI risk and resilience.... 60
Sponsored Sep 15 How is Deutsche Bank adapting institutional cash and trade to Asia Pacific’s changing flows? Deutsche Bank's Sebastien Avot on how payments, trade corridors and data reshape Asia Pacific cash and trade strategy.... 1316
Sponsored Sep 08 Where does Deutsche Bank see the next sources of growth in transaction banking? Deutsche Bank's Tsvetanka Nankova argues transaction banking's next advantage lies in decision intelligence and selective partnerships, not balance sheet or volume growth.... 1618
Sponsored Sep 08 Can banks make continuous change in core banking infrastructure safe? Siam Commercial Bank, Bangkok Bank and AWS leaders debate how Thai banks can modernise cores amid continuous change.... 900
