Barclays expands Claude Code to modernise legacy systems, HSBC opens authorised banking data to clients' AI tools, Mastercard ...

The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: The Federal Reserve resumed rate increases and the Bank of Japan tightened further, while authorities confronted AI, data-security and investment-fund risks. The global ...

Transaction Finance Weekly: DBS, OCBC and UOB complete Swift's first live SGD tokenised-deposit settlement, Lloyds-SocGen digitise a letter of credit and US Bank pilots USBDC stablecoin. Singapore’s ...

MUFG’s Richard Yorke said the next phase of its corporate and investment banking strategy in Asia Pacific will focus on generating stronger returns from client relationships, increasing distribution ...

TAB Africa Weekly Brief: The Central Bank of Nigeria reset its policy rate to 23%, Nigeria regained FTSE Russell frontier-market status, the World Bank mobilised $22 billion in private capital across ...

Mizuho Bank and the IFC have launched a $1 billion risk-sharing facility to expand supply chain finance for suppliers and distributors across Asia Pacific. The three-year programme gives Mizuho a way ...

Professor He Ping of Tsinghua University explains why China must resist short-term stimulus, reform its regulatory system and innovate responsibly to support long-term economic transformation, while ...

AI is changing banking faster than any technology since the internet. As systems become more autonomous, institutions must keep them secure, explainable and trustworthy. Digital trust is emerging as ...

MUFG's Belinda Han said the bank wants to translate its regional footprint and ASEAN partner-bank network into a more integrated transaction banking franchise, capturing a greater share of clients' ...

Financial Technology Weekly: BNP Paribas and Société Générale push AI deeper into banking operations, as regulators and industry bodies race to define liability and governance around it. BNP Paribas ...

Alliance Bank Malaysia has introduced virtual credit cards, dynamic card numbers and embedded personal financing into partner platforms, to grow market share, improve efficiency and integrate banking ...