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Chinese banks climb as HDFC Bank sinks in Q1 2026 rankings
Chinese banks climb as HDFC Bank sinks in Q1 2026 rankings
Agricultural Bank of China rose 36.5% on stimulus and infrastructure support.
2 hours ago
BofA to launch cross-border real-time payments via Swift and CashPro
It will connect with several real-time payment networks globally.
16 hours ago
Global universal banks give way to 'continental' model: McKinsey
Wholesale banking is the one business line that remains consistently global.
4 days ago
Agentic AI could unlock $35t in wealth AUM capacity: Deloitte
About a quarter or half of advisers’ time could be freed from lower-value work.
4 days ago
Asian firms need to get ready for digital assets and currencies
Whether it’s for retail or corporate customers, what banks can offer is not simply execution but preparation.
5 days ago
APAC receives $926b in cross-border C2C flows
The Middle East contributes $323b into the region in 2025.
6 days ago
AI can build your plan, but can it hold you to it?
AI can produce a data-rich financial plan. The question is whether you will be sticking to that plan when markets misbehave.
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AI exposes wealth advisers’ 70% admin drag
Deloitte says relationship work takes only about 30% of current schedules.
AI finance market races toward $92b in APAC by 2032
China, Japan, and India remain the largest markets in the region.
How are banks strengthening buffers against oil price shocks?
China-based banks will likely bear the largest impact.
Why 52.9% of fintech firms back open banking growth
Respondents expect wider API ecosystems to emerge over the next 2 to 3 years.
Standard Chartered appoints Shebani Baweja as group chief data officer
She will shape the bank’s data strategy and the direction for how data is governed.
Crypto careers now more attractive and riskier: finance execs
Improved market liquidity and more regulatory clarity will help mitigate career risks.
Do banks choose tokenised deposits over stablecoins to guard their balance sheets?
Banks are ramping up tokenised deposit infrastructure use whilst tokenised central bank money remains in the experimental phase.
Stablecoin circulation lags at $300b as banks focus on tokenised deposits
Banks are instead building tokenised deposit infrastructures, whose flows have reached over $4t annually.
How shift left thinking turns banking's quiet IT risks into operational strength
Financial institutions are prioritising proactive IT to strengthen compliance, efficiency, and operational resilience.
APAC businesses shun stablecoins as adoption trails US
Only over a fifth would consider stablecoins if built into platforms they already use.
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