COVID-19
COVID resurgences pose risks to APAC’s structured finance deals
COVID resurgences pose risks to APAC’s structured finance deals
Deals in India, Australia, Japan, and South Korea are the ones at most risk.
Thai banks sufficiently buffered against ongoing risks: Fitch
Escalation of the pandemic in Thailand will significantly affect business activity in H2.
Taiwanese bills finance companies to be unaffected by recent COVID surge: Fitch
The country’s economic resilience has eased BFCs’ operational pressures.
Commentary
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Why Southeast Asian wealth managers must design the business before buying the technology
Why trust in Asian banking increasingly gets built off the record
Hong Kong cleared stablecoins for take-off. Getting them to work across Asia is the hard part
The financing challenge behind Asia’s wealth transfer
Banks need to rethink identity governance for AI agents
From stablecoins to sovereignty: The rise of trust-based digital dollar systems
Indonesia’s banks need faster fraud decisions as digital payments grow
China’s leasing giants are growing up — and Asia’s banks can’t look away