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Asia’s 20% advantage: The simplification strategy rewriting banking from Singapore to Shanghai

Agentic AI combined with radical simplification can slash operational costs.

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Asia’s 20% advantage: The simplification strategy rewriting banking from Singapore to Shanghai

Agentic AI combined with radical simplification can slash operational costs.

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Perth is emerging as an unlikely testbed for the future of global finance

Australia brings a sophisticated finance system, strong regulators, and high-quality education.

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Buy now, worry later: The hidden cost of BNPL

BNPL providers should adopt ‘affordability-by-design’ rather than ‘affordability-after-default.’

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Why most banks are struggling with AI, and what the smart ones are doing differently

Instead of running in parallel to the business, it is part of how it operates.

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Data, AI, and trust: The next era of financial crime prevention

Data underpins effective financial crime defence.

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From behavioural change to scalable inclusion: Cross-border payments in APAC

The goal is not just faster transfers, but a seamless, inclusive financial ecosystem.

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Device governance is not an IT problem. For SEA's financial sector, it is a boardroom one

With fintech being a targeted industry, no vulnerability can be left exposed.

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Corporate acupuncture: How precision M&A is reshaping Asia’s competitive edge

Momentum is coming from targeted, capability-led acquisitions.

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Asia’s banks hold the mandate to innovate. Now they must earn it.

Banking is no longer measured against other financial institutions, but against digital experiences.

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Why Asia's banks are rebuilding their credit infrastructure in 2026

Customers now expect visibility alongside instant credit experiences.

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Banks retreat, private credit advances: Asia Pacific’s quiet lending revolution

The region is amongst the fastest-growing private credit markets globally, albeit from a smaller base.

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Human Sparsity Blockchain: A citizen-validated ledger for digital finance supervision

HSB collects ground-level fraud signals that are captured in standardised entries.

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Will stablecoins disrupt the banking business?

The response from central banks and regulators worldwide has varied widely.

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Digital transformation starts with leadership

When employees understand the “why” behind a change, digitalisation becomes a shared journey rather than a top-down mandate.

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The future of Asian banking isn’t ‘AI-first’ – it’s ‘fearless-first’

The biggest temptation is to treat AI as a “bolt-on feature.”

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Why APAC banks must rethink their approach to the cost reduction challenge

APAC's fintech market is set to reach $304.55b by 2030, up from $144.87b today.

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Thailand backs major conglomerates for digital banks but risks stifling innovation

Did the Bank of Thailand play it too safe by going for large, established conglomerates?

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