In Focus

Here's how China's shadow banking sector evolved over the years

The regulators and financial institutions seemingly have played a “Whack-A-Mole” game, says BBVA.

Why a cyber attack could trigger the next financial crisis

The cost of cybercrime is estimated to hit US$575b per year.

Is China making progress in reining in shadow bank growth?

The enhanced regulation is finally showing some results.

Asia Pacific banks' credit conditions seen to be stable

But high corporate leverage still presents latent risk.

Singapore: 1 in 5 customers want to ditch their main bank

They hate the long waiting time for just a single transaction.

Banks struggle to make digital sustainable

Those who excel in digital could reduce their costs by up to 30%.

Asian banks brace for next wave of cyberattacks

Global cost of data breaches will reach an estimated $2.1t by 2019.

Expect more Asian banks to launch video teller machines

Video banking will play an important role in the bank branch of the future.

Singapore banks find profit in customers' wealth

Wealth management is showing great potential for the three biggest banks.

Domestic banks in peril as firms turn to non-bank lenders for supply chain funding

Chinese corporates have signalled the strongest shift towards international banks.

Four things that stirred up a 'perfect storm' in Indian banking

The growing stressed asset burden amidst stretched corporate balance sheets is one.

Global value of contactless payments to hit $1.3t in 2019

And contactless card transactions will exceed $2t by 2021.

Banks could save over $8b per annum by 2022 with chatbots

The success rate of bot interactions in banking could reach over 90%.