It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

We’re taking the time off and will be back on 6 January 2024.

It’s been a long year! The staff of Asian Banking & Finance will be taking a year-end holiday break to enjoy the festive season. We’ll return on January 6, 2025.

Have a happy Christmas and see you back in the new year! Thank you so much for being a part of our year.

To celebrate, we’ve compiled our most read exclusive articles in 2024:

• Let China’s small banks fail– analyst
• OCBC’s Mayda Lim in building the next pipeline of tech, banking talent
• DBS Bank Indonesia’s ‘green’ credit card targets Gen Z
• How OCBC’s blockchain expertise is powering Singapore’s digital currency ambitions
• SG banks turn to upskilling as hiring sentiments turn ‘cautious’
• UOB’s Christine Ip reflects on 3-decade banking career and circling back to the arts
• Why tech is not the focal point of banks’ digital transformations
• Indonesian banks all aboard in driving financial innovation
• Mastercard on why biometrics is the future of secure payments
• Hong Kong banks ramped up hiring but investment bankers laid off

Here's our other top story picks from the past year:

• Cambodian banks breach covenants as bad loans surge
• Aussie mutual lenders may consolidate to fewer than 10: analyst
• Techcombank eyes more business clients with southern expansion
• More tax perks could drive Philippine SMEs to go green
• How GoTyme kiosks transformed grocery stores into banking hubs
• Clean energy gap presents investment opportunities for banks
• OCBC to triple quantum workforce to boost security
• Hong Leong Bank reimagines branches for digital era

See you in 2025!