It’s the most wonderful time of the year
We’re taking the time off and will be back on 5 January 2026.
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 5, 2026.
Have a happy holiday and see you back in the new year!
Thank you so much for being with us the past 12 months.
To celebrate, we’ve compiled our most read exclusive articles in 2025:
- ZA Bank CEO sharpens focus on wealth, digital assets
- Wealth customers turn to private markets for higher returns
- BofA: Firms want cross-border payments without tech headaches
- Hong Kong eases info-sharing in banks’ anti-fraud push
- Why Singapore’s digital banks target gig workers and micro businesses
- Banks see sharp drop in cheque use ahead of 2027 phaseout
- Philippine credit confidence stalls amidst fraud worries
- Firms cut paper, seek speed in trade finance shift
- OCBC’s Iris Ng champions SMEs, green financing
- RHB kiosks replace debit cards on the spot
Here’s a selection of the year’s most-read banking and finance news and events:
- OCBC CEO Helen Wong to retire; Tan Teck Long named successor
- SeaBank Philippines rebrands name to MariBank Philippines
- Investment banking fees jump 38% in H1 2025: report
- MAS, banks move to address PayNow surcharge amid fee concerns
- ANZ joins Bank@Post, allowing customers to bank at Post Offices
- Tighter fintech watch likely after Chocolate Finance fallout
And here are some of our team’s favourite stories from the past year!
- CBA deploys AI bot army to disrupt and study scam attacks
- DBS sees tokenised finance as future
- Tencent’s TenPay Global opens WeChat mini programs to overseas wallets
- BEA’s Ivy Chan on managing banking risks and trade war shifts
- Why SMBC launched an agentic AI startup in Singapore
- Hong Kong banks lose top talent with drawn-out hiring steps
- Biometrics vs deepfakes: How we’ll pay in 2025
See you all in 2026!