APAC
Endowus partners CIP to offer renewable energy investments
Endowus partners CIP to offer renewable energy investments
CIP helps build utility scale batteries and wind farms across the APAC region.
3 hours ago
Why APAC cross-border payments lag revenue despite $400b flows
Region delivers 18% of global volume but only 14% of earnings in 2025.
13 hours ago
Stablecoin volumes may hit $719t by 2035 on wealth transfer and POS adoption
Up to $100t will be transferred to Gen Z and Millennials over the coming decades.
1 day ago
APAC fintech market locks 76.6% share in mobile apps
Merchants shift to smartphone terminals in hawker centres and wet markets to cut hardware costs.
1 day ago
APAC leads global embedded finance race as North American interest stalls
Nearly all APAC firms plan to invest in APIs and embedded payments throughout 2026.
4 days ago
Mega deal slump drags APAC deal value down 6.3%
Only four deals above $5b were logged in Q1 after 6 in the same 2025 period.
5 days ago
APAC Q1 investment banking fees fall 5% on M&A and loan slump
Only ECM fees rose during the quarter.
6 days ago
Japanese banks bet billions on Indian finance, tech growth
GFTN is working with both sides on talent, technology, and market access.
Digital wallets capture 77% of APAC e-commerce payments
Mobile checkout tools made up 63% of in-store spending across the region.
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.
StanChart taps Deutsche Bank veteran as it unifies two CIB services
Ole Matthiessen will lead the unified global transaction services and digital assets team.
Citi names Morgan Stanley banker as ANZ Natural Resources Group head
Anders Svensson will be based in Perth, Australia.
APAC banks face 'tail risk' as climate data gaps undermine risk modeling
Banks must adopt simulation-based modeling to quantify the full spectrum of potential losses.
APAC dominates financial centre list but growth slows
Eight of 15 centres tipped to rise are based in the region.
APAC finance app installs decline 17% as firms pivot to customer retention
Remarketing investment nearly tripled in Southeast Asia.
From behavioural change to scalable inclusion: Cross-border payments in APAC
The goal is not just faster transfers, but a seamless, inclusive financial ecosystem.
APAC banks to absorb $500b new losses from Middle East & China risks
Slower growth in China and worsening property risks is amongst factors that can affect banks.
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