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Bain & Company’s Ben Clemens Balzer underscores sharper discipline in Asia’s fintech landscape
Bain & Company’s Ben Clemens Balzer underscores sharper discipline in Asia’s fintech landscape
He highlighted how fintech companies are now being measured by profitability, strategic focus, and operational resilience rather than rapid growth alone.
Crédit Agricole CIB launches AI to replace manual ESG reviews
The platform was first tested in Hong Kong before a wider APAC expansion.
Asia is leading payments modernisation and banks can't afford to fall behind
By partnering with fintechs, banks can combine regulatory strength with innovation, new use cases, and customer-centric solutions.
Banks must ditch one-size-fits-all as HNW and affluent clients diverge
HNWIs prefer in-person changes, whilst affluent clients favor self-service channels.
What can Asian wealth managers learn from Europe's affluent shift?
Advisors must be life planners and not just portfolio managers, McKinsey’s survey found.
APAC tops inbound C2B flows with $2t
FXC Intelligence puts Europe ahead with $2.1t in 2025 activity.
LatAm banks beat Asia on wholesale returns by weaponising economic chaos
Latin American banks treat "recovery" not as a defense but as a profit driver.
Which Asian banks made it to the world's top public companies?
Three Chinese lenders made the Top 10 whilst Bank of America is the only 2003 top 10 survivor
Finweek KL 2026: Where European capital meets ASEAN scale
The premier EU–ASEAN institutional fintech summit brings 1,000+ delegates to PARKROYAL Collection Kuala Lumpur on 11 to 13 November 2026 for three days of cross-border deal-making.
APAC banks hit by 92% of network attacks as fintech risk grows
Real-time payments and mobile services have expanded the number of exposed endpoints.
Citi bolsters APAC DCM franchise with hires from HSBC and UBS
Anthony Yap joins Citi in Sydney whilst Maria Chua joins the bank in Hong Kong.
How could China's investment curbs shift wealth between Singapore and Hong Kong?
Rules taking effect on 1 July allow reviews of deals tied to national security.
Why AI tools won't deliver value to banks without culture change
Two CEOs told McKinsey they spent heavily on AI tools that saw low usage.
APAC travellers rank payment security as top concern, Visa says
Card acceptance followed at 27% as more travellers brought cards and mobile wallets.
HSBC launches invoice-backed digital trade loans
Customers can receive funds in minutes once all info has been submitted and approved.
Stablecoins move into payment infrastructure
Visa says trust remains key to adoption.
Financial services insider costs hit $23.1m as shadow AI spreads
The sector ranked third amongst industries and exceeded the $19.5m global average.
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