APAC

How can banks use AI and digital rails to cut trade finance inefficiencies?

It can reduce compliance burdens, but only if they are designed to be simple, trusted, and interoperable. 

How Citi Wealth uses AI for insights to support, not replace advisors

Research shows that 70% of wealth managers believe AI enhances.

Why banks see AI as a shift from product selling to service

There has been a notable 80% reduction in contact centre handling times. 

APAC banks lag in hyper-personalisation despite predictive analytics use

Just 11% of execs described their hyper-personalisation strategies as “highly advanced”

HSBC rolls out cross-border tokenised deposit service

TDS has completed its first USD cross-border transaction between Hong Kong and Singapore.

MoneyHero Group returns to quarterly profitability in Q2 2025

Platform membership grew 33% whilst EBITDA loss improved as well.

APAC instant payments value to reach $170.2b in 2029: GlobalData

China, Japan, South Korea, and India are leading the way.

Singapore and Hong Kong enhance banking supervision cooperation

It enhances supervision of cross-border operations of banks under their purview.

HSBC Private Bank rolls out gen AI platform for wealth management staff

It summarises the bank’s research reports and external news feed.

Alipay+ Voyager customers can book Grab rides in their e-wallets

The service is available to users of Alipay, AlipayHK, and GCash.

China and Indonesia pilot cross-border QR payments

Selected users from China can now make QR payments in Indonesia using UnionPay and Alipay apps.

Electronic trading proves its strength in times of volatility

April’s volatility confirmed that electronic trading platforms are not just part of capital markets, but central to their functioning.

BofA: Firms want cross-border payments without tech headaches

Bilateral corridors create as many problems as they solve.

Ant Int’l and e-wallets launch partnership for enhanced protection

Ant International, alongside e-wallets and payment firms in Asia, have launched the Digital Wallet Guardian Partnership with the goal of strengthening protection of global wallet payments.