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BTN expands beyond mortgages into retail banking

Wealth management is a key part of the shift. 
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Citi's Isobel Nordstrom guides Asian banks through change

Clients increasingly seek the lender’s advice on supply chains, trade, and risks.

StanChart’s Xie Wen drives global expansion for SMEs

Her engineering background taught her to solve problems with data and tech.

Dah Sing revamps banking platform for SMEs

It combines remote onboarding, business hubs, fee cuts, and an FX debit card.

BofA’s Winnie Chen charts real-time payment path

Companies want simplicity and certainty as they move funds across borders.

Yoonmee Jeong drives OCBC’s green finance push in Asia

The wager is that transition finance will expand even if the alliances around it do not.

HSBC sees Hong Kong driving global RMB adoption

Vina Cheung expects RMB to rise to the third most-used global payment currency.

Digital wallets, agentic AI to speed up payments

The focus is on agentic systems that can act on behalf of users.

Philippine rural banks face merger pressure with tighter capital rules

Many lenders in the countryside have little capital buffer.

How digital payments are forcing QSRs to rebuild checkout and staffing

They're redesigning counters and drive-thrus for QR codes and e-wallets.

Mastercard pushes tokenisation as payments go passive

Transactions fade into the background when there’s  trust.

Crédit Agricole unifies CIB and wealth arms in 43,400 sqft hub

An internal staircase now connects the corporate and wealth management teams across two levels.

XTransfer targets $20t market with Alipay-style instant transfers

 Buyers and sellers can complete transfers 24/7 in as fast as 15 minutes.

Visa urges banks to bridge data gap as payment choice surges

One bank doubled its cards in force and grew payment volumes by over 20%.