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Rethinking digital money and settlement in a tokenised world

Regulated digital money is shifting from trials to early production as major banks including HSBC, JP Morgan and Standard Chartered move towards interoperable, compliant settlement systems operating ...
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Global Top 100 Digital-only Banks Ranking - No easy path to profitability

WeBank of China, Ally Bank in the US, and the retail arm of ING Group, topped The Asian Banker's inaugural global ranking of leading digital banks. Just 29 of top 100 digital banks globally are ...
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StraitsX builds the rails for real-world stablecoin payments

At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, Liu Tianwei, co-founder and CEO of StraitsX, demonstrates how regulated digital money infrastructure is taking shape across Asia, enabling stablecoins to ...
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Warsh puts inflation first, Bank of China leads Big Five profit growth

Warsh reshapes Fed guidance, Treasury targets Banque Misr, China's banks post profit gains and rate hikes continue in Korea ...
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CBUAE opens urgent Banque Misr examination, Saudi deposit growth outpaces credit

CBUAE opens urgent Banque Misr examination, Saudi deposit growth outpaces credit and Qatar's economy contracts.
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Swiss committee proposes UBS capital compromise, FDIC defeats former SVB parent’s $1.71 billion claim

Swiss committee proposes UBS capital compromise, FDIC defeats SVB parent's claim, FSB flags frontier-AI cyber risk ...
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Can CIMB’s wholesale expansion lift underlying earnings?

CIMB’s second-quarter net profit rose 2.6%, while asset growth and client income helped cushion narrower margins. Wholesale ...
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Can Maybank sustain fee and funding gains as credit costs normalise?

Maybank’s second-quarter net profit rose 2.4% as stronger fees and lower impairment charges narrowed the first-half decline. Wealth fees and current and savings account deposits extended the gains ...
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JPMorgan Chase posts $57B profit in 2025, plans $105B spend as rate tailwinds fade

JPMorgan Chase closed 2025 with $57 billion in net income and a 20% ROTCE, but the results point to a structural shift that will define the bank’s 2026 performance: rate tailwinds that buoyed net ...
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Finastra launches Trade Innovation Nexus to tackle interoperability, compliance and fraud in trade finance

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Manish Joshi, managing director for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa at Finastra’s lending business, explained how the firm’s new Trade Innovation Nexus layer addresses ...
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BNY scales up its Asia Pacific offerings in cross-border payments,liquidity management and digital trade finance

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) is transforming its global business through a unified platforms operating model that is designed to deliver more for its clients, run its company better, ...
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Bridge and the rise of invisible stablecoin payments

Bridge, acquired by Stripe in 2025, is positioning stablecoins as an invisible but powerful settlement layer for global commerce. By integrating into Stripe’s financial accounts, powering Visa-backed ...