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China reforms property project financing with greater lead bank oversight

China tightens property financing with lead-bank oversight while expanding SME credit subsidies, private-fund disclosures, ...
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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 EastWest turn its consumer-banking edge into a broader financial franchise?

EastWest chief executive officer Jerry G. Ngo discusses why the bank intends to retain its consumer-centric identity while expanding into wealth, SME and corporate banking, how it is rebalancing its ...
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GX Bank integrates AI to scale fraud detection, risk management and business intelligence

Malaysia's first licensed digital bank has built a number of in-house AI tools to manage surging transaction and lending volumes. Caroline Chong, Head of Data at GX Bank, discusses the FrAIdy and ...
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Banque Misr builds integrated SME banking ecosystem to support business growth

This year’s recipient has built a comprehensive banking ecosystem supporting micro, small and medium enterprises across Egypt. The bank combines digital lending, specialised financial solutions, ...
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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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Banco do Brasil’s agribusiness delinquencies rise, UBS capital proposal remains unresolved

Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: Banco do Brasil's agribusiness delinquencies climb, Swiss lawmakers defer UBS's CET1 capital proposal, China's NPL ratio edges up and ABN AMRO's NIBC acquisition trims ...
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Nasdaq confirms 23-hour equity trading, Indonesia targets 2027 commodity exchange launch

Financial Markets Weekly: Nasdaq confirms a December launch for 23-hour equity trading, Indonesia advances its state-backed commodity exchange, the SEC proposes new crypto capital-raising exemptions ...
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Mastercard’s 2030 vision builds an intelligent future for payments

At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, Sandeep Malhotra, executive vice president of core payments for Asia Pacific at Mastercard, outlines how the firm is reshaping regional payments infrastructure ...
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NVIDIA targets $500 billion AI infrastructure financing, Goldman Sachs scales active ETF business

Financial Markets Weekly: NVIDIA partners with six investment groups to mobilise $500 billion for AI infrastructure, Goldman Sachs agrees to acquire NEOS Investments for up to $2.25 billion and Nasdaq ...
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DBS deploys agentic AI in corporate credit, Ant scales FX forecasting across global banks

Financial Technology Weekly: DBS rolls out agentic AI to 1,500 credit managers, Stripe agrees to acquire OpenRouter for over $7 billion, AWS makes AgentCore payments generally available and Absa's ...
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Tanzania's CRDB profit rises 20%, Nedbank advances NCBA acquisition

TAB Africa Weekly Brief: CRDB Bank posts a 20.3% profit rise as Nedbank advances its NCBA Group acquisition and S&P Global agrees to buy a majority stake in Agusto & Co. CRDB Bank reported stronger ...