Asia-Pacific

Asia's economic star is rising fast.

Banks in Southeast Asia confront integration and fintech amidst explosive growth. Could it be too much, too fast?

Indian public banks in retreat at home and abroad.

Pakistan's new prime minister faces high debt and a currency crisis.

Falling population fuels rising wages.

Tensions in the South China Sea result in new agreement.

Investing in Myanmar requires reconciling great opportunities and great risks.

Diplomatic breakthrough on disputed sea and energy issues.

Trump's trade war is starting to take an economic toll.

The push into transaction banking by Australia’s growing horde of fintechs and other startups has not been less than the push into personal and small-business lending. 

Global Finance's editor Andrea Fiano explains what is at stake with China's ambitious, transnational infrastructure plan.

Attracting foreign direct investment is a top priority for Sri Lanka as it transitions from an inward-facing economy toward
a more diverse and export-oriented one.

Abenomics has hit the Japanese banking sector hard and now the Post Bank is taking an unprecedented step in the hunt for yields.

China may soon have to tap foreign investors to help fund its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. Can it ease their skepticism about the project?  

The Belt and Road Initiative will spur China’s much-desired internationalization of the renminbi, but there are obstacles.

As Asia ditches cash for digital wallets, more citizens are able to join the financial economy—and they are delighted.

China’s support for trade infrastructure across Asia is definitely winning some friends, but potential for backlash lurks behind opaque management.

Japan’s support for the BRI looks like a new dawn for Sino-Japanese trade relations, but the reality is complex.

China's ambitious, transnational infrastructure plan involving 68 countries and hundreds of billions of dollars in loans and investments promises to transform the Eurasian landmass.

As Islamic banking spreads, service providers continue to develop new tools and products to meet the wide-ranging financial needs of the world’s Muslims.