Asia-Pacific

Integrated offerings morph from luxuries to staples.

For Chinese banks, the disruptions unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic are hastening automation, new product development and greater emphasis on risk management.

Banks enlist in recovery effort.

Asian banks faced down challenges last year to deliver solid results based on strong fundamentals—paving the way, they hope, for a postcrisis recovery.

China’s banks embrace technology while staying focused on the real economy.

For China’s banks, growth is easier than reducing debt and bad loans.

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

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.

Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS, talks with Global Finance about the bank’s record year, its digital transformation and the value of owning your own technology.

Asian banks power ahead: Clever strategies, niche appeal and foreign alliances raise the profits and prestige of financial institutions across the vast continent.

Global Finance brought together leading finance executives to honor the winners of its Stars of China awards in Beijing.

As debt burdens inside China rise,  the country's banks are ramping up cross-border lending.

Dominated by the largest banks in the world by far, China’s economy has soared to towering heights. But what lies beyond the horizon?

Global Finance is proud to present the winners of the 10th annual Stars of China Awards, honoring the best Chinese financial institutions. See the full list of winners.

Global Finance Magazine’s 2017 rankings of the best banks in Asia-Pacific. 

In November in Beijing, Global Finance honored winners of our ninth annual Stars of China Awards, recognizing excellence in Chinese banks. 

Wu Chunjiang, assistant general manager for private banking at China Merchants Bank (CMB), talks with Global Finance about building strength regionally in private banking.

Chinese banks receive high ratings, but many also fall below investment grade.

As the renminbi gains international acceptance, Chinese firms look further afield for growth.

A selection of winners from Global Finance’s awards program over the past year.