The Asian Banker

The Asian Banker is a banking media and research platform for Asia-Pacific, run by TAB Global, which also operates The Banking Academy, TABInsights, BankQuality and Wealth and Society.

What it publishes

News and analysis appear daily. The 16 October 2026 feed carried Citi linking AI-assisted insourcing to lower vendor costs, HKMA exploring accountability for AI agents, StraitsX partnering with Visa on stablecoin card programmes, a Partior agreement on on-chain settlement and Western Union with dLocal expanding remittance payouts in Africa. Two days earlier, BNY connected tokenised Treasury settlement with financing, and Asian lenders backed QNB's $2.5 billion funding deal.

Beyond articles: TABLive video interviews, practitioner and fintech vendor directories, rankings of the world's strongest and largest banks and best digital banks, weekly briefs, awards programmes and conferences such as the flagship Asian Banker Summit and country-level events. Working groups include the Future Bank Council and Financial Technology Working Group. Some material needs registration; content is in English.

For PSPs it maps potential partners among Asian banks and shows where transaction banking is heading.