Cashflow-based lending is gaining traction across Africa as a viable means through which historically underbanked MSMEs can access credit.

Africa’s MSME financing gap stands at an estimated $331bn. To better serve a segment that constitutes over 90% of businesses across the continent, some banks are developing ecosystems that combine ...

30,000 corporate treasurers across 123 countries shared priorities, their 12–18-month outlook and assessed 486 cash management providers.

The bank was prominent in several of the region’s largest sustainable finance transactions. Bank of China (Hong Kong) helped arrange MTR Corporation’s HKD30 billion seven-year green syndicated loan, ...

In 2025, NCB strengthened its SME proposition in the GBA, enhancing its Go Global framework as SMEs confronted tariff uncertainty and looked for new markets. This resulted in a 42% year-on-year growth ...

CICC supported offshore RMB bond issuances by the governments of Guangdong and Shenzhen, as well as green and infrastructure bonds from the Hong Kong government. It also helped Guangzhou Water ...

China Merchants Bank and CMB Wing Lung Bank introduced an end-to-end digital account-opening service for the southbound scheme in February 2025, allowing eligible mainland investors to complete ...

HSBC’s regional scale and international connectivity set it apart in 2025. It combined a leading mainland China franchise with the largest foreign-bank branch network in Guangdong, where two-thirds ...

For LY iTech, DBS combined RMB letters of credit issued in Hong Kong with discounting in mainland China, helping the technology manufacturer benefit from lower RMB financing costs while retaining ...

A year ago, this report described artificial intelligence as private banking’s ‘everyday companion’ and concluded that those treating digital transformation as a business strategy were pulling ahead ...

Good efficiency is crucial to building a competitive business in retail banking. But legacy-cost burdens, saturated markets and low economic growth make it harder for many established European banks ...