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 ...

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

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 ...

Incumbent retail banks are right to be worried. Euromoney’s inaugural ranking of Europe’s fastest-growing banks shows just how rapidly new digital players are catching up in retail – not only by ...

Euromoney’s inaugural World’s Top 100 Private Banks by AUM/NNA illustrates an industry that continues to expand at pace, underpinned by strong market performance, sustained net inflows and the growing ...