Asia Pacific

Vietnam's finance ministry is weighing the possibility of returning to international debt markets with a sovereign dollar bond for the first time in over a decade. According to four people familiar with the matter, the ministry is currently in...

The LinqAlpha and KOSCOM MOU marks a significant collaboration aimed at broadening global access to Korean market data and advancing AI-powered investment analysis services for institutional investors. LinqAlpha, an AI-native financial intelligence company serving institutional investors, and KOSCOM, the...

China's Ministry of Finance is pressing ahead with a major China capital boost through a RMB300 billion special treasury-bond programme designed to strengthen the capital of eight centrally administered state financial institutions. The recapitalisation effort spans major commercial banks,...

Macau has released a new five-year strategic blueprint aimed at reducing its heavy reliance on casino revenues. The plan places Macau Financial Services, digital currency adoption and deeper economic ties with mainland China at the centre of the territory's...

Three of the world's largest banking institutions, Citi, HSBC and Standard Chartered, have adopted Ant International's forex AI tool to strengthen foreign exchange management capabilities for their business clients. The move reflects a growing appetite among major financial institutions...

Ripple, a blockchain payments company, has entered into a partnership with South Korean regional bank Jeonbuk Bank to deploy faster Cross Border Payments for busin ess customers. The collaboration makes Jeonbuk Bank the first regional bank in South Korea...

The Iran conflict, which has gone on to hurt economic prospects in the region that is extremely dependent on Middle Eastern oil, may as well go ahead and cause growing credit risk for Asia Pacific banks and again increase...