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Swift tokenized deposit pilot adds 17 banks to 24/7 payments
Swift tokenized deposit pilot puts 17 banks into a 24/7 cross-border payments test built to keep settlement on regulated bank rails.
Indonesia banks repatriate $640M as Prabowo risk rises
Indonesia banks repatriated $640 million since 2024 as Prabowo's state-led turn deepened fears over rupiah pressure and local funding.
Kotak Mahindra Bank eyes acquisitions with 23% capital ratio
Kotak Mahindra Bank acquisitions are moving into focus as the lender seeks loan portfolios and other deals to put a 23 per cent capital ratio to work.
Banks are hiring chief AI officers before the job settles
Chief AI officer roles at banks are spreading fast, but $3.5 million pay packages and fuzzy mandates show the title is still experimental.
Hong Kong accounts surge as Beijing tightens capital rules
Hong Kong accounts are drawing mainland cash as Beijing tightens investment routes, lifting deposits while raising compliance risk.
Bitcoin treasury firms lose $62bn as ETF bid fades
Bitcoin treasury firms are losing the ETF-backed bid that made listed balance-sheet wrappers look like permanent buyers as Strategy sells.
Coinbase (COIN) widens institutional funding rails with Standard Chartered
Coinbase and Standard Chartered expanded institutional fiat funding to six currencies, widening cash access for clients across Asia, Europe and North America.
India state lenders wilt as Iran war lifts yields to 2-year high
India state lenders slid as bond yields hit a two-year high, showing how the Iran-war oil shock is feeding into bank balance sheets and RBI pricing.
Standard Chartered (STAN.L) targets 7,000 job cuts in AI efficiency push
Standard Chartered tied a plan to cut more than 7,000 jobs to higher return targets, pitching AI as a route to stronger bank profitability rather than a simple cost-cutting tool.
Standard Chartered's $4tn tokenization call is really a DeFi market-structure bet
Standard Chartered's $4 trillion forecast matters because it implies DeFi could become the lending and settlement layer for tokenized institutional assets.
Asia-Pacific banks raise Iran war provisions as $180B credit risk looms
Asia-Pacific banks have set aside $3.8 billion in combined war-related provisions as the Iran conflict's oil shock and trade disruption begin flowing into corporate and consumer credit risk. S&P warns a prolonged conflict could drive $180 billion in additional credit losses.
