Central banks in southeast Asia are grappling with a rise in non-performing loans across the region.

Fifteen brokers have been ordered to freeze client accounts linked to a suspected social media ramp-and-dump scam.

The latest data on India’s banking sector challenges the view that loans to disadvantaged sections of society are more risky.

An open banking-type initiative could drive wider access to financial services across the country.

The government’s plan to address crippling rates of non-performing loans in the sector follows a raft of reforms over past half decade.

The private banking institution’s chief data and innovation officer outlines its data strategy

Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani on Aadhaar, India’s biometric identity scheme, which has issued more than a billion digital identities.

China and Cambodia are rolling out central bank digital currencies, well ahead of other jurisdictions. 

Government initiatives helped lure foreign banking and fintech investment last year despite Covid-19 crisis.

Implementation of central bank digital currencies by Cambodia and China may help them achieve greater economic clout on world stage.