Sprawling conglomerates dominate South Korea’s economy, making it hard to retool a creaking economic model. With a presidential election looming and financial technology firms growing, the market is ripe for disruption.

MUFG Bank is investing in its Greater China business, but will its strategy pay off?

Two critical developments in China caught the financial markets off guard in 2021.

The coronavirus pandemic has unearthed a wave of anti-China sentiment across the world, impacting Beijing’s trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative. Will BRI have a future in a post-pandemic world? A veteran banker at HSBC says yes – but the shape it takes will be vastly different.

In a novel twist to digital banking, Taiwan’s FEIB is leveraging the wide reach of social media networks to turn clients into bankers and branch managers.

Some of China’s largest state-owned companies have become bond market pariahs after a spate of defaults. This may be just what the country’s markets need.

The new entrant in Hong Kong’s competitive banking sector is using innovative marketing and customer perks to make a name for itself.

Hong Kong must improve its environmental track record and rally the private sector if it is to succeed in its ambition of becoming Asia’s leading centre for green finance.

A sudden spike in Covid-19 cases is set to dent growth in Taiwan – and test banks’ ability to do business virtually.