China’s crackdown on its biggest technology companies shows the difficulty of balancing growth at all costs at the leading fintech firms with support for state-owned banks.

A global competition is under way to define the future of money – and the bet is overwhelmingly on China to get there first.

Consolidation of its regional banks could provide a solution for some of the country’s biggest problems. Can the new prime minister pull this off?

Japan still lags much of the world it comes to gender equality. But bankers are leading the change.

How should investors incorporate political risk into their view of asset markets?

Kakaobank did not exist four years ago. Now, it is an integral part of Korea’s banking sector. The next big step for the digital dynamo is its $3 billion IPO, slated for late 2021.

Too many Chinese investors focus on the originator more than the asset pool. That undermines one of the crucial purposes of securitization.

China’s decision to clamp down on Ant Group has derailed an IPO of at least $34 billion, despite execution being finished last week. The move appears to be little more than political muscle-flexing by Beijing. The real winners will be the country’s critics.

Ant Group’s choice of Hong Kong and Shanghai for its listing signals how flush the two markets are with liquidity. But the upcoming US presidential elections have issuers worried.