Slow and steady is winning the race for Malaysia's Maybank ‒ one to watch in regional banking.

Founded before the state of Singapore itself, UOB is looking to the future and enthusiastically embracing technology ‒ all eyes are on its shift to digital and how this will shape the financial system in the region.

In its 20-year history, Bank Mandiri has transformed itself into Indonesia's best government-owned lender ‒ the domestic trailblazer is one to watch in the region.

Of all the financial institutions to watch in Asia, when it comes to digital banking, DBS is the one to focus on, having set the template for banks across the world to follow.

Bank Central Asia, now one of Asia’s most admired lenders, is certainly one to keep an eye on in Indonesia, as it reaps the benefits of collaborating, not competing, with fintech firms.

Three years after it was founded, Yangon Stock Exchange is marooned, which doesn’t augur well for developing the capital markets.

The new chief executive was hired to modernize Myanmar’s struggling United Amara Bank – in a year, he has got rid of the old guard and fired up the business.

CIMB’s boss in Phnom Penh, Bun Yin, is the only Cambodian to run an international bank anywhere, but that’s not the only remarkable thing about him: the fact that he’s alive to do so is another.

The country is still recovering from – and reacting to – the banking crisis of 2012. Over the last six years, the central bank has done much to put the sector back on its feet. But are the banks good enough, or should they be doing more?