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The mobile-savvy customer is king at United Bank Limited. Having created Pakistan’s top banking app following a radical digital revamp, the bank now leads adoption of cutting edge tech, such as AI and machine learning, to create services that fit seamlessly into digitally literate people’s lives.

The significant acceleration in the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – the engine of the global and Southeast Asian economies – in recent years is expected to drive higher revenues and increase productivity, supporting economic growth and development in the region. Christie Chu, head of emerging business and commercial banking cash, global commercial banking at OCBC Bank, explores how SMEs are navigating the opportunities and challenges in digitalisation, and how the bank is supporting them in their efforts.

Earlier this year Standard Chartered opened its Greater Bay Area Centre in Guangzhou, strengthening the bank’s on-the-ground presence and commitment to the economic region. Serving the cross-border needs of clients across consumer, private, business, corporate, commercial, and institutional banking, the centre is at the vanguard of the bank’s push in China, says Anthony Lin, CEO, the Greater Bay Area at Standard Chartered.

Industrial Bank of China’s (CIB) private banking business has been growing from strength to strength over the past decade, supporting its ambition of being the leading wealth manger to the ever-expanding universe of high-net-worth Chinese entrepreneurs.

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased awareness of the positive impact of sustainability on business operations among small and medium-sized enterprises. Christie Chu, head of emerging business and commercial banking cash, global commercial banking at OCBC Bank explores some of the key challenges faced by businesses over the past 18 months and the opportunities that lie ahead for Southeast Asian SME’s as they play their part in global efforts to become carbon neutral by 2050.

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted almost every facet of our lives since its arrival more than a year and a half ago. But among this incredible wave of disruption, perhaps the most profound implications have been in the technology sector. Within the theme ‘Accelerating Transformation’, J.P. Morgan Private Bank developed an investment outlook connecting new technology to changing geopolitics, digitization, sustainability, cryptocurrency, and more.

Japan is one of the most technologically advanced economies and a global leader in many of the crucial underlying technologies driving the information technology revolution.

After a robust year, China’s securitization market is poised to reach new highs in 2021. Li Zhiming of CICC, the go-to investment bank for securitized products, highlights some opportunities and risks in this fast-growing segment.

China Construction Bank has always been a pioneer and an innovator in the field of retail finance. Today the bank strives to utilize technology to advance and tailor its service for retail investors, promoting the sustainable and long-term wealth management concept in China.