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Digital banks often struggle with soaring customer acquisition costs in saturated markets. Hong Kong’s ZA Bank, which announced its first monthly profit last week, can offer valuable lessons for firms navigating similar challenges.
A small three-month deal from one of the bond market’s most frequent issuers shows the potential for on-chain delivery versus payment in central bank money. But the obstacles to widespread use of blockchains remain.
Nearshoring has become a topic that is discussed so often – and applied to so many issues – that it seems to be everywhere, and nowhere at once. Euromoney talks to banks operating in the Mexican market to find specific examples of new business being generated by nearshoring.
Direct lending may have benefitted from the resurgence in US private equity buy outs in the first half of the year, but there may still be a return to syndicated markets.
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Former credit trader Shikha Gupta discovers that a verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it is written on.
It is turning out to be an equities year for the big investment banks, as fixed income revenues fall or stall and fees from dealmaking recover slowly.
Its acquisition of Citi’s retail banking business in the Philippines has proven to be a challenge. It has put pressure on the bank’s capital buffers, while Citi’s high-end customers have shown a preference for international players.
Guidelines published by China’s cabinet pledged to boost the quality of its capital markets. But they neither understand nor trust the vibrant-yet-turbulent nature of that financial system.
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Miami’s rise from financial backwater to wealth powerhouse
Not long ago, Miami was known as a place middle-class Americans went to retire. Today, it is a burgeoning financial hub full of high net-worth families, private equity firms and hedge funds – and it is busy pulling in capital and private wealth at a record rate.
India’s IPO market finally comes alive
For years, India’s capital markets underwhelmed. Now, the country is the beating heart of IPO activity in Asia, with a raft of big-ticket stock listings expected in late 2024 and 2025. Fees are up, PE firms cannot buy assets fast enough, and global firms want to raise capital onshore.
ING hires in investment banking and transaction services
Wholesale banking head Andrew Bester explains the renowned retail bank’s ambition to win new revenues building on its expertise in sustainable finance.
Asian digital banking: decline or revival?
Despite Asia boasting the world’s highest mobile payment penetration rate, digital banks in the region have failed to meet expectations. Traditional banks in many Asian markets no longer view them as serious competitors. What explains this underwhelming performance and are there any exceptions?
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2023 showed why you need to be ready for the unexpected and underscored the importance of strong relationships in banking
JPMorgan's Doug Petno, referring to the full-blown US regional banking crisis that blew up in March 2023 -
Credit Suisse was not a gift that was given to us. It is a prize that still needs to be won
UBS’s chief executive Sergio P Ermotti on what may prove to be the opportunity, not deal, of the century -
I am Italian. I have an Italian passport, I speak the language and I’m from Rome, but I left when I was 21 and only came back when I was 58, so I have an international outlook
UniCredit’s chief executive Andrea Orcel still has a soft spot for the city
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