Newsletter
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【2025】APABI Focus_Q2
Jul 02, 2025FOCUS -->MESSAGE FROM EDITOR-IN-CHIEFIt would probably be fair to call the Asia-Pacific region a global leader in innovative solutions related to financial inclusion.Read More...UnaFinancial, a payment solutions provider in Asia and Europe, recently projected that Asia will exceed the global average in financial inclusion by 2030. Low-cost payment solutions are sprouting up all around, yet partially as a result, Asia has also unfortunately become a leader in malign financial innovation, such as financial fraud. The balance of these forces will affect the lives of billions, as well ...
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【2025】APABI Focus_Q1
Apr 02, 2025FOCUS -->MESSAGE FROM EDITOR-IN-CHIEFClimate risk is already affecting the relationship between the financial sector and broader society.Read More...This January, some of the worst wildfires in the history of California ravaged Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Now, the insurance sector (and the regulators in charge of it) will help decide where it is possible to rebuild, helping determine not only who pays for disasters, but also on a deeper level, what relationship humans should have with nature. These questions will only become more complex and contentious over time as the clim...
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【2024】APABI Focus_Q4
Jan 06, 2025FOCUSMESSAGE FROM EDITOR-IN-CHIEFI want to congratulate the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance on their successful hosting of the APABI Meeting & Conference in November.Read More...IIBF has been quite proactive about international cooperation in finance, and I was delighted to learn more about their efforts in digitalization, inclusion, sustainability, and more.Regulation shapes the financial industry across an ever-enlarging scope of issues, and compliance takes up the majority of our training time. This issue of APABI Focus highlights several of these areas, both old and...
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【2024】APABI Focus_Q3
Oct 02, 2024FOCUSMESSAGE FROM EDITOR-IN-CHIEFOur theme for this issue of the newsletter is FinTech. But what does that even mean?Read More...Our most visible experience with FinTech involves new platforms such as neobanks, or service experiences, such as using AI. More possibilities will be realized behind the scenes, whether it is the use of data to guide regulation, or further implications for our privacy. In the longer term, meanwhile, we may even think about new expectations for government services.New ways of interacting with our financial institutions will eventually lead to profound cha...
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【2024】APABI Focus_Q2
JUL 02, 2024FOCUSMESSAGE FROM EDITOR-IN-CHIEFThis theme of this edition of APABI Focus is “international cooperation,” reflecting the cross-national nature of the most important trends affecting the banking sector.Read More...International cooperation occurs on several levels, from regulatory coordination to industry collaboration, as well as knowledge exchange among training institutes. Below, in our Insights section, you will find information on all these themes.Financial literacy education is one particular for of international training cooperation among several of our institute...
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【2024】APABI Focus_Q1
APR 02, 2024FOCUSMESSAGE FROM EDITOR-IN-CHIEFWelcome to the inaugural issue of APABI Focus – our renewed edition of the newsletter, compiled in collaboration with our newly-established Newsletter Committee!Read More...Below you will see a fresh, completely redesigned layout with several updated features.From now on, each version of the newsletter will have a specific topical theme. This one is ESG, following the recent COP28 summit. Because APABI includes the UAE, the host of COP28, we have specially requested a summary of the summit from the Emirates Institute of Finance as relates to t...
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【2023】APABI_December
Esteemed APABI Members, How many times in a week do you receive solicitations on different media for scams of various types? For most APABI countries, I would imagine that the answer is quite frequently. The scam report below provides more detailed information about how your country fits into the global picture. This problem shows no signs of going away, and will require continued efforts to resolve. In the ever-evolving landscape of AI in wealth management, it is imperative for our industry to tran...
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【2023】APABI_October
Dear esteemed APABI colleagues: It has been 15 years since the crisis of 2008, which has forever changed the regulatory landscape of the financial sector. Now, with the financial turmoil in the first half of the year, as well as the end of the low interest rate era of the past decade, the banking industry is thinking about financial stability in ways that it hasn’t since 2008. All APABI members must think about resilience in various ways, from the traditional credit cycle to more idiosyncratic events like the pandemic and technological cha...
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【2023】APABI_August
Dear esteemed APABI colleagues: I am thrilled to share the resounding success of our first-ever Virtual Roundtable event held last month, which saw an exceptional turnout with 15 out of 21 member institutes actively participating - setting a remarkable record for recent gatherings! At APABI, we are always on the lookout for innovative ways to foster meaningful engagement within our community. It is with great pride that we present this newsletter, a brainchild that took shape in 2021, aiming to pro...