Newsletter
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【2023】APABI_April
Dear APABI members: We are pleased to announce that our UAE member institute has changed its name from EIBFS to the Emirates Institute of Finance (EIF). This move is part of a three-year strategy to become a world-class institute, elevate existing competencies within the sector, support thought leadership, and attract Emerati nationals to pursue a career in the financial sector. On behalf of the APABI secretariat, I would like to congratulate them on their next step, and also look forward to future announcements of progress by other APABI members. India, another APABI member and ho...
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【2023】APABI_February
Dear APABI members: Following the 2008 financial crisis, financial stability was the watchword for financial regulators. Today, however, with the rise of digitalization and the disruption of the pandemic, countries around the world are putting much more weight on non-financial issues like ethics and integrity. This new emphasis will involve not just new procedures, but also new relationships with regulators in order to proactively discover issues before they turn into real problems. You can read more about this topic in the Insights section below. During our meeting in Ulaanbaatar ...
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【2022】APABI_December
Dear APABI members: 2022 was a year of challenges and opportunities. The pandemic recovery continued in most countries. Taiwan and China, two of the longest holdouts, abandoned the zero COVID policies they had upheld for two years. At the same time, central banks are now hoping to mop up the excess liquidity from that period, which has already caused debt crises in the Asia Pacific region, and even the UK. The war on Ukraine has reminded us that geopolitical risk is never far from mind, and the unprecedented sanctions in response have reshaped global banking. Climate change c...
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【2022】APABI_October
Dear APABI members: TABF was truly honored to participate in the 2022 APABI Conference & Meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, hosted by the Banking and Finance Association. We had the opportunity to learn about Mongolia’s banking sector, the expectations of a new generation of banking staff, and customer service in a remote era. In terms of concrete results, the meeting decided to add biannual remote forums in the years between meetings, helping members stay in touch in the digital era. Furthermore, Mumbai was selected as the location of the 2024 conference. Congratulations ...
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【2022】APABI_August
Dear APABI members: This is the final email newsletter prior to the September 22 conference in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. We look forward to seeing everyone, whether in-person or virtually! Many member countries are sensitive to the US economy, and trade is one of the most important channels. Will the US be guided by a philosophy of "near-shoring" or "friend-shoring?" From an American perspective, these two terms are similar, but the difference between them includes most of Asia. This debate deserves follow-up attention. Many of our members have held training ...
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【2022】APABI_June
Dear APABI members: We’re very excited for the APABI conference which is scheduled for Mid-September in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – just three months from now – hosted by the Banking and Finance Academy of Mongolia. The theme will be “Reshaping the Banking Sector in the Post-Pandemic Era.” I believe that banking in every member country has undergone deep changes over the past two and half years, and this conference will be an opportunity for international exchange, allowing us to learn important lessons from each other’s experiences. Fittingly, the c...
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【2022】APABI_April
Dear APABI members: Add a new term to your vocabulary: Blue Finance. The ocean contains the world's largest ecosystems, and is included in the 14th Sustainable Development Goal of the UN: "Protect the abundant ocean." An increasing number of entities are issuing blue finance bonds, and most APABI members have some economic connection to the ocean. This is an emerging area of finance to watch, and we have included an article on the subject below. Our Malaysia member AICB, in cooperation with the Global Ethical Finance Initiative, is holding the first Ethical Finance AS...
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【2022】APABI_February
Dear APABI members: This is the time of year for the annual Davos summit. This year focused first on the issue of vaccination, which is an issue of concern for countries around the world - even if not domestically, then from a global perspective, due to the possibility of future variants. The economic recovery, meanwhile, has been "stronger than expected," according to Christine Lagarde of the ECB, and we hope this can be maintained, particularly in the face of geopolitical risks. At the same time, the green transition is receiving ever more attention. It, alongside the ongoing...
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【2021】APABI_December
Dear APABI members: This is the final edition of our newsletter for 2021, which is the first year we have produced it. This has been a year of slow recovery from the COVID crisis. In fact, many APABI members, including Taiwan, managed to hold off the impact in 2020, only to be hit to various extents this year. We hope to be hearing less about this issue in the coming year. Meanwhile, several changes have affected the way the banking sector operates. Inflation has finally re-emerged as a concern. ESG finance has finally emerged into its own, playing an unprecedented role in the COP2...