The event held at Shangri La Hotel in Dubai, UAE on December 5, 2007. The event included an enlightening discussion on the Future of the US Dollar Peg in the GCC by Mr. Michael Preiss, Associate Director, Investment Advisory Group, HSBC Private Bank, UAE and a board advisor to the American Academy of Financial Management.

Operational risk hits the spotlight
Instilling a management culture that supports measures to minimise risk may be the biggest challenge for Asian banks striving to meet Basel II standards ... more info

Bank of China pushes new sales model
Yue Yi says it’s not just about keeping up with ICBC anymore—his bank is putting renewed focus on retail operations to gain an edge in the ultra competitive market ... more info

eBANK updates business model
The Japanese internet bank is abandoning the low-value, high-volume game in favour of building its customer base and settlement services ... more info

HKMA reinforces Hong Kong as a financial centre
After fifteen years as Hong Kong's top regulator, Joseph Yam has made a career of keeping his jurisdiction as influential as possible and out of trouble ... more info

HSBC turns to emerging markets veteran
In an exclusive interview, Asia Pacific CEO Sandy Flockhart talks about leveraging his M&A experience to grow the business in the wake of a waning U.S. franchise ... more info

JCB prepares for overseas battle
Takakura Tamio, the new president and CEO of Japan’s JCB, plans to make his credit cards as widely accepted in the U.S. as Visa and MasterCard by 2012 ... more info

Advocating dynamic liquidity analysis
The following article is contributed by Professor Jayanth R. Varma, dean of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a director at India’s Axis Bank ... more info

Regulating a complex financial system
The following article is contributed by John F. Bovenzi, deputy to the chairman and the chief operating officer at the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ... more info

HBOS rallies behind decision science
Edward Huang asks his team to go beyond debt provisioning to bolster risk management at the bank ... more info

Security Bank grabs treasury business
Raffy Algarra’s 40 product specialists generated half the Filipino bank’s income in 2007 and have bigger plans for this year ... more info

Yes Bank says it’s on global banks’ radar screens
CEO Rana Kapoor is expanding its retail franchise, which would help attract investors keen to gain exposure to India’s banking industry growth ... more info

Wells Fargo builds correspondent banking
Steven Bash prefers strong relationships to market share as he looks for partners to build the bank’s international business ... more info

Sri Lanka’s Hatton wants 5 million customers
Rajendra Theagarajah thinks he can get them by making use of mobile banking technology and growing his SME portfolio ... more info

Can ING rescue TMB?
The Dutch bank is confident it can navigate murky political waters to turn around one of Thailand’s worst performers ... more info

Wachovia leverages partnerships in Asia
The U.S. giant is teaming up with local players to make an international name for itself as a back office bank ... more info

Industry Outlook 2008: Year of the bear?
Asian Banker Research forecasts chilly start to the new year as banks confront harsh market ... more info

Competition forces Bank of Beijing to transform
The lender will leverage IPO cash and ING’s investment to boost its retail banking proposition ... more info

Is Rana Talwar preparing to sell Centurion?
The former StanChart group CEO saved the ailing India bank and is now using his private equity firm to expand in the Middle East and Africa ... more info

DBS needs a risk-taking CEO, says Jackson Tai
In an exclusive interview, the outgoing CEO defends his organic growth strategy but warns of troubles ahead in Asia. ... more info

Asia’s banks fumble with credit data analysis
Study by Asian Banker Research shows banks struggling with critical consumer credit practices ... more info

Bank of Baroda chairman bows out on a high
Anil Khandelwal has rejuvenated India’s fourth largest state-owned bank giving his successor an edge to compete with rivals ... more info

Bank of America leverages CCB stake
The U.S. bank foregoes retail and SME banking in favour of building its transaction business in China ... more info

JPMorgan conquers corporate sector in China
Peter Lighte resists the retail trend in favour of leveraging the bank’s investment arm to drive wholesale growth in the newly licenced local entity ... more info

Citi’s Galant streamlines global transactions
The American mega bank wants to translate massive IT spend into 10 percent global market share ... more info

PCI security standard is codified commonsense
Despite fraud risks, many merchants still fail to take basic credit card precautions ... more info

AAFM Recognized Candidate for United Nations Designation
The term, "non-governmental organization" or NGO, came into currency in 1945 because of the need for the UN to differentiate in its Charter between participation rights for intergovernmental specialized agencies and those for international private organizations. At the UN, virtually all types of private bodies can be recognized as NGOs. They only have to be independent from government control, not seeking to challenge governments either as a political party or by a narrow focus on human rights, non-profit-making and non-criminal.
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