The Japanese bank is now well placed to take advantage of growing confidence in the country.

As relative newcomers to India’s financial markets, small finance banks have made considerable progress in attracting customers with little or no credit history. Ittira Davis, managing director and chief executive of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, tells Asiamoney about initiatives to reach the country’s vast underbanked population.

The government’s ambitious plan for full digitalization could reduce crime and increase tax revenue. It could also lead to greater innovation in the banking sector.

Pakistan has been trying to improve financial inclusion for the last 20 years with little success. Are new digital licences the answer?

Sri Lanka has just navigated a once-in-a-lifetime economic crisis. Sanath Manatunge, chief executive of Commercial Bank of Ceylon, and Jonathan Alles, CEO of HNB, talk to Asiamoney about what challenges remain for the country’s embattled banking sector.

Corporate governance challenges and a lack of domestic demand have constrained ESG issuance in India so far. The blowout dual-tranche domestic rupee sovereign green bond in January could be set to change that.

Nandalal Weerasinghe has returned from exile to rescue the country’s battered economy. Will he succeed?

A two-week period saw Adani Group attacked by a short seller, abandon a $2.5 billion share offer and lose $100 billion in market value. What next? And what does it mean for Modi’s India?

Afghanistan’s economy is in a mess. After the Taliban took back control of the country in August 2021, the US froze the central bank’s foreign reserves. Can an unassuming Afghan-American economist secure the release of these funds so that the economy can recover?