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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Asian_Banker > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Asian_Banker.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asian_Banker > Source revision: 1344735682 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Financial services company}} {{Multiple issues| {{Third-party|date=April 2021}} {{Notability|Corp|date=June 2023}} }} {{EngvarB|date=July 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox company | name = The Asian Banker | type = [Private company](/source/Private_company) | logo = 200px|The Asian Banker | foundation = 1996 | founder = Emmanuel Daniel | location = [Singapore](/source/Singapore) | area_served = Global | key_people = Emmanuel Daniel, Chairman Foo Boon Ping, President and Managing Editor | num_employees = ~70 | industry = research and information for the [financial services](/source/financial_services) industry, publishing, consulting, training, conferences | products = The Asian Banker Journal The Asian Banker 300 The Asian Banker Summit | homepage = [http://www.theasianbanker.com/ www.theasianbanker.com] }} '''The Asian Banker''' is a company that provides information for the financial services industry in the form of publications, online materials such as e-newsletters, research, and conventions, and other industry gatherings. It is regarded as one of the Asian region's leading consultancies in financial services research, benchmarking and intelligence.{{Cite web|url=https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1077&context=ksmu|website=ink.library.smu.edu.sg|title=The Asian Banker: From Trade Journal to Industry Benchmark Setter}} ==History== The Asian Banker was founded in Singapore in 1996 by Emmanuel Daniel. ==Publications== The company's original product was ''The Asian Banker Journal'', a quarterly publication of 40 pages that was launched in January 1997. Throughout 1997 and 1998, it provided on-the-ground coverage of the [1997 Asian financial crisis](/source/1997_Asian_financial_crisis), anchored by Daniel's journalistic skills and award-winning articles—Daniel won the prestigious Citibank Excellence in Journalism Award for the Asian region in February 1999 for his work in determining the impact of the Internet on banking.[https://www.theasianbanker.com/A556C5/homepage.nsf/0/8CC41EF3E637F54748256D09002893AA?OpenDocument About The Asian Banker] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630003808/https://www.theasianbanker.com/A556C5/homepage.nsf/0/8CC41EF3E637F54748256D09002893AA?OpenDocument |date=30 June 2007 }} The magazine covers a wide range of industry topics, such as opinion editorials, current events' analysis, retail banking, transaction banking, risk management, bank regulation and IT for financial services. It features profiles of individuals in the financial services industry, some of which can run to several pages if the individual is particularly influential.[https://www.theasianbanker.com/A556C5/Journals.nsf/frmJournal?OpenForm&Issue=86 The Asian Banker Journal main page]{{dead link|date=July 2014}} The publication is characterised by its coverage of bank CEOs and chief regulators interviews. The publications business also maintains a video interview website called The Banking Conversation. The website contains interviews, 10 to 30 minutes in length, of prominent figures in banking, economics, IT, investing and academia. By 2005, ''The Asian Banker Journal'' was published 10 times a year. While Daniel has turned over management of the magazine to staff, he still writes for a blog. ==Forums business== The company launched a forums division in 2000 to capitalise on the interest its readership had in taking part in a forum to discuss banking issues and challenges that had come to the fore in the aftermath of the [1997 Asian financial crisis](/source/1997_Asian_financial_crisis). It held the first Asian Banker Summit in Singapore in 2000. Subsequent summits have been held in [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur), [Bangkok](/source/Bangkok), [Jakarta](/source/Jakarta) and [Hanoi](/source/Hanoi), [Beijing](/source/Beijing) and Singapore. The summit typically includes fora on topics such as [risk management](/source/risk_management), information technology, [transaction banking](/source/transaction_banking), [payment systems](/source/payment_systems) and regulation, and they include both opening, and closing, keynote speeches. In The Asian Banker Summit 2008 in Hanoi and The Asian Banker Summit 2009 in Beijing, The Asian Banker collaborated with The Bankers' Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) on a conference, held in conjunction with The Asian Banker Summit, called The BAFT Asia Conference on Cash, Treasury and Trade.[http://www.asianbankerforums.com/summit2008/conference_04.php The Asian Banker Summit 2008, BAFT Asia Conference on Cash, Treasury and Trade]. Asianbankerforums.com. On 27 October 2008, BAFT announced that it had renewed the agreement for the 2009 conference in Beijing.[http://www.aba.com/Press+Room/102708BAFTAsianBanker.htm American Bankers Association, 27 October 2008, "BAFT and The Asian Banker Renew Agreement to Collaborate on Annual Asian Summit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203151844/https://www.aba.com/Press+Room/102708BAFTAsianBanker.htm |date=3 December 2008 }}. Aba.com. Besides the Summit, the company holds events in other cities around Asia,[http://www.asianbankerforums.com Asian Banker Forums]. Asian Banker Forums. and organises The Asian Banker Awards Programme.{{Cite web|last=BrandRoom|first=INQUIRER net|date=2021-08-18|title=UnionBank big winner at The Asian Banker Financial Technology Innovation Awards 2021|url=https://business.inquirer.net/329136/unionbank-big-winner-at-the-asian-banker-financial-technology-innovation-awards-2021|access-date=2021-09-07|website=INQUIRER.net|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=|date=2021-09-06|title=FCMB Emerges Best SME Bank in Africa|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/09/07/fcmb-emerges-best-sme-bank-in-africa/|access-date=2021-09-07|newspaper=[This Day](/source/This_Day)|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=28 August 2021|title=Gulftimes : Commercial Bank wins 'Best Social Media Engagement Award in the Middle East' from The Asian Banker|url=https://m.gulf-times.com/story/699310/Commercial-Bank-wins-Best-Social-Media-Engagement-Award-in-the-Middle-East-from-The-Asian-Banker|url-status=|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Gulftimes}}{{Cite news|date=2021-09-05|title=FCMB recognised for SME banking in Nigeria, Africa|url=https://punchng.com/fcmb-recognised-for-sme-banking-in-nigeria-africa/|access-date=2021-09-07|newspaper=[The Punch](/source/The_Punch)|language=en-US}} ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == *[http://www.theasianbanker.com/ Official Web Site] *[https://www.radio.finance/ Radio Finance] *[https://www.asianbankerawards.com/ The Asian Banker Awards Programmes] {{DEFAULTSORT:Asian Banker}} Category:Financial services companies established in 1996 Category:Financial services companies of Singapore Category:Business magazines Category:Magazines established in 1996 Category:Professional and trade magazines Category:Magazines published in Singapore Category:Quarterly magazines Category:Chinese-language magazines Category:1996 establishments in Singapore --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Asian Banker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asian_Banker) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asian_Banker?action=history)). 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