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  • Beyond retail and family banking, Vision Bank is preparing to address one of Saudi Arabia's most significant growth opportunities: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Economy Middle East
  • The fifth-largest retail and corporate lender in the US is warning against excessive regulation of banks below the global systemically important bank category. Risk.net
  • Beyond retail and family banking, Vision Bank is preparing to address one of Saudi Arabia's most significant growth opportunities, small and medium-sized enterprises. mea-finance.com
  • A key unknown is whether the US Federal Reserve or Bank of Japan will launch retail CBDCs. Cyprus Mail
  • Invest Bank will adopt an end-to-end retail and wholesale banking solution on the Temenos Banking Cloud, becoming one of the first in the UAE to adopt a full SaaS model for its digital and core banking platform - Read more. Transport Times
  • UOB, Southeast Asia's third-largest bank, will acquire Citi's secured and unsecured lending portfolios, wealth management and retail deposit businesses. Global Finance Magazine
  • India's central bank noted that it also plans to release a retail CBDC pilot within a month, allowing households and businesses in select locations to make payments and store value through the digital rupee. The Chain Bulletin
  • Axis Bank Ltd. is nearing a deal to buy Citigroup Inc.'s India retail banking business in a transaction that could be valued at about $2.5 billion. BloombergQuint
  • UOB in Singapore has already launched the digital banking service TMRW and plans to build a full-scale digital retail bank in Thailand. CTMfile
  • The imminent closure of Ulster Bank and KBC, along with restructuring within the remaining banks, will impact on future demand for retail banking skills. EURES
  • Britain's once-comfortable high street banks are facing dual threats: on the one hand, scrappy upstarts such as Monzo, Revolut and Starling Bank, and on the other, formidable Wall Street rivals sidling into the retail banking sector. The Guardian
  • In five major retail banking businesses from 10% to 40% of bank revenues (depending on the business) will be at risk by 2025. LinkedIn Pulse
  • The Bank of Canada will oversee open-banking implementation, building on its new supervisory role under the Retail Payment Activities Act, which now governs approximately 1,500 registered payment service providers. Mondaq

Last updated: 05 March 2026



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