Research Note
East & Partners monthly Research Notes offer exclusive ‘behind the numbers’ insights taken from current East research. Topics are split into Australian and Asian themed discussion papers for a detailed analysis of current issues and important themes facing banking providers across Australia and Asia.
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2022 Research Notes
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2021 Research Notes
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- November - Connecting CBDC Hype with Reality - What Does the Future Hold for Asian Cross Border Paym
- October - Front of Mind or Back of the Queue
- September - Digital Transformation Remains Core Agenda for Large Corporates, Middle-Market Companies
- August - Best Practice Primary Research to Truly Know your Customer
- July - Trade Finance Talent Deficit
- June - Will Multi-Banking Prevail in UK Business Banking?
- May - FIs in the Greater Bay Area: An Even Bigger Opportunity Than You Think?
- April - Shifting Trade Corridors – Can Banks Keep Up?
- March - Can British Corporates Predict the Future for FX?
- February - Prioritising Existing Customers or Chasing New Corporates?
- February - COVID Torches Banking Outlooks
2020 Research Notes
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- December - The Impact of COVID-19 on Foreign Cashflows
- November - Customer Co-Creation: Rethinking Relationship Strategy
- October - No Playbook for the COVID-19 Recovery
- September - Digital Solutions Essential to Solve Onboarding Woes
- August - Digitisation: Are We At A Game-Changing Moment?
- July - Neobanks Shaping Post-COVID Relationship Banking
- June - Investment Banks Jostle to Win the European Recovery Race
- May - M&A Deals Picking Up Among Chinese Corporates?
- April - Investment Banking Racing Out of the Crisis
- March - Cybersecurity - Time is Up for Inaction
- February - Stocktake: Investor Sentiment Towards Asia Remains Buoyant?
- January - Lost Trust hitting the Banks Where it Hurts
2019 Research Notes
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- Europe's Supply Chain Financing Challenges
- Customer Advocacy: Trade Financiers in Asia are not making the most out of It
- ESG - if my bank can’t help me, who will?
- Open Banking: Future-Proofing Your Corporate Payments Offerings
- Are you a Value or Commodity B2B Provider?
- Banks Must Learn to Know Their Customers Better Than They Know Themselves
- Winning the Digital Transformation Race for Treasuries in Asia Pacific
- Are non-banks finally getting a cut through in the UK Business FX Market?
- Blockchain - a Solution Looking for a Problem?
- Onboarding Experience in Asia: Are the Banks Starting Corporate Client Relationships on the Right Fo
- Brexit fears stoke UK business FX risk management engagement – but is it too late?
- Current trends and where we see business banking tomorrow
2018 Research Notes
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- 12,700 Businesses Reach For Currency Forecast Crystal Ball
- Corporate Credit Demand - Cause for Concern or Full Steam Ahead?
- The Opportunity for Sustainable Finance in Emerging Markets
- UK Trade in the face of Brexit
- French Opportunity as UK departs the EU
- Forging a path to the future of transaction banking in Asian business
- The Art of Trade War - Subdue the Enemy Without Fighting
- Corporates to Dictate Next Wave of "Cryptomania"
- Risk Management - a Structural Shift in the Business FX Market
- ESG Financing in Asia: Ready for Take off?
- Trust Wilts Under Fierce Royal Commission Glare...What Now? Filling the Banking Trust Deficit
- The transformation of business banking in 2019 and beyond
2017 Research Notes
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- Australia: 2017’s Business Banking Trends and Outlook
- Fintech’s Mark on Asia’s Corporate Treasurers
- The changing face of UK payments
- Is Sustainable Finance Relevant to all Businesses or Just Large Investment Funds?
- China’s Belt and Road Initiative
- Banking on the Omni-Channel
- Rising demands from a new generation of HNWIs
- A fresh look at Asia's payment landscape
- International Trade - A Critical Issue For Businesses In A Post-Brexit World
- 2018 Business Banking Trends and Outlook
2016 Research Notes
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- Europe : Online and Credit Cards Grow Share of Spending with UK SME Merchants
- Australia: Will customer experience make or break banks?
- Asia: Supply Chain and Supply Chain Financing
- Australia: Dux or Flunk? Business Banking Report Card
- Asia: Singapore – A sandbox for Technology
- Europe : Payments Landscape Changing for UK SMEs
- Australia: Blockchain - The solution we deserve...but not the solution we need right now?
- Australia: The Broker Channel - Born Again Bankers
- Asia: Will 2016 Be A Red Wave of Uncertainty?
2015 Research Notes
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- Europe: Is the UK Economy Ready for a Year of Divergence?
- Australasia: Is a bank a business or a utility?
- Asia: Asian SMEs turn to FX hedging products
- Europe : UK Economy – Glass Half-full or Half-empty?
- Australasia: Digital Success Remains Contingent on Relationship Banking
- Asia: Uncertain Times to Test Private Bankers
- Australasia: Regulation. Compliance. Risk.
- Asia: Bank debt goes Islamic in S-E Asia
- Australasia: How low can the Australian dollar go?
- Asia: Malaysian and Indonesian corporates engage with Islamic finance
- Australasia: Falling oil price eroding more than what we pay at the pump?
2014 Research Notes
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- Asia: 2015 – Asian Banking’s ‘Rivalry Year’
- Australasia: Looking Beyond Australian Bank Results
- Asia: Hong Kong’s protest – a driving factor in the growth of SME exchange derivatives market
- Australasia: Trade Finance – Who’s Moving Tomorrow’s Market?
- Asia: e-Trade Solutions Not to be Ignored
- Australasia: Breaching the Digital Disruption Frontier
- Asia : International Equities the New Favourite
- Australasia: Competition. Is it off the agenda?
- Asia : Shariah Finance Transforms Business Banking Horizons
- Australasia: Regulation - The Burden for Business
- Asia : Asian and Australian Banks Cross-Over:Growth and Safety
- Australasia: Bank CEOs. What does it take?
- Asia: Asia’s Economic Bellwether
- Australasia: Business Banking Technology Race Already Won?
- Asia: Malaysian Ringgit Bucking the Trend in the Year of the Horse
- Australasia: Business Banking and the Branch - Seeking Re-Invention
- Asia: Asian Trade Finance: Back in Fashion
- Australasia: And the Business FX Winner is...
- Asia: Asia Business Foreign Exchange Dominance Up for Grabs
2013 Research Notes
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- Australasia: 2014 – Banks can saddle up for the ‘Year of the Horse’ - December 2013
- Asia : Private Banks Winning the Wealth War - December 2013
- Australasia: Bitcoin: The Innovative Future of Currency.or Hyped Up Flash in the Pan - November 2013
- Asia: Trade Finance - A key to building the customer relationship - November 2013
- Australasia: The Mortgage Lending Investment Bank? - October 2013
- Asia: Asian banks in Australia - how big is the welcome mat? - October 2013
- Australasia: QE tapering puts Australian growth at risk - September 2013
- Asia: FX in Asia: Smaller businesses still discovering Options, Forwards - September 2013
- Australasia: A tale of two markets - August 2013
- Asia: The return of churn - August 2013
- Australasia: NZ and Australia, closer than you might think - July 2013
- Asia: The Importance of Wallet Share in Asian Banking - July 2013
- Australasia: SME's want to grow, but who will fund it? - June 2013
- Asia: Asia's wealthy look to private banks - June 2013
- Australasia: SME's discovering risk - May 2013
- Asia: Winning Hearts and Minds of Asian Banking Customers - May 2013
- Australasia: Strong dollar still causing adjustment - April 2013
- Asia: Disconnect in Transaction Banking - April 2013
- Australasia: Clear Signs of life in Corporate Banking - March 2013
- Asia: Delicate balance of power in Asian banking - February 2013
- Australasia: "Greenshoots" there, if you look carefully - February 2013
- Asia: Banks can only do as well as their clients - January 2013
- Australasia: Finding growth in a recovering market - January 2013
- Asia: Banks can only do as well as their clients - January 2013
2012 Research Notes
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- Australasia: All eyes on payments at Christmas - December 2012
- Asia: Asia's mobile banking revolution - December 2012
- Australasia: Mind share: something you can't just buy - November 2012
- Asia: Different flows : Deposit flows into Asia's banks are important - November 2012
- Australasia: Pendulous and waiting for growth : Private Banking - October 2012
- Asia: Mobile Banking in Asia - October 2012
- Australasia: Balance tilts in agribusiness lending - September 2012
- Asia: Basel III: made in Europe, forced on Asia? - September 2012
- Australasia: Playing the niches - August 2012
- Asia: Sharia banking changing Asia's landscape Asia - August 2012
- Australasia: Australia still lagging on payments - July 2012
- Asia: Asia's millionaires : Who's banking them? - July 2012
- Asia: The Asian deposit market - June 2012
- Australasia: Australian Infrastructure : Who's going to bank it? - June 2012
- Australasia: Job cuts in the banking sector - May 2012
- Asia: Bank Bashing in Australia and China - May 2012
- Settlement of the payments settlement gap - April 2012
- Decoupling the OCR - February 2012
- Cards key to SME Credit - January 2012
2011 Research Notes
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- Profitable Banks are Good Banks! - December 2011
- Banks Flying in the Face of Big Headwinds - November 2011
- Making Money in the Payments Chain - September 2011
- The Cards Surcharging Train - July 2011
- The Banking Deposit Funding Index - April 2011
- The Banking Deposit Funding Index - March 2011
- Business Banking : the changing customer... - February 2011
- Is the Relationship Manager a spent force? - January 2011
2010 Research Notes
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- Is the Relationship Manager a spent force? - December 2010
- Customer Satisfaction vs Customer Experience - June 2010
- The rise and rise of the product specialist - May 2010
- Business deposits...the race is on - April 2010
- Has Business Credit Turned - The SME Markets ??? - March 2010
- The dam of dissatisfaction - January 2010
2009 Research Notes
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- The Rise of the Product Specialist - November 2009
- The Post GFC Relationship Manager - October 2009
- Financial Risk Management: the Elephant in the Room? - September 2009
- Mind Games - August 2009
- Great Expectations in Banking - July 2009
- Is Customer Advocacy Dead? - June 2009
- The High Value Retail Customer - May 2009
- Seizing the moment - April 2009
- Opportunity Knocks? - March 2009
- To lend or not to lend - February 2009 (2)
- Crossing into Private Wealth - February 2009 (1)
- The Big Success Checks for 2009 - January 2009
2008 Research Notes
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- The Image of Business Banks - November 2008
- CBA acquisition of BankWest: back to the future? - October 2008 (Special)
- The Sub-Prime Crisis: The end of the beginning? - September 2008
- Merchants call the cards - August 2008
- Emerging From the Credit Crunch - July 2008
- Who really owns the customer? - June 2008
- Westpac and St George Merger - May 2008 (Special)
- The Productivity Kicker - May 2008
- Deposits - April 2008
- East(er) Predictions - March 2008
- Asian Business Banking - February 2008
- Relationship Manager Performance - January 2008
2007 Research Notes
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- What the business customer wants in 2008 - November 2007
- Understanding Value for Money - October 2007
- Life Cycle Banking - September 2007
- A spicy month in business banking - August 2007
- Third Party Distribution - July 2007
- The Mind Share-Market Share Correlation - June 2007
- Where to for the Overdraft? - May 2007
- Monetising Customer Satisfaction - April 2007
- Market Share in Business Banking - March 2007
- Innovation in Business Banking - February 2007
2006 Research Notes
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- Cutting Through the Noise in Business Banking - November 2006
- Positive and Negative Customer Advocacy - October 2006
- Business Lending: Third Party Origination - September 2006
- Is Business Ready for the Born Again Branch? - August 2006
- Death of the Relationship Manager - July 2006
- SME Borrowing Experiences - June 2006
- The Asia Conundrum - May 2006
- Foreign Exchange - April 2006
- Merchant Acquiring - March 2006
- Equipment Finance - February 2006
- The Dynamics of Mind Share - January 2006
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