Emerging Challenges in Banking in Asia and the Pacific

This open access book examines how banking systems in Asia and the Pacific can remain resilient in the face of future shocks, drawing lessons from past crises and current policy challenges. As climate change, technological disruption, increasing global interconnectedness reshape the banking landscape and pose implications to financial stability, the volume explores key issues including digital transformation, cybersecurity, financial inclusion, crisis preparedness, monetary and prudential policy, central bank digital currencies, and climate-related financial risks. Using evidence from countries across the region, it shows how innovation, regulation, and sustainability are reshaping banking. The volume offers practical policy recommendations for building stable, inclusive, and future-ready financial systems.