ECB executive board member Panetta said consolidation in Italy's financial sector could strengthen individual institutions and overall system resilience, encourage investment and improve efficiency.

Chulalongkorn University said on the 14th it will partner with Chinese institutions to build Thailand's first ion-trap quantum computer, aiming to deepen China–Thailand cooperation in quantum technology. The university launched a quantum research programme and said it will work with the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Hefei Yaozheng Quantum Technology Co. to jointly develop an ion-trap quantum computing system.

花旗：預計全年淨利息收入（不含市場業務）增長約5%至6%。