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UOB upgrades 300,000 Visa cards to new premium tiers across ASEAN
UOB upgrades 300,000 Visa cards to new premium tiers across ASEAN
Eligible cardholders will learn of their new card tiers beginning September 2026.
8 hours ago
Singapore M&A more than doubles to $77.4b in H1 2026
Outbound transactions done through investment banks set a record at $38b during the period.
14 hours ago
Three in 5 Singapore banks still review fraud cases manually
75% of upgrade seekers are assessing behavioural biometrics and 20% plan to examine it.
2 days ago
MariBank offers ShopeeVIP customers up to 2.88% interest
New bank customers get a bonus extra rate of 1.6% in the first 30 days of signing up.
3 days ago
DBS targets $1t in retail and wealth AUM by 2030
Wealth assets rose to $641b in Q1, beating earlier growth targets.
3 days ago
Western Union rewrites remittance playbook
Dash acquisition supports lending, payments, and other consumer services.
6 days ago
Singapore banks seen posting wealth surge but narrower margins in Q2
DBS’ and OCBC’s wealth management businesses are expected to post double-digit gains.
Alert overload ranks amongst top concerns for half of bankers
Manual work ranked amongst the top three concerns for 47% of respondents.
Bank of Singapore expands CIO advisory council with PIMCO and KKR picks
The council is now composed of 11 members.
Trust Bank brings UK UCITS ETFs to Singapore investors
Commission is 0.05% (minimum US$4) per trade.
AI gains ground with Singapore wealthy but advisors stay central: HSBC
After using AI, nearly 4 in 5 will bring their findings to an advisor for reassurance.
Nine in 10 investors do not trust AI for investment decisions
Banks can respond by moving toward a hybrid advisory model.
Industrialising AI pilots is insurers’ next enterprise test
Prudentials Mohit Tandon said usage is now the million-dollar question.
UOB and ANTA sign MOU for cardholder discounts
The emerging affluent and affluent segments can expect exclusive offers.
Maybank Indonesia unifies five entities under single conglomerate
The move unifies governance, oversight, and operating framework of the companies.
Digital banks bet on AI to unlock outsized ROI
However, AI is everywhere except in ROIs.
MAS proposes framework to govern AI agents
AI agents in finance now act faster than humans can directly intervene, MAS said.
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