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Singapore card payments hit $119.6b in 2025 on SME push and contactless cards
Credit and charge cards made up two-thirds of the value.
DBS' net profit down 3% to $11b in 2025
Its net profit fell by 3%.
Standard Chartered launches SC Shop and Earn cashback on SC Mobile
Priorty Private and Priorty Banking clients can earn up to 6.9% cashback on Agoda and Expedia.
Singaporeans’ travel spend shift to Asia for snow and healthcare
They’re traveling to Thailand and South Korea for medical services.
UOB set for growth as DBS, OCBC earnings hold steady: report
The sector benefited from dividend potential and provision write-backs.
E-ang bao use jumps nearly 50% in 2025 as seniors ditch red packets: OCBC
Nearly 8 in 10 seniors were first-time e-ang bao senders, OCBC said.
OCBC and UOB to reverse year-long NIM slide in Q4
DBS Group Research forecasta a quarter-on-quarter margin improvement for two of the big three.
HitPay enables SG merchants to accept overseas QR payments
SG merchants can now accept regional e-wallets through a single code
Fintech Fingular secures $10m credit line for Malaysia expansion
The funding will also be used to strengthen operational capacity.
OCBC opens client stocks to institutional borrowers via Citi platform
The securities lending market generated $1.2b of revenue in December 2025 alone.
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Singapore bank wealth fees surge 44% to defy NIM squeeze
Overall fee income is expected to expand at a double-digit rate of 31% this quarter.
OCBC profit expected at $1.7b on higher fee and insurance income
Fee income and insurance contribution are expected to have grown during the quarter.
UOB profit set to slide 16.7% on lower wealth and loan fees
It will take time for UOB to return to its peak profitability, the report said.
Grab launches iPhone tap-to-pay feature
Merchants can accept contactless cards without POS hardware.
Crédit Agricole unifies CIB and wealth arms in 43,400 sqft hub
An internal staircase now connects the corporate and wealth management teams across two levels.
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