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StanChart HK signs RMB100m Qianhai cross-border bilateral loan agreement
It's a 1-year agreement with Shenzhen International.
India intervenes to save rupee from free fall
Currency has lost 12% since April.
EastWest Bank taps HP to build private cloud infrastructure
It includes scalable, flexible and cost-efficient storage.
Bank J. Safra Sarasin uses new name in Asia
Combines private banking heritages of Safra and Sarasin.
Analysts predict Axis bank's slippage ratio to dip in FY14
As it has highest exposure to SME sector.
StanChart's RMB globalisation index breaks 1000-mark
It soared 66.2% y-o-y.
Treasury futures trading to resume in China after 18 years
Government wants companies to cut reliance on bank loans.
Frankfurt aims to become key renminbi center
ECB to sign US$130 billion currency swap with China.
Hong Kong grants SMA business license to BNY Mellon
Subsidiary will introduce a separately managed accounts platform.
BDO funding US$130 million wind farm
Four leading Philippine lenders are bankrolling project.
Maybank opens third branch in Cebu City
Now has 56 branches in the Philippines.
Bank of China reviews Luxembourg operations
BOC President Tian Guoli visits Luxembourg.
Chinatrust Commercial Bank changes English name
Is now known as CTBC Financial Holding Company.
Malaysia, Kuwait to train Islamic banking professionals
Will jointly develop training and internship programs.
Sumitomo Mitusi backs Reliance’s banking license bid
Nippon Life Insurance also involved.
China Minsheng Bank denies reports of a 4% NPL ratio at its Shanghai branch
NPL ratio is only below 1%.
Commentary
APAC has mastered domestic payments. The next challenge is connecting them.
Why fragmented communications are becoming a hidden governance risk for Asia Pacific banks
From automation to agency: Asia’s wealth leaders can reinvent, not just streamline
Singapore aced its FATF evaluation — now comes the hard part
Are Asia’s digital banks prepared for the stablecoin era?
Why APAC is building home-currency stablecoins
Why Southeast Asian wealth managers must design the business before buying the technology
Why trust in Asian banking increasingly gets built off the record
Hong Kong cleared stablecoins for take-off. Getting them to work across Asia is the hard part