News
Vietnam relaxes bank foreign ownership rules
Good news for domestic lenders.
China tightens control of shadow banking
Tagged as 'credit positive' by Moody's.
Korean banks' profitability predicted to suffer from tepid loan growth
How will it affect lending margins?
OCBC to subscribe for new Bank of Ningbo shares worth S$383m
Subscription should be completed by 3Q 2014.
CIMB Group raises RM3.55 billion in new equity
Issues 500 million new shares.
DBS and IBM forge banking tech collaboration
Better customer experience envisioned using Big Data.
UOB unveils Delight credit and debit card with Singapore's Dairy Farm
Targets to reward household spenders.
Here's proof that Japanese bank stocks outpaced global peers in 2013
Thanks to Abe's reflationary policies.
HKMA's loan growth posts 'moderate rebound' in November
As mortgage market remains tepid.
2 big hurdles BOCHK must fear in 2014
Despite being an RMB leader.
How China Construction Bank beats peers in profits game
High returns, strong balance sheet.
Fears rise over OCBC's risk of overpaying Wing Hang Bank bid
Share price tumbled on bid reports.
Malaysian banks' loan growth feared to make a stall in 2014
Should they start panicking?
Hang Seng Bank's loan growth prediction rose to 10.1% for 2014
Won't it be affected by QE tapering?
DBS unveils fully automated online account service for firms
Open a corporate account in less than 15 minutes.
OCBC bids for Wing Hang Bank
Wing Hang valued at SGD6.7b, says analyst.
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