News
ASEAN banks' net interest margins feared to be stuck under pressure
ASEAN banks' net interest margins feared to be stuck under pressure
Loan growth isn't likely to impress as well.
CIMB completes inaugural Basel III-compliant subordinated debt issuance
It was valued at RM750m.
UOB Hong Kong targets doubling cross-border transaction
This will be within 3 years.
China moves closer to establishing municipal bond market
Two firms to issue credit ratings of local governments.
Indian banks urge central bank to boost liquidity
Will assist growth and increase demand for manufactured goods.
Powerful drivers to increase post-trade automation revealed
They are cost reduction and risk management.
This is how ASEAN NIMs will affect Singapore banks
NIMs are feared to remain under pressure.
AgBank enhancing cash management business
Deutsche Bank technology to process dollar and Euro payments.
BofAML unveils Accelerated Payments to Asia
High value USD payments to Asia just got easier.
Why the success of Abenomics is crucial for Japan's three mega-banks
Will lending growth be sustained?
Singapore banks' mortgage loan growth feared to slow in 2014
Blame it on slowing market transaction volumes.
SWIFT cuts FIN message prices by 20% effective 1 January 2014
SWIFT eyes message prices to be cut by half by 2015.
SMBC launching NFC payments service in Japan
Will introduce it this October.
India resurrects loans to NRIs
Another move to defend sagging rupee.
AgBank adding 1,500 more ATMs throughout China
NCR Corporation will supply the ATMs.
UOB, OCBC predicted to compete aggressively for SGD deposits
SGD liquidity concerns crucial to NIM expectations.
Guess what is the biggest threat to Singapore banks' robust loan growth
Will it scare banks soon?
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
The financing challenge behind Asia’s wealth transfer