Wholesale Banking
SWIFT rolls out pre-payment prediction service for cross-border payments
SWIFT rolls out pre-payment prediction service for cross-border payments
It identifies possible problems in the future payment based on previous data from 9 billion transactions.
Maybank sets financed emission baseline, adopts ESG transition strategy
It is the first bank in Malaysia to do so.
ING Australia names Andrew Hector as head of wholesale banking
He previously worked for ANZ for 13 years.
SMBC names Priya Bellino as Head of ESG Solutions in APAC
Bellino’s prior career spans two decades with EY and Goldman Sachs.
RHB appoints Mohd Rashid Mohamad as new group CEO
He formerly served as managing director of group wholesale banking.
UOB chief’s salary climbs to S$10.9m in 2021
The group also reported a 40% surge in net profits for 2021.
Standard Chartered names global heads for CPBB business
Xie Wen and Mohamed Kerain are tasked with growing SC’s CPBB business.
Bank SinoPac clinches Taiwan Domestic Remittance Initiative of the Year at ABF Awards
It offered 110,000 migrant workers a safe and affordable platform to send their hard-earned money home.
MUFG Bank appoints head of institution investors coverage for Asia
Weehuizen has over 18 years of banking experience in APAC and Europe.
Regulation, late digitisation challenge Web 3.0 adoption in wholesale banking
Web 3.0 is taking over, but many businesses have yet to move past Web 1.5.
HSBC invests $2b to be a ‘digital first’ bank
Part of that investment means partnering with more fintechs to create digital banking products.
Westpac capital position to remain strong following A$3.5b buyback
Westpac is one of Australia’s four major lenders.
ING appoints new head of wholesale banking for APAC
Anju Abrol has over 30 years of banking experience.
Deutsche Bank hires former HSBC head
Tse Yi-Mun will lead the bank’s north Asia branch as its managing director and group head.
Bank of Singapore names new global head of Investment Advisory Solutions
Vivienne Chia will bring with her over 20 years of experience.
Pandemic pushes banks to adapt hybrid set-up for transaction banking services
BPI's John-C Syquia and FinServ Solution's Andre Lee discuss the latest trends in transaction banking.
Local bond market’s problems heighten Chinese banks' credit risks
The bond market’s repayment woes may force banks to make concessions for the sake of financial stability.
Commentary
How alternative data lending is reaching Southeast Asia's unscored MSMEs
Asia is leading payments modernisation and banks can't afford to fall behind
Investing in an inefficient market
Platinum cards, paper-thin compliance?
Energy price volatility highlights structural gaps for managing FX risk in APAC