Branch Banking
How will industry consolidation challenge the Philippine banks?
The Central Bank allowed more incentives on banks' mergers and consolidations - check out what Standard & Poor's has to say.
CCB to do M&As abroad
Intends to become a global bank by 2015.
BNI doing business with more Japanese banks
Signs partnership agreement with 42nd Japanese bank.
ICBC continues Middle East expansion
To open branches in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and invest in South Africa.
CIMB launches investment banking operations in Australia
The launch follows its acquisition of RBS.
No job cuts in HSBC India
Immunity from job losses highlights India as key profit center.
Maybank to expand by 144 branches in Asean in 3 years
144 Asean branches in three years.
Corporation Bank to widen network
Century-old bank to add 300 branches by 2013.
Raiffeisen Bank International now in Hong Kong
Austria’s third largest bank can now do business in Hong Kong.
Maybank’s Chinese operations in huge expansion
The Greater China operations of Malayan Banking Berhad or Maybank are now the third largest overseas contributor to the group’s pre-tax profit after...
EIB to open Beijing office this year
The European Investment Bank will open a representative office in Beijing to expand its presence in China.
Why are Malaysian banks aggressively expanding into China?
An analyst points out 4 reasons behind the expansion despite China's currently troubled banking sector.
Overcrowded market prompts Taiwanese Bank to close branches
With Taiwan's banking industry having become overcrowded, Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co aims to shut at least five branches next year.
OCBC and CIMB show interest in Bank of Ayudhya
The jockeying for a share in Thailand's Bank of Ayudhya PCL now involves Singapore's largest bank and one of Malaysia's largest universal banks.
Taiwan expands banking reach in SEA
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission, the banking industry regulator, reports that Taiwan’s banks are expanding into Southeast Asia on a massive...
Korean banks focus on 3 wealthy Seoul districts
Nearly 30 percent of all bank branches in Seoul were found to be concentrated in three wealthy Gangnam areas--the districts of Gangnam, Seocho and...
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