Singapore

UOB FinLab earns two wins at Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards 2026

UOB FinLab earns two wins at Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards 2026

UOB FinLab catalyses SME growth in Singapore and ASEAN through its transformation programmes and vast ecosystem.
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UOB takes home four wins at Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards 2026

The bank scaled its ASEAN franchise whilst integrating AI, enhanced security, and refreshed card propositions.
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UOB wins Health and Wellness Initiative of the Year - Singapore at Asian Banking & Finance Retail Banking Awards 2026

UOB's holistic approach to health and wellness spans financial, mental, physical, and social wellness.
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KPay clinches in-principle approval for MPI licence in Singapore

The company serves over 95,000 merchants in the APAC region.
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Singapore and Thailand ink pact on cybersecurity and digital fraud

Their central banks will exchange regulatory and incident updates.
3 days ago

Allianz buys HSBC Life Singapore for $2.1b

The agreement includes a 15 year exclusive bancassurance partnership through HSBC.
4 days ago

PvX pushes revenue-based lending for consumer apps

AI-driven competition is expected to increase demand for marketing capital.
4 days ago

Singapore banks to post loan growth but margins to dip in Q2

OCBC may reach its full-year loan growth guidance by H1, the report said.
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UOB upgrades 300,000 Visa cards to new premium tiers across ASEAN

Eligible cardholders will learn of their new card tiers beginning September 2026.
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Singapore M&A more than doubles to $77.4b in H1 2026

Outbound transactions done through investment banks set a record at $38b during the period.
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Three in 5 Singapore banks still review fraud cases manually

75% of upgrade seekers are assessing behavioural biometrics and 20% plan to examine it.

MariBank offers ShopeeVIP customers up to 2.88% interest

New bank customers get a bonus extra rate of 1.6% in the first 30 days of signing up.

DBS targets $1t in retail and wealth AUM by 2030

Wealth assets rose to $641b in Q1, beating earlier growth targets.

Western Union rewrites remittance playbook

Dash acquisition supports lending, payments, and other consumer services.

Singapore banks seen posting wealth surge but narrower margins in Q2

DBS’ and OCBC’s wealth management businesses are expected to post double-digit gains.

Alert overload ranks amongst top concerns for half of bankers

Manual work ranked amongst the top three concerns for 47% of respondents.