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Chinese and Indian banks to drive global Additional Tier 1 issuance in 2017
Indian banks issued around USD2.8bn so far in 2016.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse to pay fines of up to $7b; HSBC to shut 57 branches in early 2017
And Deutsche Bank feared to shake the entire European banking system.
Islamic banks turn to digital to serve underbanked Asian markets
Check out what OCBC NISP, Bank Dhofar, and CIMB Islamic have to say.
Bank of Singapore mulls setting up private bank in London
Its CEO says London has become 20% cheaper.
Citi gets new license to expand trustee services in Singapore
It will now be able to act as trustee for Singapore collective investment schemes.
Cracking the Asian banks' big data conundrum
How can banks improve the clients' banking experience without compromising data security?
Asian banks' funding and liquidity remains a credit strength: Moody's
Banks in Asia are mostly deposit-funded.
Chart of the Week: Check out the Singapore banks' NPL ratios by sector
Overall NPL ratio increased to 2.1%, led by manufacturing, and transport, storage and communications.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Wells Fargo punished for failing 'living will' test; SWIFT remains at risk of cyber attacks
And UniCredit to raise US$13.8b and shed 14,000 jobs.
Global Islamic banking assets reached US$924b in 2015
Guess which country has the largest market share.
Singapore banks to be affected by modestly higher risk-weight charges in 2017
But capitalisation remains stable.
UOB enables customers to use their smartphone as a digital security token
Find out how you can use the UOB Mighty Secure.
ASEAN banks brace for weak loan demand and asset quality pressure in 2017
But they are generally well-placed to cope with the difficult credit environment.
DDoS attacks: Could your bank be the next victim?
Experts reveal how banks can circumvent such attacks.
Are Singapore banks' NPL woes finally over?
Government support to O&G firms brought some respite.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: EU's planned banking reform criticised; RBS to pay investors $1b
And Russian banks lose $31m in cyber attacks.
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