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But mortgage loans were up 25% and 13% respectively.

Weaker revenues but cost control compensating well.

Check out how Venkat ES sets his eyes on these 3 goals.

Net interest income growth of around 2.5% is expected.

Businesses today face a host of unavoidable challenges that need to be tackled in order to achieve core business objectives, including lowering costs, increasing revenue and enhancing competitive advantage. In the financial services sector, these demands are further exacerbated by the unique challenges facing the industry, not the least of which is the inevitability of race-like conditions and the need to capture, analyze, and act on information as soon as it appears.

Check out how DBS, OCBC, and UOB fared in 4Q12.

Check out what led LDR to rise to 96.6% in January.

He reports to Arun Murthy, Global Head of Commodities.

Profit contributions from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand rose to 26% in 2012.

He will report to Jon Scoffin, Head of Research - Asia Pacific.

Cardholders get 20% off tickets to the Man Utd Museum and Stadium Tour.

Find out how he plans to help banks fight fraud.

Check out who the other appointees are in Asia Pacific.

Mobile network operators can now gain access to Visa IP.

To stay relevant, banks in Asia are keeping in touch with technological advancements and innovating on their product and service offerings.

Mobile learning, particularly in Asia, is rapidly going mainstream. Research by Ambient Insight revealed that Japan, South Korea and Taiwan were the earliest adopters of mobile learning, accounting for 70% of the buying market in 2010. Yet other countries are catching up fast, with China, India and Indonesia expected to be the top purchasers by 2015.