Singapore

Effecting a ‘prison’ escape from binding loan terms

Quirky. . . clever. . . captivating. These three words best describes GE Money Singapore’s advertising campaign for JAMES that features a humorous juxtaposition of life’s joy and pain situations.

Effecting a ‘prison’ escape from binding loan terms

Quirky. . . clever. . . captivating. These three words best describes GE Money Singapore’s advertising campaign for JAMES that features a humorous juxtaposition of life’s joy and pain situations.

RBS Coutts to give manly assistance to women

RBS Coutts launched a private banking initiative tailored specifically for high net worth women in Asia. It will assist women in managing their wealth, as well as a platform to bring like-minded women together to engage in their pursuits.

Standard Chartered extends business in 4 branches

Four Standard Chartered branches will open for business later and longer. This is part of the bank's overall approach to be available to customers when and where they want to bank through a variety of channels like branch banking, mobile and internet banking.

BNP Paribas wants Europe-class services for Asia

BNP Paribas Singapore branch was granted a wholesale banking license to widen the services offered locally. With this new license, BNP Paribas Securities Services is now able to offer local and global custody services in addition to the trustee, fund and investment administration services it already provides to its clients in Asia.

Standard Chartered grows Asian aircraft portfolio

Standard Chartered Bank will acquire 14 narrow body aircraft from GE Commercial Aviation Services through its Pembroke Group.

Timothy O'Keeffe

ABN AMRO’s Timothy O’ Keeffe explains the challenges faced by corporate treasuries and recommends ways on how to achieve a more centralized and automated flow of information and investments.

Meyado bucks tough economy to expand

Meyado Private Wealth Management has recently announced an expansion of operations as well as a relocation of offices.

SG banks get negative Moody’s ratings due to NPLs

Moody's revised the outlooks of the banks' financial strength ratings or BFSRs of three Singapore banks from stable to negative.

Bank Julius Baer taps 2 senior managers

Thio (Henry) Tjia Hin and Cindy Tang were appointed as senior relationship managers in Singapore by the Bank Julius Baer. In this capacity, they will further develop the bank's client base in the South East Asian market.

Asia mourns loss of DBS CEO Richard Stanley

Richard Stanley, DBS Chief Executive Officer, passed away on 11 April 2009 after being diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia in late January.

Citibank Singapore launches AXS D-Pay service

Citibank ATM or Debit cards can now be used at AXS Stations for the payment of bills and other services.

Report on credit risk IT solutions vendors released

Financial Insights, an IDC company, has released the report "Credit Risk Solution Vendors: Who's Who in Asia" to guide institutions in reconfiguring their credit risk initiatives.

Standard Chartered and IFC enter $1.25 billion deal

Standard Chartered and World Bank Group member IFC have agreed to develop a $1.25 billion funding partnership to facilitate global trade finance.

RBS addresses wealth transfer needs

RBS will make Transamerica Insurance’s flagship Universal Life policies available to its customers.

Will sport sponsorship be running on empty in 2009?

“Nobody knows what’s going to happen,” said F1 guru, Bernie Ecclestone, when asked what the impact of the financial crisis will be on major sports sponsorship.

Liberating trapped liquidity through a centralised treasury

ABN AMRO’s Timothy O’ Keeffe explains the challenges faced by corporate treasuries and recommends ways on how to achieve a more centralized and automated flow of information and investments.

3i Infotech makes hay while the sun shines

3i Infotech Asia Pacific CEO, Debneel Mukherjee explains why it's time to be brave and tells us what it takes to improve core competencies.