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India’s Bank of Baroda to log 1% to 1.2% ROAA over next two years
India’s Bank of Baroda to log 1% to 1.2% ROAA over next two years
Loan portfolio is strong, but its international business could temper its net interest margin.
2 minutes ago
HSBC Singapore names two senior appointments for China proposition
Ying Wang and Irene Zeng’s new roles are aimed at helping Chinese businesses in their cross-border needs.
11 minutes ago
Malaysian bank lending rises 5% on more business loans
Business loans rose 4% whilst household loans grew 5.6%.
17 minutes ago
Public Bank’s Q4 profit up 2% QoQ as NIM begins recovery
Recovery is expected to gain traction in Q1 2026, said UOB Kay Hian.
18 minutes ago
CIMB net profit edges up 1.7% to $2.03b in 2025
Profit before tax increased to 2.7%.
43 minutes ago
Mastercard names Minsook Cho as Singapore Country Manager
She will oversee business operations and strategic direction in the market.
56 minutes ago
Societe Generale name Selina Cheng as head of ECM in APAC
Cheung was previously head of unified global banking APAC at UBS.
1 hour ago
Citi invests in Japan’s Sakana AI
Citi says the investment will help Sakana AI in its international expansion.
3 days ago
MUFG and JICT to jointly promote autonomous driving deployment
The two companies have invested in US-based May Mobility.
3 days ago
Westpac rolls out Book a Banker tool for home loan appointments
It will be expanded to St.George, BankSA, and Bank of Melbourne in the coming months.
3 days ago
Norinchukin logs $636.78m profit for Apr-Dec 2025
Full-year profit will come lower as Nochu foresees a potential portfolio rebalance.
3 days ago
Bank of Singapore names Eng Chien Chan as market group head for Greater China
His appointment will be effective on 17 March.
3 days ago
Syfe launches JPMAM active ETF portfolio in Singapore
The Equity Alpha portfolio targets an annual alpha of 0.5% to 1% at a fraction of typical annual fees.
4 days ago
Kotak Life and Utkarsh Small Finance Bank ink life insurance partnership
Utkarsh SFBL offers Kotak Life’s insurance products to its 5.14 million customers.
4 days ago
CIMB ties up with Ant Int’l to push digital treasury and liquidity framework
They will use Ant’s blockchain-based treasury management solution.
4 days ago
Citi forms AI Infrastructure Banking team to tap $3t financing opportunity
The team aims to provide debt financing to fund data centres and other infra capacity.
4 days ago
MUFG and Singlife seal $550m insurance financing deal
It ranks amongst Singapore’s largest insurance financings.
4 days ago
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