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Philippine Crop Insurance to disburse farmer payments via GCash

Farmers no longer required to visit PCIC offices.
1 hour ago

Banked, NAB launch Pay by Bank payments on Amazon Australia

This allows customers to pay directly from their bank accounts.
2 days ago

Thai banks have room to improve costs, loans in 2025: UOBKH

But loans extended to SMEs will continue to remain sluggish in quality.
2 days ago

Visa’s net revenue up 10% to $9.5b in Q1; cash dividend is $0.59 per stock

It identified consumer payments and value-added services amongst its growth levers.
2 days ago

Cambodia sees progress in responsible lending: officials

Of 22 priority actions, 4 are complete and 15 are ongoing, the statement said.
2 days ago

Financial fragmentation threatens bank profits and lending

Globally, it can lead to nearly 280 million fewer jobs by 2030.
2 days ago

AEON Bank told to improve measures against money laundering and terrorism financing

Japan's FSA suspected the bank of having left 14,369 transactions unaccounted for.
2 days ago

Here’s how ISO 20022 adoption impacted DBS Bank

It reportedly improved payments processing and regulatory compliance.
3 days ago

Malaysia fines AmBank for investment transaction breaches

AmBank failed to obtain approval for the transactions, the BNM said.
3 days ago

Alipay+ now connects over 1.6 billion users of 35 e-wallets, banks

The platform recently welcomed Kaspi.kz and BigPay.
3 days ago

Hong Kong’s total loans down 2.8% in 2024

Loans for use outside Hong Kong dropped by 1.3% in December.
3 days ago

Home loans in negative equity dropped to $25.03b in Dec 2024

The number of cases fell, but the three-month delinquency ratio rose.
3 days ago

Hong Kong’s total deposits up 7.1% in 2024

Renminbi deposits fell, whilst RMB remittance rose in December.
4 days ago

Bangkok Bank nets 8.6% net profit rise in 2024

It attributed this to the recovery of tourism and exports.
5 days ago

HDFC Bank’s profit after tax up 12.3% for 9M FY2024/25

For the quarter ended Dec 2024, consolidated PAT was 13.6% higher.
5 days ago

RBI supersedes board of Aviom India Housing Finance

Punjab National Bank’s ex-CGM Shri Ram Kumar appointed as administrator.
5 days ago