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Visa, DealMed unveil cross-border card instalment Vietnamese cardholders

75% of surveyed Vietnamese consumers plan to travel for leisure in 2025.

Deutsche Bank bullish on tech-driven sectors

Although, geopolitical tensions and trade policy shifts likely to add further uncertainty.

Aluminum Corporation of China enters Hang Seng, CSI index

This brings the total number of constituent companies to 50.

Commonwealth Bank to sell stake in Bank of Hangzhou to insurer

The Australian bank could make about A$940m in proceeds.

WeChat Pay HK extends services to small merchants in Mainland

The system automatically converts Renminbi payments to Hong Kong dollars.

Hong Kong fintech association unveils AI advisory council

It will serve as the industry voice to share best practices, amongst others.

Toh Su Mei exits ANEXT Bank; Kai Qiu is new CEO

Ant International in the process of rolling out credit solutions for Thai MSMEs.

Firms turn cautious over gen AI amidst fears of obsolescence, fragmented regulations

Of 47 APAC jurisdictions, about 16 have AI regulations or guidance in place.

Wise raises money transfer limits, lowers global average fee

Transfer limits to WeChat recipients is now at RMB50,000.

Auto industry may weigh on Kiatnakin Phatra Bank: analyst

Its Q4 2024 provision is 34% higher than in Q3.

Structured finance sector in Australia, New Zealand poised for ‘strong’ year

Resilient household sector and low unemployment will support the sector.

SCBX net profit inch up 1% YoY to $1.29b in 2024

Interest income is higher, but fee and investment/trading income are lower.

India allows foreigners living overseas to open rupee accounts

This is provided they use the accounts for transactions with a resident of India.

Vietnam transfers struggling banks' ownership to VPBank, HDBank

VPBank and HDBank now own GPBank and DongABank, respectively.