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Bangkok Bank's Charamporn Jotikasthira to grace ABF Digital & Open Banking Conference 2019
Bangkok Bank's Charamporn Jotikasthira to grace ABF Digital & Open Banking Conference 2019
The executive director makes the case for forging strategic ties in the financial ecosystem.
Singapore bank loans reverse slowdown in August
Loans grew 1% MoM and 5.1% YoY amidst steady expansion in business loans.
APAC banks grapple with rising risk as corporate debt swells
Lenders in India and Indonesia are most vulnerable to a deterioration in corporate debt repayment capacity.
Massive mergers no fix for Indian banks' near-term challenges
Credit quality and capital shortfalls remain a key problem.
Will property stress threaten to undo Malaysia's banking resilience?
Unsold housing stock may pressure asset quality.
Singapore investment banking fees down 2% to $796.12m
Advisory fees for completed M&A dropped 16.5%.
Indonesian P2P lenders to disburse $30.63b in loans by 2024
The rapid growth of e-commerce will support alternative lending options.
Singapore banks embark on risky overseas pivot
Loan exposure to China has grown although loan quality has yet to be tested.
APAC banks grapple with rising property risks
In China, propety exposure has grown to 15% of sector assets.
$5b of Japanese megabank loans flow into Asian coal projects
Majority of the loans are financing coal projects in India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Singapore banks ace corporate customer satisfaction survey
DBS retained the crown in terms of back office centralisation.
Learn how this CEO is rethinking microcredit
Stefano Virgilli talks about Pocket Money’s role in plugging the funding gap for borrowers who failed to get access to the formal financial system.
Singapore ranks as the world's third largest foreign exchange centre
Average daily FX trading volume hit $870.63b in April.
Chinese bank loans up to $170b in August as stimulus kicks in
Household loans hit $92.25b.
Malaysian bank earnings up 5% in Q2
Investment and trading income drove quarterly profit gains.
Oliver Wyman's Shrikant Patil to join panel at ABF Digital & Open Banking Conference 2019
He will discuss how to drive innovative business models based on open data and open banking.
Fintech investments into China hit $60.1b in 2014-Q1 2019
Payment and remittances companies snapped up $24.7b in funding.
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