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Bank of America's 2025 earnings jump 19% to $30.5b
Bank of America's 2025 earnings jump 19% to $30.5b
Q4 net income rises 12% to $7.6b as the bank caps record year.
HSBC says 'no decision' made in Singapore insurance review
HSBC said Singapore stays a priority market for wealth and wholesale growth.
Apple Pay opens China Visa cards as NFC hits 79%
The rollout starts with ICBC BOC ABC BoCom CMB CITIC Ping An and Industrial Bank.
Three Singapore banks pull $3.0b in net retail inflows
DBS Group Holdings was the largest recipient of net retail inflows.
Banks pour into digital asset infrastructure, Sygnum says
Self custody could shift $300b off platforms by end 2026.
Finance Ministry raises idle fund bank cap to 60%
After that, the funds will remain in banks until maturity.
Indonesia’s Jalin targets payment fraud with BPC tie up
Jalin will expand its utilisation of BPC tech for real-time fraud monitoring.
Korean banks’ loans contracted in December as banks guarded capital ratios
SME loans fell as banks slowed down lending for their capital adequacy ratios.
Philippine bank lending rose 10.3% on business, consumer loans
Outstanding loans to consumers grew at a slower rate, however.
HSBC mulls $1b Singapore insurance exit, report says
It could be valued at over $1b.
Crédit Agricole CIB names Yang Zhang as head of cash and trade sales for APAC FIs
She will oversee business development and origination of cash management.
Natixis CIB names Jarek Olszowka as APAC head of green & sustainable hub
He was the international head of sustainable finance for a major Japanese financial services group.
Ant Int'l processed 2 billion payments in key emerging markets in 2025
Its Alipay+ platform now connects over 1.8 billion users across 100 markets, it said.
Citi hires NAB, CBA bankers for Australia syndication team
Jessica Rowe joins from NAB whilst Dane Harris joins from CBA.
DBS Hong Kong unveils new SME sustainable finance program
Eligible uses include energy efficiency upgrades, resource conservation, and clean transportation.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Trump floats 10% card rate cap; Citi to cut 1,000 jobs
And Credit Agricole wins ECB approval to lift Banco BPM stake above 20%.
Taiwanese domestic banks’ SME loans rise to $341.94b in November
Loans extended to SMEs by domestic banks account for 64.7% of total loans.
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