News
India’s Finance Ministry now oversees all financial sector regulators
Forward Markets Commission latest to some under FM.
Japan investigating Deutsche Bank for alleged financial misdeed
Deutsche provided excessive entertainment to Japanese pension fund executives.
ICICI launches India’s first “Branch on Wheels”
It's part of the bank’s financial inclusion initiative.
Standard Chartered adds Taiwan to RMB globalisation index
RGI increased 65% and hit 1,112 in July.
Why UOB is on its way to becoming Thailand’s biggest small bank
It eyes doubling market share to 4%.
Bank Central Asia has the strongest asset quality among Indonesian banks
And BNI has the weakest asset quality.
Taiwan claims banking edge in Shanghai FTZ
Will not lose banking business to the FTZ.
Why it's almost impossible for Hong Kong banks to repeat robust 1H13 results
Is it because of more intense competition?
BOCHK posts the strongest results in 1H13
And DBS HK beat other international banks.
HSBC the first foreign bank to complete two-way cross-border RMB lending
Under a new pilot programme in Kunshan.
Singapore the fastest growing country in the world for Visa payWave uptake
Surpassed one million contactless transactions in August.
Check out BofAML's enhanced China trade and supply chain finance product suite
Its Electronic Commercial Draft System expands.
RMB trade settlements hit RMB2.05 trillion in H1
It’s a record for one semester.
Chinese banks forge ahead with overseas expansion
They now have 1,050 overseas outlets.
Lending by Philippine banks jumps to US$75 billion in July
Indicates strong demand for loans from businesses and households.
China to strengthen financial ties with ASEAN
Needed to safeguard regional financial stability.
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