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Bank Central Asia and Pos join forces
Bank Central Asia and Pos join forces
The MOU paves way to provide banking services particularly to people living in remote areas not yet covered by BCA.
PSBank to raise $117.31mn for acquisitions
The move will strengthen the lender’s capital base.
DBS starts offering US dollar-based high-yield time deposit account
The product, minimum value of US$20,000, offers a one-year rate of 1.88%.
OCBC and Lion Global ink deal to launch new unit trust
The trust intends to provide positive returns and has an investment time frame of five years.
SME Bank approves 62% more loans
SME Bank approved loans totalling RM1.3 billion in September this year, said managing director Datuk Mohd Radzif Mohd Yunus.
Military Bank’s bad debts at 1.65%
Military Bank reported a bad debt ratio of 1.65% till the end of Q3.
First Commercial Bank and China Construction Bank strike deal
The Taiwanese lender has already opened a branch in Shanghai and a financial leasing company in Suzhou.
Bank Of East Asia Taiwan inaugurates CNY services
Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan granted approval of operations.
Scotiabank on its way in Asia expansion
The bank’s meager exposures in international areas gave is among its areas of strength.
Taiwan’s government-linked banks to expand domestic banking operations
The move to prepare Taiwan lenders to weather possible economic downturn due to US and Europe crises.
Bank of China third quarter profit up 9% to $4.7bn
Yet profit is below expected $4.91bn while AgBank’s $5.36bn profit is above the expected $5.33bn.
Metrobank and Wells Fargo strike deal
The Filipino lender targets to provide Filipinos in the US the cheapest remittance service.
Bank of Baroda to get $158.6mn from Indian government
The lender to receive the amount by way of preferential issue of equity shares/ warrants.
AXA and Bank Mandiri acquires general insurance business
AXA and Bank Mandiri will own 40% and 60% respectively in this start-up joint venture operation of Asuransi Dharma Bangsa.
Yes Bank increases rates by up to 2%
Yes Bank hiked its saving rate by 2% hours after the Reserve Bank of India deregulated savings rates.
Taiwan banks allowed to open more mainland branches
Four Taiwanese banks will be allowed by China to open branches in the country to boost financial cooperation, according to the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
What you need to know about Bank of China’s disappointing profit growth
BoC’s profit didn’t meet the 31.6 billion- yuan median estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News.
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