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Merged bank named Saigon Commercial Bank
Merged bank named Saigon Commercial Bank
Ficombank, Tin Nghia Bank and Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank passed a resolution to name the joint merger bank as ‘Saigon Commercial Bank’.
Lone Star's eligibility as KEB owner scrutinized
Lone Star's qualification to hold more than a 4 percent stake in Korea Exchange Bank is under review.
Bank Mandiri earmarks $439M for the holidays
Bank Mandiri allocated US$439 million for its customers' needs during Christmas and New Year.
What you need to know about Indonesian banks
Fitch expects lower but still healthy loan growth in 2012 - but how healthy is it?
HSBC sells private banking unit in Japan to Credit Suisse
This is part of HSBC's strategy to cut $3.5b annual costs.
Malaysia to permit more foreign bank ownerships
The country seeks to triple its financial sector by the end of this decade.
Sacombank to sell 15% stake to Credit Suisse in January
Vietnamese banks are indeed looking to foreign investors for capital support.
AMMB Holdings to buy Kurnia Insurans
But it is yet to have the central bank and finance ministry's approval for the bid.
HSBC to sell its Japanese private banking business
But to which company will HSBC be selling it to?
What you need to know about Singapore banks
So loan growths are expected to moderate significantly in 2H12, but which bank remains a relative outperformer in uncertain times?
Malaysia facilitates entry of Indonesia's Mandiri
Requirements have been relaxed for Indonesia's state-run Bank Mandiri to operate in Malaysia by the end of next year.
India may sue HSBC over black money
The Indian government may sue HSBC for persuading their executives to stash undeclared money in a Geneva branch.
ABBank posts pretax profit of $18.6M in Jan-Nov
ABBank reported a pretax profit of VND391.3 billion or $18.6 million in the first eleven months of the year.
DBS establishes USD 5b commercial paper programme
Guess who DBS selected as dealers under the programme?
ABN Amro reopens branch in Hong Kong
The commercial banking unit in Hong Kong is staffed by two bankers.
Gov’t support dispels big impact of new rating criteria to AsiaPac banks
And the outlooks on 79% of the banks in the region are stable under the new criteria.
Asia’s business bankers concerned about liquidity shocks from EU crisis
Find out what Asia’s heads of business banking including HSBC’s Noel Quinn, UOB’s Eric Tham and Macquarie Securities' Ismael Pili have to say about...
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