Retail Banking

What can Asian banks learn from ING's new headquarters?

The bank’s CEOs and board members no longer have their own offices and instead work together in one large space.

Singapore banks' risks abated as circuit breaker measures ease

Hong Kong’s political woes may also drive wealth business and deposits to the island’s banks.

Hong Kong residents dash for offshore accounts amidst China security law

HSBC and Standard Chartered have seen high surges in enquiries.

Easing rules on public funding delivers capital relief for Japanese banks

But it does not solve the long-term problem of weakening profitability.

MAS debunks report of large deposit flow from Hong Kong to Singapore

Don’t just refer to foreign currency deposits, Singapore's regulator said.

UOB reopens nine branches in Singapore starting 8 June

Two wealth banking centres are also reopening.

Finance firms must prepare for extended period of risk management: MAS

Close to 85% of the financial industry worked from home during the circuit breaker.

CIMB Group names new group CEO

CIMB Group Holdings Berhad has appointed Abdul Rahman Ahmad as new group CEO/executive director for CIMB and CEO/executive director for CIMB Bank...

Standard Chartered names new global wealth management head

Standard Chartered has appointed Marc van de Walle as its new global head of wealth management effective 6 July, according to a press note.

Asian equities lost up to $3.5t in investor wealth due to pandemic

Safeguarding wealth and low-risk assets will be investors’ focus.

Falling oil prices exacerbate asset risks in Asian banks

The downturn has exposed issues in governance and operating practices.

Standard Chartered Hong Kong appoints Lay Choo Ong as head of retail banking

Incumbent head Vicky Kong will take over as global head of wealth proposition.

The future of Asian banking in the digital age

In the last decade, Asia’s banking sector has not only led the world in global banking profit pools, assets and market capitalism but also in building...

HSBC sees significant growth in new APAC wealth arm

Double-digit growth is on the horizon over the next three years.

CIMB Singapore plays to its strengths, targets SMEs as industry turns digital

The bank is gearing up its tech and customer-employee experience as neobanks loom.