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Citi Bangladesh names Md. Moinul Huq as Citi Country Officer

He has over 25 years of experience across a number of banking fields.

Citi announces leadership appointments in Asia Pacific Markets business

The new heads will be based in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s livi bank unveils new app interface, adds rewards feature

Customers can win cash rewards and enter a lucky draw to win round-trip tickets to Hokkaido.

HDBank to issue $500m in convertible bonds to international investors

Proceeds will be used for the bank’s medium and long term capital.

DBS Hong Kong names Wallace Nam as head of institutional banking

Prior to joining DBS, Nam served various leadership roles in HSBC.

HSBC sells Canadian banking operations to Royal Bank of Canada for $10.1b

The bank expects to generate an estimated pre-tax gain of $5.7b.

Visa appoints Adeline Kim as Singapore, Brunei country manager

She was most recently head of data solutions for Asia Pacific.

HSBC to close 114 branches in the UK

Some of the closing branches serve less than 250 customers a week.

Public Bank’s net profit up 3% to $1b in 2022

A second interim dividend of 4 sen per share has been announced.

Over 75% Singaporeans ‘definitely’ want better online banking services 

The majority of Singaporeans now use mobiles apps for bank services.

Nomura eyes $1b potential revenue boost from equities, wealth: report

CEO Kentaro Okuda said that it needs to raise revenues in these businesses to boost Nomura’s returns.

MAS, BOJ renew bilateral local currency swap agreement

The two central banks can exchange local currencies of up to S$15b.

DBS Asia Capital names Lindsay Chu as new CEO

Prior to joining DBS, has worked senior roles in HSBC, Nomura, and J.P. Morgan.