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Citi HK’s Treasury and Trade Solutions appoints two senior roles

Both reports to Vishal Kapoor, head of Citi’s TTS in Hong Kong.

Buy now, pay later to make up 8% of e-commerce transactions in 2025: FIS

Digital payment methods chip away at card use and bank transfers.   Buy now, pay later (BNPL) market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40% through 2025 to become the fastest growing online payment method in Singapore, reports FIS.

Singapore prohibits doing business, freezes assets of 4 Russian FIs

MAS has ordered all of their assets in Singapore to be frozen.

Citi names new APAC Head of Markets

She has been with Citi for 15 years.

DBS China appoints Ginger Cheng as new CEO

Current CEO Neil Ge will be retiring from the bank at the end-June 2022.

MUFG Bank joins think tank for CO2 and storage capture tech

CCS is expected to play a role in reducing CO2 emissions in the world.

The ISO 20022 Journey: Connected, Market-Ready and Native

Deck:  Banks need to embrace a three-part journey to truly deploy ISO 20022 and reap the detailed data and digital modernisation rewards.

Chart of the Week: India’s mobile wallet payments market to hit $4.1t in 2025

In 2022, the market will grow to $1.7t, according to GlobalData.

1 in 4 retired investors interested in digital wealth management services: study

Wealth managers are called to ramp up digital services for retired investors.

DBS CEO Piyush Gupta’s salary up 47.8% to S$13.57m in 2021

His cash bonus jumped 51% in 2021 compared to the previous year.

Taiwan’s bad loans shrank by $2.03b in January

NPL ratio for 39 domestic banks is now at 0.16%.

Australian mortgage market to 'hold steady' in 2022

Economic recovery will support performance and hold delinquencies steady.

DBS forges on with net-zero goals in 2022

It is transforming its data centres and server rooms into carbon-neutral assets.

Citi to hire 200 bankers in next three years

Majority of the hires will be from China, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore.