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Asian Banking & Finance will be back on 10 January 2022. 

India’s card payments market to grow 31.2% in 2022

Growing adoption of electronic payments will help push up the card market.

VP Bank appoints Chris Chee as Chief Risk Officer for Asian operations

He has held leadership positions in RBC Singapore, ANZ, UBS, and DBS.

NTUC Income’s BIX onboard UOB Asset Management’s digital advisory service

UOBAM Invest is the first partner to be onboarded in the BIX platform.

Westpac hit with protest vote against exec pay plans: report

The Australian lender faces paying up to $81m for charging fees to dead people.

Philippine-based BDO to reimburse 700 clients hit with online fraud

Clients allegedly lost thousands from unauthorised transfers to a UnionBank account.

Malaysia’s Kenanga Investment Bank appoints non-independent non-executive director

Choy Khai Choon also serves as independent non-exec chairman at Zurich Life.

UOB’s Indonesian digital bank arm launches buy now pay later services

TMRW Pay offers deferred payments with zero-interest for up to 90 days.

A modernised data fabric is the way to go for financial sector

The right data infrastructure can help banks and insurance firms boost their business operations.

APAC banks' outlook stable, but face uneven recovery: Moody’s

Bank to maintain solid balance sheets with stable liquidity.

HSBC grants HK$1b green loan to Chinachem Group

The group plans to cut in half its carbon emissions by 2030.

Citi Singapore to tap global fintechs in APIX collaboration

The partnership enables Citi to identify solution partners in a cost-efficient way.

Buy now, pay later gains traction in India

Low credit penetration makes it favourable for BNPL.