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Taiwan’s B2B sector sees bad debt triple

Taiwan’s B2B sector sees bad debt triple

The local chemicals industry has as high as 12% of B2B debt turning sour.

South Korea’s kakaobank “most recommended” retail bank in APAC: survey

Indonesia’s BCA and StanChart Taiwan also topped the list.

ESG, Sustainability, AI, and NFTs discussed at ABF Summit 2022

Financial service institutions are hurtling towards a new frontier in the financial industry, navigating drastic changes in regulations and customer demand, new sustainability-related risks, and intensifying competition.

The end-game for insurers in the scramble for digitalisation

Is a scalable and profitable fully digital insurance firm possible?

How insurers are riding the digital transformation wave?

From improving claims to simplifying products, veteran insurers give real-life examples of digitalisation in the industry.

BCG, ServiceNow, Collinson & HomeCredit on why lenders have zoned in on monitoring technology, loyalty as key to future of industry

Technology is very much one if not the most  influential factor rapidly transforming the financial services industry, with decentralized finance and buy now pay later being key focus areas, according to the analysts and market leaders taking part in the first panel of the Asian Banking & Finance Summit 2022.

Chinese banks face tough balancing act of keeping profits, buoying economy

Smaller banks face being left in weaker financial positions, Natixis warns.

Malaysia’s Fynance launch pay later services for corporates

Users can gradually replay in flexible installments.

Banks’ tech risks intensifies as digitization ramps up: Fitch

Tech failures will have significant reputational and regulatory consequences for banks.

UOB prices $400m perpetual capital securities

It will be issued under a $41.5b (US$30b) global medium term note programme.

Thai bank earnings rise in Q2, but bad loans slated to rise

Rising costs and no more relief from the regulator will cause a rise in the bad loans ratio.

ING pulls back from the Philippine retail banking market

Over 380,000 clients are expected to be affected once they leave the market by end of the year.

Woori Bank probed for alleged irregular foreign currency transactions: report

Sources said that the deals, worth billions of won, were executed over the past year.

Singapore’s investment banking fees rise 3.3% in first half of 2022

However, DCM underwriting fees were slightly lower than in 2021.

CIMB Niaga, JCB Indonesia launch digital credit card

The card offers 10% cash back for online transactions through OCTO Mobile.

St. James Place’s Eight Wealth Int’l names head of tax and estate planning

Kelly Greig will offer tailored advice and services to affluent clients in Asia.

DBS PayLah! enables QR payments in 45 markets through UnionPay

Users can now pay with QR code in one of UnionPay’s 31 million retailers worldwide.