Frances Gagua

APAC banks won’t be severely hit once Basel III regime implemented: Fitch

Jurisdictions such as Vietnam, Sri Lanka, are lagging behind with adoption.

St. George Bank tops Australian banks in digital experience net satisfaction: study

Auswide Bank received a negative net satisfaction score for their range of digital products.

Economic crises can be avoided by using the Islamic financing paradigm

Financial system based on shariah, or Islamic law, is a better strategy than traditional finance in light of the recent difficulties in the global economy. The area of the global financial system with the quickest growth has been Islamic finance. Because of the high level of innovation that has kept up with the changing demands for financial products and services as economics continues to change and expand, this growth has also been in quality and depth. The increased availability of profit-loss sharing savings, investing, and other structured finance-based instruments is significant.

UOB unveils refreshed branding with new logo, seal mark

The bank will also be kicking off a regional brand campaign involving TV films and ads.

Singapore’s digital bank Trust reaches 100,000 customers

Users were aged 18 to over 90 years old, Trust Bank said.

HDBank’s plan to buy unnamed “weak bank” to weaken loss buffers: Moody’s

Little is known about the target bank and what incentives Vietnamese authorities offer.

DBS unveils targets for decarbonisation, data coverage under net zero goal

It plans to reduce emissions from O&G sector by 28% in 2030.

Citi, Yahoo launch personal finance hub Life and Money

It is hosted on Yahoo Finance in Singapore.

Rising interest rates births more challenges for Asia's digital banks

Few manage to break even, and those that do are back by conglomerates.

How your business can get the most out of the metaverse

From the MTR’s launch of a ‘Web3’ (an internet service using decentralised blockchains) metaverse partnership with The Sandbox platform to K11 MUSEA’s METAVISION NFT showcase on HSBC’s Main Building façade back in June 2022, signs of metaverse are proliferating in our lives, and proliferating fast.