Frances Gagua

China’s card payments market to hit $34t by 2025

The market is expected to register a strong growth of 17% in 2022.

Industrial Bank of Korea fined $3.93m for selling fraudulent funds

IBK sold fraudulent funds of Discovery Asset Management, according to FSC.

UOB net profits jump 40% to S$4.075b in 2021

Wealth management and loan fees hit record highs.

Philippine banks’ credit costs to further decline in 2022

Profits are expected to strengthen throughout the year as the economy recovers.

Bank of the Philippine Islands’ asset quality is on the path for improvement: S&P

The bank’s non-performing loans ratio is expected to further decline in 2022.

UnionBank joins sandbox for digital currency use

The sandbox will evaluate CBDC use cases.

DBS posts record S$6.8b net profits in 2021

Loan growth was at its highest in seven years.

MAS clarifies coverage for loss arising from scams

OCBC fully-covering losses should not set a general precedent for future cases, the regulator said.

Singapore releases methodologies on responsible use of AI by financial institutions

The Veritas Consortium also released an open-source toolkit to help with adoption.

Siam Commercial Bank joins the Equator Principles Association

SCB joins 128 financial institutions from around the world who are also signatories.

SEA banks' more crypto exposure could hit earnings in the long run: Fitch

Banks looking to dab in crypto face operational, reputational, and legal risks.

South Korean banks’ mortgage rates hit highest level in seven years: report

The loan rate averaged 3.63% in December, 0.12 ppt higher than a month earlier.