Frances Gagua

Navigating the Future: Banking Supervision and Risk Management in Asia in 2025

Navigating the Future: Banking Supervision and Risk Management in Asia in 2025

Global conflicts, climate risk disclosures, and AI influence will shape Asia's financial sector over the next 12 months.

Fighting Back: How the Philippines is Addressing the Surge in Fraud

Institutions must adopt innovative solutions and foster global collaboration in fraud management practices.

Bank Mandiri slated for lower interest margins in 2025: analyst

But asset quality will improve thanks to new retail loans having better quality.

Overall loan demand in India to “moderate” in Jan-Mar 2025: survey

Terms and conditions for the mining sector are expected to become stricter.

Norinchukin Bank enhances CET-1, Tier 2 capital

The move comes with “strong support” from its member cooperatives, the Japanese bank said.

DBS’ 2024 net profit up 11%; plans quarterly capital return dividend

DBS will also set aside S$32m for a one-time bonus of S$1,000 to all staff.

Xtransfer ink MOU to offer cross-border financial services to African SMEs

Xtransfer will make use of Ecobank Group’s network in the continent.

Netbank partners with Jia Financing to offer SME loans

Jia will assign their invoice financing loans to Netbank.

Bank Negara Indonesia profitability to hover at 1.8% to 1.9% in 2025

Credit costs are expected to remain modest at the current 1.3% level.

Ant International names Jiang-Ming Yang as chief innovation officer

Yang led development of A+ Rewards, CoPilot, and EasySafePay for Antom.

Singapore named 9th best city for fintech startups globally

Bangalore ranked 5th and New Delhi was 10th globally.

India’s scheduled commercial banks’ profits up 12.5% in Q3 FY2025

Operating expenses, treasury gains, and fee income all rose.

HSBC cuts Philips’ currency transactions in China

‘Netting’ cut Philips’ cross-border transactions from 4,000 yearly to just one a month.

Five M&A themes in the banking sector in 2025

Smaller banks may seek M&As to solve or mitigate compliance costs.

Weixin Pay users flock to Hong Kong, Japan for Spring Festival holiday

The use of promotions or “mini programs” doubled in Japan.