Branch Banking
Bank Central Asia on the lookout for an acquisition target
Bank Central Asia on the lookout for an acquisition target
It has set aside $295 to buy another bank.
Standard Chartered opens Global Business Services centre in India
The Bank expects to have 30% of GBS employees based in Bengaluru.
DBS turns Indian franchise into wholly-owned unit
It plans to build 75-90 branches in India.
Sumitomo Mitsui to open office in Frankfurt office
The bank is avoiding Brexit 'disruption'.
MUFG's restructuring to add 7bps to its profitability
The reorganisation is expected to increase pre-tax profits by around US$43b.
JPMorgan unveils virtual branch in China
It's the fourth location globally where it has been rolled out. According to a release by JPMorgan, the service eliminates the need to be physically...
HSBC sees less customer footfall in Pearl River Delta branches
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India's super bank set to have $550b of assets and 24,000 branches
State Bank of India will merge with five of its subsidiaries.
UOB gets preliminary approval to establish subsidiary bank in Vietnam
UOB will be the first Singapore bank to be granted a foreign-owned subsidiary bank licence.
Bank of Singapore mulls setting up private bank in London
Its CEO says London has become 20% cheaper.
CIMB unveils first branch in Vietnam
This after the full-fledged banking licence was granted in September 2016.
Bank of Singapore to open a branch in Dubai in the first quarter of 2017
It will be located at the Dubai International Financial Centre.
Will more Asian banks move their tech-focussed teams into funkier offices?
HSBC moved its digital innovation team away from its traditional office in Hong Kong.
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Will bank branches totally become a thing of the past?
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: No bailout for Deutsche Bank in sight; Wells Fargo probes sales practices
And a survey says Shanghai could be the next major financial hub.
Physical bank branches to die out soon in Singapore as banks step up digitisation: analysts
Branches only occupy 750,000 sqft of space in Singapore.
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