Branch Banking
India to further liberalise banking industry
                                                                                 
                    
                    	The dire need to strengthen its banking industry is not lost on India.
                
                                
            India to further liberalise banking industry
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            	The dire need to strengthen its banking industry is not lost on India.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Ratnakar Bank to add 50 branches this fiscal
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Ratnakar Bank is targeting to add around 50 branches this fiscal with a majority outside Maharashtra.
                    
                                        
                    
                StanChart on track for 10th year of record earnings
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Asia-centric Standard Chartered PLC expects its income to rise by over 10% this year.
                    
                                        
                    
                Non-performing loans becoming a nightmare for China
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The government hedges against a potentially disastrous rise in non-performing loans.
                    
                                        
                    
                Australian bank to increase presence in China and Indonesia
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Commonwealth Bank of Australia intends to generate more than half its profit overseas.
                    
                                        
                    
                Malaysian banks invited to open in Pakistan
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Pakistan asks Malaysian banks to do business in traditional and Islamic banking.
                    
                                        
                    
                OCBC seeks more overseas revenues
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The new CEO of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation has grand plans for the Singaporean bank.
                    
                                        
                    
                Australia's Westpac to open first branch in India
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Westpac announced that it will open its first branch in India.
                    
                                        
                    
                CCB begins massive expansion of branch network
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	China Construction Bank Corporation plans to open 2,000 more branches until 2016.
                    
                                        
                    
                Punjab National Bank to offer 24-hour banking services
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Punjab National Bank's customers can will soon enjoy select banking services like updating of passbook 24 hours a day in all days of the week.
                    
                                        
                    
                ChinaBank Savings in huge branch expansion
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	ChinaBank Savings, Inc plans to quintuple its number of branches in the next three to five years.
                    
                                        
                    
                IOB to add 400 local and international branches
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The expansion plans of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) will reach out to other countries.
                    
                                        
                    
                Siam Commercial Bank raises funds for expansion
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Thailand's third-largest bank by assets is raising its outstanding bond ceiling by US$3.2 billion.
                    
                                        
                    
                Vijaya Bank to hire 1,200 annually for 100 branch openings every year
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Vijaya will recruit about 1,200 clerical and officer staff annually to cover the 100 branches it will open every year.
                    
                                        
                    
                DBS expands Indian operations
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Southeast Asia’s largest bank wants to broaden its reach in India.
                    
                                        
                    
                DBS bids to take over Bank Danamon
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	If successful, it will be the biggest bank takeover in Southeast Asia.
                    
                                        
                    
                Bangkok Bank assists international clients with Indonesian branch
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Bangkok Bank opened its 26th foreign branch in Surabaya, Indonesia to help international business clients deal with international transactions and...
                    
                                        
                    
                 
            	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                             
                     
                             
                     
                             
                             
                     
                             
           
                                 
                                 
                                 
               
                                     
                                     
                                     
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                