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Soft labour market drags on Singapore banks' consumer loans: analyst

Bank loans shrank for the first time since September 2016.

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Soft labour market drags on Singapore banks' consumer loans: analyst

Bank loans shrank for the first time since September 2016.

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Meet ZA Bank, Hong Kong's first virtual-only lender

The bank’s slogan of co-creation belies a strong charm offensive of attractive deposit rates.

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How Indonesia's biggest bank is pushing MSMEs to go international

Bank BRI recorded $33.5m in transaction value from local MSME exports in 2019.

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Hope for Malaysian banks in 2021 after ‘washout' 2020: analyst

Bank earnings are likely to rebound 7.9% YoY in aggregate net profit.

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Small banks in Malaysia, Singapore under threat as neobanks emerge

Small banks could lose market share as digital newcomers target underserved segments.

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What can Asian banks learn from ING's new headquarters?

The bank’s CEOs and board members no longer have their own offices and instead work together in one large space.

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Asian equities lost up to $3.5t in investor wealth due to pandemic

Safeguarding wealth and low-risk assets will be investors’ focus.

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Falling oil prices exacerbate asset risks in Asian banks

The downturn has exposed issues in governance and operating practices.

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APAC banks face shocking $1.8t credit hit

Axis Bank in India has seen a quarter of its loan book stop repayments.

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CIMB Singapore plays to its strengths, targets SMEs as industry turns digital

The bank is gearing up its tech and customer-employee experience as neobanks loom.

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Sustainability takes centre stage in ASEAN corporate banking

But 51% of ASEAN banks have yet to fulfill even a quarter of ESG criteria.

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How CredoLab reduces banks' credit risks through smartphone metadata

The platform generates a credit scorecard in just one second, based on 1.3 million features from opt-in smartphone metadata.

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Mastercard APAC's winning strategy in the digital age

The payments provider has been forging new tech-based products and partnerships to keep up.

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Singapore big three banks' impaired loans ratio to rise to 2.5% in 2021

The pandemic’s full brunt won’t set in until later in 2020.

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Crunch time for Malaysia's e-wallets as big firms impose merchant fees

They are charging 0.5% from merchants who use their services as subscriptions soar.

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Digital banking to flourish in APAC by 2025: study

Over three-fifths of clients are willing to switch to neobanks.

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Coronavirus to amplify hierarchy in Chinese banks: analysis

Banks with high exposure to SMEs will bear the brunt of the epidemic.

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