APAC
Trust Is Key to Successful Digital Banking Services
                                                                                 
                    
                    Organisations in Singapore today understand that customers want convenience and a personal touch when interacting with them and utilising their services. This is especially true of the banking and insurance sectors.
                
                                
            Trust Is Key to Successful Digital Banking Services
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            Organisations in Singapore today understand that customers want convenience and a personal touch when interacting with them and utilising their services. This is especially true of the banking and insurance sectors.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Standard Chartered to cut jobs in Singapore, Hong Kong: report
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The bank reportedly aims to save about $1.35b by 2024.
                    
                                        
                    
                APAC real-time payments to grow 14% through 2027
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Over 49 billion RTP transactions were made in APAC throughout 2022.
                    
                                        
                    
                Alipay+ available to Asian tourists for Barcelona, Madrid Clarins purchases
                                                                                                 
                        
                        About 60% of Clarins Spain shoppers are from Asian nationalities pre-pandemic.
                    
                                        
                    
                Deutsche Bank announces two APAC M&A co-heads
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The new appointees will report to the head of Investment Banking Coverage and Advisory, APAC.
                    
                                        
                    
                Economic woes, higher rates weigh on Islamic banks’ financing growth
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Indonesian banks may benefit from widening margins, however.
                    
                                        
                    
                Visa taps seven APAC startups for digital payments innovation
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Startup companies were chosen from India, Mainland China, Thailand, Singapore, and Germany.
                    
                                        
                    
                Standard Chartered-FIS’ Worldpay to boost Straight2Bank Pay reach
                                                                                                 
                        
                        This hopes to ramp up the bank’s functionalities to cater for businesses in Asia and other markets.
                    
                                        
                    
                AT1 write-down ‘negligible’ to APAC banks, but should they still worry?
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Analysts said APAC banks will suffer no direct impact from the Swiss bank but should keep an eye out on regulators.
                    
                                        
                    
                Mastercard intensifies fraud protection measures for e-commerce sellers
                                                                                                 
                        
                        About US$10.6b in fraud will potentially affect Asian merchants in 2023.
                    
                                        
                    
                Acquisition of Citi’s ASEAN units to boost revenue: UOB
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Total UOB cardholders in the region jumped 60% as of end-2022.
                    
                                        
                    
                Amanda Lee named APAC head of third party manager solutions for Citi
                                                                                                 
                        
                        All of Citi’s mutual fund sales team members in the region report to her.
                    
                                        
                    
                Natixis CIB Global Markets Leadership Team branches out in Australia
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Thomas Moffat and Oscar Austin have been chosen.
                    
                                        
                    
                Modelling, simulation key to powering businesses forward in an everchanging macro-economic, geopolitical, and ESG landscape
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Converging business with technology can improve profitability and performance.
                    
                                        
                    
                Goldman Sachs shareholders call for bank to release net zero transition plan
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The resolution is reportedly supported by 30% of shareholders.
                    
                                        
                    
                David Ho joins DBS board
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Effectivity of his appointment begins on 26 April.
                    
                                        
                    
                Mastercard to remove first-use PVC plastics from payment cards by 2028
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It will instead use recycled or bio-sourced plastics, the payments company said.