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Singapore cautions banks against cybersecurity attacks
                                                                                 
                    
                    This follows an attempted hacking using the SWIFT system in Malaysia.
                
                                
            Singapore cautions banks against cybersecurity attacks
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            This follows an attempted hacking using the SWIFT system in Malaysia.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Weekly Global News Wrap Up: BofA halts lending to firearm makers; US watchdog may slap record fine vs Wells Fargo
                                                                                                 
                        
                        And here’s the real cost of Brexit to the UK financial services industry.
                    
                                        
                    
                Construction firms' on-time payments boost Singapore banks
                                                                                                 
                        
                        NPL ratios tied to the construction sector were 0.2%-0.8% at year-end 2017.
                    
                                        
                    
                Bank of China and ICBC to offer PayNow
                                                                                                 
                        
                        There are now nine banks using the service.
                    
                                        
                    
                DBS integrates PayNow into API system to reduce cheque usage
                                                                                                 
                        
                        They aim to reduce corporate cheque payments by 30% in 2020.
                    
                                        
                    
                Local banks lead digital charge in Singapore
                                                                                                 
                        
                        DBS stays ahead of the pack after growing its digital team since 2009.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore banks' 3-month SIBOR up 1.51% at end-March
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Fixed deposit rates from Singapore banks rose concurrently by 17-30 bps.
                    
                                        
                    
                Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Barclays to pay $2b fraud fine; Should Deutsche Bank reduce its US business?
                                                                                                 
                        
                        And US Treasury supports easing raps on banks not lending to the poor.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore banks set to co-write guide for ethical use of AI
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The guide, to be developed by MAS, is targeted for completion by the end of 2018.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore banks' loan growth hits 3-year high
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Higher credit card and car loans pushed bank lending up.
                    
                                        
                    
                Asian banks' wholesale revenues soar 21% in 2017
                                                                                                 
                        
                        They lead the rest of the world when shares of global banks plunged 17%.
                    
                                        
                    
                Myanmar now lets foreign banks provide export financing services
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Still, they are prohibited from providing basic retail transactions amidst the reform.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore inks fintech collaboration deal with Japan
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It will promote Singapore as a preferred business destination for Japanese fintech and vice versa.
                    
                                        
                    
                Bank of China Singapore revamps Family Card with improved cash rebate
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Cardholders can earn up to $1,440 in cash rebate annually.
                    
                                        
                    
                Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Exodus of banks in London looms after Brexit; Deutsche Bank looks for new CEO
                                                                                                 
                        
                        And Wells Fargo's 4 top risk management execs to retire.
                    
                                        
                    
                DBS to hire future-ready tech talents via hackathon
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The Hack2Hire programme will hire up to 100 qualified candidates.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore banks net profit surge 27% in Q4 as they embrace fintech
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The country is home to 39% of fintech firms in the ASEAN.