Singapore

Visa's Ooi Huey Tyng aggressively eyeing a cashless society

Find out what the new country manager for Singapore and Brunei will do differently in her position.

Deutsche Bank launches dbIntegrate

It is an outsourced solution providing end-to-end execution, settlement and custody services.

Banque Internationale à Luxembourg signs MOU with Deutsche Bank

BIL will utilize Deutsche Bank’s Autobahn App Market.

Asian banks urged to build AML compliance programs

Asian banking operations face increasing exposure from regulators around the world to AML regulations – though the pressure locally is diverse in approaches and lacks enforcement. This is particularly challenging because regulators from different Asian countries have different approaches - principle-based versus rules-based - and maturity in their regulatory oversight.

OCBC to suffer from rising earnings headwinds

Higher-yielding unsecured personal lending will not be enough to offset higher funding costs.

UOB set to grow in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia

But the bank may suffer from currency translation losses.

Singapore banks' deposit market share under threat from foreign banks

They have already increased fixed deposit rates at ~1%.

Strong Singapore dollar thwarts Singapore's RMB plans

Singapore’s strengthening dollar is preventing the city-state from becoming an alternative to Hong Kong for renminbi deposits.

Standard Chartered's credit quality triggers worries for its wholesale business

Blame it on a sharp pick-up in NPLs and impairments in 1H12.

The 3 best practices mobile money operators in Asia can adopt

6 in 10 consumers hate services that are not user-friendly.