Southeast Asia

The partnership targets to have clean energy access and transitions within South and Southeast Asia.

This is DBS’ 19th market globally.

Supportive regulation, digital investments, and fintechs slowing growth will play to banks’ favor.

The bank aims to increase its international business income to 4% of its total net income.

Prior to his new role, Oeni led the WM business of Credit Suisse in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Both asset quality and profits will weaken but should be manageable, says Moody’s.

Bangladesh, a country with a high population density, has achieved this accomplishment thanks to the political leadership's passion and commitment to the MDGs, especially at the highest levels of the current Government. The Honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh has received particular recognition from foreign organizations by being given awards for achieving certain MDG milestones.

Tightening of interest rate cycles in 2023 will weaken asset quality, says Fitch.

In the future, a one-stop-shop may just be the way to go for bank customers.

She has worked with HSBC Trustee for 15 years.

Financial system based on shariah, or Islamic law, is a better strategy than traditional finance in light of the recent difficulties in the global economy. The area of the global financial system with the quickest growth has been Islamic finance. Because of the high level of innovation that has kept up with the changing demands for financial products and services as economics continues to change and expand, this growth has also been in quality and depth. The increased availability of profit-loss sharing savings, investing, and other structured finance-based instruments is significant.

Thanks to the pandemic, the uncertainty of the world economy has been especially devastating  for those living on the poverty threshold and struggling to make ends meet. Many in this  demographic lost much-needed jobs as the economy shrunk, while others hustled on the side, for  example, as food sellers, to continue to put bread on the table. 

Rising rates and tightening policies hurt borrowers’ repayment capacities and push up operating costs.

BRIBrain has helped the bank reduce loan application times from 2 weeks to 2 minutes