Retail Banking
KDB Financial keen on buying HSBC's Korean retail operations
The possible takeover will augment to KDB's flagship businesses: investment banking and corporate financing as HSBC downsizes retail business.
KDB Financial keen on buying HSBC's Korean retail operations
The possible takeover will augment to KDB's flagship businesses: investment banking and corporate financing as HSBC downsizes retail business.
ANZ Bank imposes pay cap to executives
Escalating borrowing costs and declining property prices erodes demand for mortgages in the developed world.
Philippine banks seen to withstand slowdown
The lender’s non-performing loan ratio was only 3.2% as of June as they continued to trim their soured loans and give out more loans.
Westpac picks Simon Power as Head of Private Bank
The outgoing Cabinet Minister eyed to bring an array of skills and experience to the position.
Sacombank Jan-Sep pre-tax profit estimated at VND 2.17T
Sacombank estimated its pre-tax profit in January-September at VND2.17 trillion unconsolidated, according to Vietnam Daily News, citing a Dau tu...
Southern Bank gets go-signal to hike chartered capital
The State Bank of Vietnam governor has issued a decision approving Southern Bank's application to increase its chartered capital to over 3.212...
Westpac appoints Tony MacRae as Head of third party distribution
MacRae expected to bring strategy, sales management and specialist knowledge in distribution business to the unit.
Indonesian lenders among the most resilient
A Deutsche Bank report said the country’s banks can weather recessionary risks and severe shocks to the international banking system.
Bank Mandiri to introduce banking to students
The part of the lender’s school banking program is putting up miniature banks in target 68 schools.
BNP Paribas Bank Polska to utilize Teradata's CRM software as retail banking tool
Through the Aprimo Relationship Manager, the bank will be able to efficiently provide customers with the right financial product or service.
Global regulators to force banks to increase liquid assets
The Basel group plans to put uniform implementation of the Basel III reforms at the top of its agenda, according to a Reuters report.
Security Bank's net profit up 33% to PhP 2.4b
This resulted to an annualized return on equity of 19.0% as of June 2011.
Southern Bank to hike chartered capital
The governor of the State Bank of Vietnam has approved Southern Bank's application to increase its chartered capital to over 3.212 trillion dong...
ICBC's aggregate assets overseas surpass US$100B
ICBC's aggregate assets in overseas subsidiaries rose 37.2% over the end of 2010 to USD 103.869 billion at the end of June. In the January-June...
OCB to increase chartered capital to VND3T
Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank has received approval from the governor of State Bank of Vietnam to raise its chartered capital to 3 trillion dong...
Habubank raises chartered capital by over VND1T
Habubank finished hiking its chartered capital from 3 trillion dong to 4.05 trillion dong and officially registered the new chartered capital in...
Sacombank launches Vietnam’s first wholly owned overseas bank
Sacombank became the country’s first banking institution to launch a wholly owned incorporation in a foreign country with its Cambodia unit.