Retail Banking

RCBC expansion hinged on acquiring mid-sized banks

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation hopes to have 400 branches the soonest possible...

RCBC expansion hinged on acquiring mid-sized banks

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation hopes to have 400 branches the soonest possible...

Krung Thai Bank pursues nationwide ATM expansion

Krung Thai Bank is going to expand ATM installation points to facilitate the clients nationwide including the four southern-most border provinces.

UnionBank's 5-month net income up by 44%

The net income of the UnionBank of the Philippines rose to US$28.97 million during the January-May period, or a 44 percent growth from US$20 million a...

Metrobank is most financially reputable: Asia 200 survey

Metrobank ranked first in “Financial Reputation” in the Philippines by readers of The Wall Street Journal Asia, according to Asia 200. The report was...

Sirodom to serve as Siam Commercial Bank director

Siam Commercial Bank named Associate Professor Dr. Kulpatra Sirodom to serve as an Independent Director and member of the Audit Committee. This is...

BEA forges collaboration with Criteria and “la Caixa”

BEA has concluded a series of business cooperation agreements with Criteria CaixaCorp and Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona.

Bangkok Bank ups interest in new fixed deposit product

Bangkok Bank has introduced a new fixed deposit account with increasing interest rates, from 1 to 1.5 percent per annum, over a period of 18 months...

Metrobank’s local ATMs now over a thousand

Metrobank added 25 new automated teller machines in key areas to increase its network to over a thousand ATMs nationwide.

ACLEDA Bank raises capital to US$68.15 million

ACLEDA Bank has again raised its total registered capital share by US$8.15 million.

ME Bank assures clients of strong financial position

Over the next few months Members Equity Bank will gradually introduce a new logo and colours to remind bankers that it is theirs.

Bank of Punjab gets US$123M capital boost from Punjabi govt

The Government of the Punjab contributed US$123 million as advance subscription money towards proposed increase in the Bank of Punjab’s paid up...

Hang Seng expresses commitment to China

Hang Seng Bank held a Board of Directors meeting in Yantai City to express its strong commitment to mainland China. Yantai in Shandong province is...

Yuen and Mohan are new ANZ heads for HK and NW Pacific

ANZ appointed Susan Yuen and Vishnu Mohan as Chief Executive Officers of Hong Kong and North West Pacific, respectively. Mohan will also be ANZ’s...

HSBC segregates general banking from investment services

HSBC is implementing new measures at its branches to segregate its general banking service areas from investment service areas. This is in line with...

St.George heeds customers' calls for lower service fees

St.George Bank of Australia will reduce monthly account service fee from US$5.6 to US$4 per month. Additionally customers who deposit at least US$1610...

J&K Bank revs up momentum with ATMs

Still on cloud nine over posting its highest profit ever of US$86 million, the Jammu and Kasmhir Bank dedicated four ATMs to Rajouri.

HSBC, Bank of China are top HK market makers

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority placed the HSBC and the Bank of China at the top of new sets of league tables of market makers for bills and notes...