Retail Banking

China orders banks, insurers to draft 'living wills': report

This is to ensure that troubled financial institutions won't end up needing costly bailouts.

China orders banks, insurers to draft 'living wills': report

This is to ensure that troubled financial institutions won't end up needing costly bailouts.

UNObank clinches Philippines’ third digital bank license

Parent DigibankASIA will work alongside partners Mambu, Backbase, and AWS in developing its services.

HSBC plans to split leadership of Asia with two co-heads: report

Wong protege David Liao and India’s Surendra Rosha are rumored to become co-heads.

Taiwan’s banking sector stable despite recent COVID infection spike: Fitch

All local banks’ outlooks remain stable thanks to Taiwan’s economic resilience.

Significant gaps remain in financial accessibility, awareness: study

Over half of both unbanked and banked individuals feel that they are underserved, Mambu’s study found.

Vietnamese banks’ profits to improve: Moody’s

Higher yields from their retail loans will push up earnings.

Philippines’ newest neobank aims to disrupt the industry with a dash of personality

Tonik Digital Bank wants to become the first bank brand in the country with “a sense of humor.”

HSBC exits US mass market retail banking, sells 90 branches

All personal, advance, and retail business banking customers with turnover below $5m are affected.

Global banks on a hiring craze as they vie for rich Asians’ assets

HSBC, Goldman Sachs, and Citi are all eyeing a piece of the region's trillion-dollar financial market.

Japan’s top internet-only bank seeks to scale Taiwan’s banking industry

Rakuten International Commercial Bank leverages its parent’s 20 years’ experience in Japan and its extensive global network of companies and partners...

Citi APAC adds nearly 650 new wealth professionals in 2021 so far

The group has added over $5b in net new money in Q1 alone.

Citi appoints new head for private banking arm in South Asia

Lee will have direct responsibility over the private bank arm of Singapore, Malaysia.

Low costs buoys Australian banks’ profits, but pressures to persist

Operating profit is 46% higher than last year, but pre-impairment earnings remain subdued.

OCBC net profit more than doubled in Q1, wealth on the rise

Wealth management income jumped 40% in Q1 from the previous quarter.

Indonesia’s Bank Agro appoints Kaspar Situmorang as CEO, to build neobank

Bank Agro will build on app Pinang's clientele to build a digital-only bank.