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Weekly Global News Wrap Up: US banks face trouble beefing up mobile base; Embattled Wells Fargo's earnings crash to $5.19b in Q2

Weekly Global News Wrap Up: US banks face trouble beefing up mobile base; Embattled Wells Fargo's earnings crash to $5.19b in Q2

And an Islamic banking entity with about $92b in assets may be in the works. From Bloomberg: The biggest banks’ push into mobile is running out of low-hanging fruit. Bank of America Corp. added active mobile customers at a slower pace for at least the fourth quarter in a row in the three months through June. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s active mobile customers increased 2.4 percent in second quarter. A year earlier, the jump was 4.1 percent.

SIBOR set to buoy Singapore banks from slow mortgage growth

Every 10bps rise in SIBOR could offset a 1ppt slowdown in loan growth.

Myanmar steps up oversight over share acquisitions by foreign banks

Foreign investors are allowed to acquire up to 35% stake in local firms.

Higher mortgages loom as Singapore banks move to offset dismal lending

Some banks have been reportedly scrapping fixed deposit linked packages in favor of Sibor pegged packages.

Cooling measures to improve Singapore banks asset quality

This comes as a welcome development amidst slower loan growth.

Property cooling measures threaten Singapore's healthy bank lending

UOB may bear the brunt of the fallout due to its greater property exposure.

Singapore adds 7,800 jobs to fintech and financial services sector in 2016-2017

Growth was driven by the insurance and fund management industries.

Chart of the Week: Here are Asia's top trade finance banks

Bank of India is fast outpacing Japan's mega-banks.

Discover the hottest trends in digital banking at ABF's inaugural Digital & Open Banking Conference

The industry's premier bankers and innovators will come together and grace the event.

DBS appoints Teck Long Tan as chief risk officer

He has been with the bank for 25 years.

CIMB Singapore debuts online application for SGD fixed deposits

It will offer promotional rates for the deposits until 31 July.

Citi launches digital reskilling programme

About 400 staff will begin training over the next 12 months.