Singapore
More Asians saying goodbye to cash
Around 470 billion cashless payments were made worldwide in 2015.
Singapore banks' credit costs won't decline anytime soon: analyst
What will keep costs elevated?
CIMB Singapore launches multi-feature current account for businesses
CIMB BusinessGo has a high base interest rate of 0.78%.
UOB enables businesses to pay suppliers via a virtual corporate credit card account
That is even if these parties do not accept card payments.
Chart of the Week: Singapore banks' non-interest income formed up to 43% of total income
DBS outperformed OCBC and UOB.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: US banks report record 2016 profits; Bankers told to set up full-scale operations in Frankfurt post-Brexit
Barclays cuts bonuses and Wells Fargo launches robo advisor.
Here's a rundown of Singapore banks' O&G exposures in 4Q16
UOB has the lowest O&G exposure.
Bank of Singapore unveils branch in Dubai International Financial Centre
The branch is helmed by veteran banker Kirit Chauhan.
Standard Chartered Singapore's profit down 6% to US$1,489m in 2016
A weaker demand for Wealth Management products is partly to blame.
Singapore banks' loan growth to hit up to 4% in FY17
But foreign banks in Singapore are cutting their loan sizes.
Expect more banking chatbots in 2017
Chatbots went from novelty to mainstream in 2016.
Singapore banks' profitability to weaken slightly in 2017: Fitch
Average ROE fell to 10.4% in 2016, from 11.7% for 2015.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Losing banking jobs to EU imperils financial stability; Which US banks will benefit the most from tax cuts?
And Wells Fargo fires 4 executives.
Asian banks take the fast lane to real-time payments
Asian banks zooming towards faster and more secure transactions while navigating the region’s mounting regulatory hazards.
The top 10 IT priorities for banks in 2017
Find out where APAC banks will spend their $67.1b budget for IT this year.
Are Singapore banks' asset quality woes finally over?
New non-performing asset formation rates fell in Q4 2016 from their peaks in Q2 2016.