Singapore

Asia’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are thriving, benefiting from strong economic growth throughout the region. But in an increasingly interconnected world, they are not immune to problems elsewhere, such as the Euro crisis.

If so, what can both banks expect from the takeover?

Thanks to the banks’ high capital standards, close regulatory supervision and strong funding franchises.

“The key opportunity for banks is to use the point of sale collection technology to provide richer information to their clients,” HSBC’s John Laurens said.

The new CEO of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation has grand plans for the Singaporean bank.

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund casts a huge vote of confidence in China’s economy.

John Laurens says standardisation of communication channels like SWIFT will also have a great impact to banking technology in the next few years.

Hinton, Standard Chartered's new global head for SME banking, aims to put greater focus on developing and rewarding staff while giving customers superior service.

According to reports, Singapore banks may have to bear the brunt of flat interest margins and low loan growth, but will they really be hit that hard?

Key dynamics at play within the Asian prime services landscape.

HSBC says cloud is a more powerful concept but CIMB warns it still needs to prove its readiness to handle mainstream financial services applications.

HSBC cut over 100 jobs in Singapore representing just over 3 percent of its 3,000-strong workforce in the city-state.

If successful, it will be the biggest bank takeover in Southeast Asia.

A key role of the finance team in any commercial organisation is to co-ordinate the annual budgeting or fiscal planning process and then to provide regular updates on progress towards the attainment of that plan.

The Islamic banking sector is one of the fastest growing segments in global banking, growing at an estimated 15-20% p.a.

IBS has recently come out with its Sales League Tables for the year ended December 2011. The analysis has shown that IT vendors concentrating on the APAC market have moved up significantly.