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And who knows, cheques may even become obsolete someday; find out what CIMB's Iswaraan Suppiah and HSBC's John Laurens have to say about mobile banking.

HSBC’s Laurens and Citi’s Saxena concur that the need for decentralization increases as financial centers move from West to East.

DBS’ Ken Stratton and Citi’s Ravi Saxena concur that Asian banks are taking up the slack, resulting in greater opportunities and increasing margins.

Some European countries already agreed to report to their own government agencies rather than direct to the US government - will Asia follow suit?

Morgan Stanley’s wholesale banking license allows it to expand its lucrative wealth management business and boost lending.

It increased to 90% in 2011 compared to 82% in 2010.

Central banks in the ASEAN will set up an ASEAN bank system.

Although asset management is considered the most consistently profitable business in financial services, there has been extreme volatility in the degree to which individual firms capture profits.

The internationalisation of RMB is providing banks with opportunities to enhance their cash management structures in the face of a USD liquidity shortage - but does a shortage really exist till now?

The Singapore unit of CIMB Bank is poised to expand its Islamic banking operations in a big way.

With the outlook of slow growth in the coming years, banks across Asia need to aim for significant structural changes to their cost base. This can be a challenge, however there are lessons from the experiences of other industries such as the European postal industry for example.

We already know the huge impact, if not burden, the proposed FATCA regulations brings to Asian banks - but what else do we need to know about the new regulation? KPMG, Deloitte and PwC give their insights.

The Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd has developed an application or app that makes it easier for customers to navigate complex loan requirements.

The banking community of the Asia Pacific region continues to impress with its commitment to the branch.

HSBC Singapore is 60% on the way to achieving its profit target of US$1 billion by 2016.

As clients look for enhanced services, banks will have to strive for better cash and trade product sets - find out what HSBC’s John Laurens, Citi’s Ravi Saxena, and DBS’ Ken Stratton have to say.