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Singapore banks grapple with tepid margins in 2019
Singapore banks grapple with tepid margins in 2019
Net interest margins are set to rise by 3-5bp.
Asian Banking and Finance Wholesale Banking Awards 2019 opens for nominations
Entries are accepted until April 19.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Three-way UAE merger creates $114b banking giant; Standard Chartered slapped with $40m fine
And Kazakhstan is looking for a bank to take over its second largest lender.
Singapore banks' loan growth to grind to a halt at 0.5% by end-2019
Mortgage loans and business-related loans are caving under pressure.
Singapore mortgages slow sharply as sentiment sours
Home loan growth slowed to 1.9% in January-November 2018 from 4.2% in 2017.
DBS unveils loadable QR Ang Bao for Chinese New Year
They will be available from 25 January and can be used until 15 March.
Chart of the Week: Singapore mortgage loans to grow 3% in 2019
The cooling measures will temper borrowing activities.
Singapore banks' innovation labs struggle to retain talent
Their tasks may be clashing with the banks’ in-house tech teams.
Morgan Stanley beefs up Asian wealth team
It will hire 50 RMs in Hong Kong and Singapore over the next three years.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: US big banks' Q4 revenue disappoints amidst weak bond trading; Italian banks face $63b funding crunch
And here's why European Investment Bank is being sued.
Woori Bank adopts financial holding company structure to boost nonbanking arm
It will start working on acquiring REITs and savings banks.
Myanmar's MAB launches wealth banking platform
The bank is aiming to double its premium members within one year.
Korea's IBK gets go-ahead for takeover of 2 Indonesian banks
It is aiming to merge the two banks to launch IBK Indonesia within 2019.
OCBC launches digital dashboard for SMEs
The dashboard features over 40 business apps.
Are Singapore banks bracing for another O&G nightmare amidst Coastal Oil troubles?
The indebted crude oil supplier owes the three Singapore banks a combined US$172.1m.
UOB renews bancassurance deal with Prudential for 15 years
The bank will continue to the latter's products in five Asian markets.
DBS launches online portal giving SMEs the digital leg up
SMEs can access accounting, digital marketing and cybersecurity solutions.