Retail Banking

Siam Commercial Bank to insure wealth segment customers

This is through a partnership with Prudential Thailand.

Singapore banks target lower credit cost in 2018

Every 5bp decrease in credit cost can lift sector earnings by 3%.

3 trends in Indonesia's shift to digital banking

Big banks are now adapting to the current digital trends.

70% of Chinese banks expect bad loans to dip 2%

Most bankers are confident in results in the next three years.

Indonesian banks' loan growth remains weak at 3.8%

This may also be the case in 2018 despite better economic growth.

Philippine banks' consumer loans jumped 16%

Local banks keep zeroing in on consumer lending to spur growth.

Hong Kong banks' loan growth predicted to hit 18% for 2018

The forecast rose from 7.5% as lending to private companies grew.

Thai banks' earnings slip 8% YoY in 4Q17

They will continue to struggle in early 2018 as it dips by 1% QoQ.

Hang Seng Bank unveils AI chatbots for retail banking

Chatbots ‘HARO’ and ‘DORI’ are now ready to serve. Hang Seng banks spearheads the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for retail banking...

Citi names Stuart Stanley as head of Asia markets and securities services

He will succeed Patrick Dewilde who will retire in March 2018 after 34 years of service. Stuart has been with Citi for more than 13 years and has...

Low profitability and insufficient capital haunt Chinese banks

Even their improved asset quality cannot mask these concerns.

OCBC launches advisory service on property purchase

It can compute, analyse, and provide information and consultation. OCBC Bank is the first bank in Singapore to launch an online advisory service...

Malaysian banks' credit growth hits 5.5% in Nov 2017

It compensated for the sluggish 3.9% industry loan growth.

Deutsche Bank appoints Mahesh Kini as head of global subsidiary coverage for APAC

He will report to Kaushik Shaparia, head of global subsidiary coverage, global transaction banking. Prior to this appointment, Mahesh was head of...