Retail Banking

CIMB Group chairman Nazir Razak takes leave over US$7m transfer investigation

The Board of CIMB Group Holdings Berhad announced at its 59th Annual General Meeting today that Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak will take a voluntary leave of...

Indian banks' liquidity to move from negative to neutral

It will progressively release INR750-800b in the system.

HSBC Private Bank names Sandeep Sharma as head of global private banking for South East Asia

HSBC Private Bank has announced the appointment of Sandeep Sharma as Head of Global Private Banking, South East Asia.

Fintech's ‘coming of age' and what it means for ASEAN FIs

In years to come, February 2016 may well be considered as the month when “fintech” officially came of age.

KBANK's 1Q16 profit likely to have dropped 28%

NPLs could rise 3.3 this month. Maybank Kim Eng analysts attended the 1Q16 results preview meeting held for analysts last Friday. Based on what they...

Why are Singapore banks scrambling to grow their wealth management units?

Their assets under management grew at 12-19% CAGRs in the past five years.

What are BDO's targets for its most recent acquisition?

The goal is to expand One Network Bank’s branches by 15 this year.