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Vietnam's OCB 9-month net profit down 8%
Orient Commercial Bank's net profit fell 8% on-year to VND197.5 billion or $9.4 million in the first nine months of the year.
Vietnam's OCB 9-month net profit down 8%
Orient Commercial Bank's net profit fell 8% on-year to VND197.5 billion or $9.4 million in the first nine months of the year.
Hana Financial, local brokerage show intent to buy savings banks
Hana Financial Group and Kiwoom Securities Co. are eyeing to acquire a package of ailing savings banks whose operation have been suspended since September.
Affin's third quarter PBT up 45% to $67.85mn
The lender is positive that the lender will have stellar performance next quarter.
Garuda, Bank Muamalat ink deal on ticket sales
Garuda Indonesia will provide special corporate fares for Bank Muamalat’s employees and Bank Muamalat will open package tours with special prices facilitated by the Garuda Indonesia Holiday program.
Standard Chartered HK to increase mortgage interest rate
The changes will take effect today, 21 November 2011 - but how much will the increase be?
Vietnam’s Maritime Bank to raise chartered capital via bonus shares
Maritime Bank-MSB has submitted an application to the State Securities Commission of Vietnam to be given the authority to to issue 100 million bonus shares at the 7-for-1-ratio.
ACB raises gold deposit interest rate to 2.5%
ACB raised its gold deposit interest rate to 2.5% per annum through their “gold day with ACB” program.
Chinatrust takes over Metlife Taiwan Insurance
All existing employees of MetLife Taiwan will be retained and CFHC will maintain employee's salary and welfare policies for the next two years.
PSBank nine month profit up 1% to $35.72mn
The lender's loans and investments interest revenue soared to $19.15mn, offsetting a decline of $19.15mn in trading income.
Vietnamese bank willing to buy shipbuilder's dollar loan
A domestic bank in Vietnam is willing to buy back the debt of Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group at 35 percent of its face value, or $210 million, compared with the original $600 million.
CIMB Group’s net profit reaches RM1b in 3Q11
This is 10.5% above its 3Q10 net profit of RM916 million.
OCBC launches designer credit cards
There are over 130 designs available for ‘FRANK by OCBC’ credit cards.
AIA AFG Takaful to open 3 branches in 2012
AIA AFG Takaful Bhd plans to set up three branches next year, its chief executive officer Wan Azman Wan Mamat said.
GRGBanking produces first ATM in Myanmar in 8 years
The last ATM in the country was launched by Co-operative Bank back in 2003.
HDbank gets under 10% credit growth in 2012
The State bank of Vietnam assigned a credit growth cap of 10% for the HDBank in 2012 as the lender violated regulation on interest cap.
VIB launches foreign direct investing service
VIB became one of the first commercial joint stock banks to offer packaged banking products and services for the Financial Supervisory Service enterprises in Viet Nam.
Public Bank to invest in Malaysian growth stocks
Public Bank will invest in a diversified portfolio of primarily local equities to achieve capital growth over the medium- to long-term period through its new equity fund, PB Growth Sequel Fund.