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Commonwealth Bank of Australia sells 10% stake at Bank of Hangzhou for $1.3b

CBA has agreed to maintain a 5.57% shareholding in the bank until Feb 2025.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia sells 10% stake at Bank of Hangzhou for $1.3b

CBA has agreed to maintain a 5.57% shareholding in the bank until Feb 2025.

Standard Chartered India appoints Saurabh Jain as new WM head

Jain first joined Standard Chartered in 2019 as CEO of its Indian securities business.

Singapore banks halt lending for Russian energy trades: report

DBS, OCBC, and UOB have reportedly stopped issuing letters of credit.

DBS, OCBC, UOB: Who performed best in Q4 2021?

One of the three failed to meet market expectations.

Indonesia secures US$150m sustainability-linked loan from ADB

Indonesia has an annual infrastructure financing gap of around US$51b.

Singapore to block certain Russian banks, financial transactions

The government is also donating US$100,000 for Ukranians’ humanitarian needs.

Chinese banks urged to support affordable rental housing dev't: report

This comes after Beijing vowed to keep the property market stable.

UOB to facilitate US$2.4b pipeline of investments in Vietnam

This is expected to create 13,000 jobs in the country.

Blue Prism reveals untapped opportunities of RPA adoption in financial services industry across APAC

Financial services industry has become a hotspot of digital innovation, driven by changing customer expectations, heightened competitions by new entrants and incumbents, stringent regulations, and technological advancements. Embracing the digital world is a strategic imperative to ride the economic recovery wave and build business resiliency. The pandemic exposed many productivity gaps between companies that adequately invested in digital platforms to continue business operations with a remote workforce, and those who were still reliant on manual processes.

Standard Chartered, IATA launch airline payment platform in India

IATA Pay offers instant payment options such as UPI Scan & Pay and UPI Collect.

BEA closes 2021 with 45.8% surge in attributable profits

The bank got a boost from a significant reduction in impairment losses.

APAC banks face lower credit losses: S&P

Credit losses in 86 banking systems globally are expected to equal $635b in 2022. 

Dah Sing Bank announces more temporary closure of branches

The bank recently closed its Causeway Bay branch.

OCBC closes 2021 with 35% surge on profits

Proposed final dividend was increased to 28 cents per share.

Standard Chartered names global heads for CPBB business

Xie Wen and Mohamed Kerain are tasked with growing SC’s CPBB business.

Standard Chartered appoints Jessie Li as head of consumer, private, business banking

Li served as Hang Seng Bank China deputy chief executive and head of retail banking and wealth.