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Taipei Fubon Bank to build new wealth management platform

The new platform will be launched in Hong Kong and Singapore before its Taiwan roll-out.

Taipei Fubon Bank to build new wealth management platform

The new platform will be launched in Hong Kong and Singapore before its Taiwan roll-out.

Citi Vietnam appoints new country officer

Ramachandran A.S. will oversee Citi’s operations and serve as main regulatory representative.

Hong Kong’s livi bank doubles customer base to 200,000 by end-2021

Its buy now, pay later service has received over 60,000 applications.

Reaching the future of banking through modernised operations and data management

Banks are now compelled to up the ante to compete with fintechs who have grown wise in leveraging data.

Happy holidays, one and all!

Asian Banking & Finance will be back on 10 January 2022. 

India’s card payments market to grow 31.2% in 2022

Growing adoption of electronic payments will help push up the card market.

VP Bank appoints Chris Chee as Chief Risk Officer for Asian operations

He has held leadership positions in RBC Singapore, ANZ, UBS, and DBS.

NTUC Income’s BIX onboard UOB Asset Management’s digital advisory service

UOBAM Invest is the first partner to be onboarded in the BIX platform.

Westpac hit with protest vote against exec pay plans: report

The Australian lender faces paying up to $81m for charging fees to dead people.

Why banks need more tech experts in their board rooms

Massive adoption of tech without critical tech advice from experts could spell doom for lenders.

Philippine-based BDO to reimburse 700 clients hit with online fraud

Clients allegedly lost thousands from unauthorised transfers to a UnionBank account.

Malaysia’s Kenanga Investment Bank appoints non-independent non-executive director

Choy Khai Choon also serves as independent non-exec chairman at Zurich Life.

UOB’s Indonesian digital bank arm launches buy now pay later services

TMRW Pay offers deferred payments with zero-interest for up to 90 days.

A modernised data fabric is the way to go for financial sector

The right data infrastructure can help banks and insurance firms boost their business operations.

APAC banks' outlook stable, but face uneven recovery: Moody’s

Bank to maintain solid balance sheets with stable liquidity.

HSBC grants HK$1b green loan to Chinachem Group

The group plans to cut in half its carbon emissions by 2030.