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Malaysian bank earnings up 5% in Q2
Investment and trading income drove quarterly profit gains.
Oliver Wyman's Shrikant Patil to join panel at ABF Digital & Open Banking Conference 2019
He will discuss how to drive innovative business models based on open data and open banking.
Fintech investments into China hit $60.1b in 2014-Q1 2019
Payment and remittances companies snapped up $24.7b in funding.
Singapore banks stomach larger asset quality risk in overseas pivot
OCBC's non-SGD loan book exposure hit 65% in Q2.
Which Singapore bank has the highest unsecured NPA?
This lender has more than half of its bad assets unsecured.
Chart of the Week: Thai banks' Q2 stressed loans hits 2.95%
NPL improvements were seen in the manufacturing and commerce sectors.
Celent's Eiichiro Yanagawa to grace the ABF Digital & Open Banking Conference 2019
He will make the case for the self-service data analytics model.
Margins of big Philippine banks widen in H1
On the other hand, NIMs of mid-sized players shrank.
Internet banking transactions in Korea hit record high in 2018
The number of transactions broke the 100-million mark for the first time.
Small Chinese banks lead profit growth in H1
City and village banks saw net profit grow 13.7% compared to 4.8% for the Big 4.
Regional credit growth props up bank loans as domestic lending falls flat
Loans to DBU trade-related segments and mortgages slowed.
Ping An's fintech unit mulls Singapore virtual banking license
OneConnect received a virtual banking license in Hong Kong earlier this year.
Singapore launches e-service to aid fight against dirty money
It aims to address compliance challenges when financing trade.
How a former Wall Street guy is disrupting Myanmar's microfinance landscape
Jason Loughnane will discuss how using big data can ease the credit appraisal process.
Learn how virtual banks can ease onboarding processes for SMEs
Hear from CH&Co's Guillaume Rico at ABF DOB Conference on how banks can stay ahead.
Japanese banks cut over 3,600 employees in 2018 in aggressive restructuring push
Total headcount fell to 223,778 by end-March.