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KB Financial to shift focus to marketing
88 percent of the back office staff at Kookmin Bank to be reassigned to marketing tasks.
KB Financial to shift focus to marketing
88 percent of the back office staff at Kookmin Bank to be reassigned to marketing tasks.
DBS and PayPal enhance global online shopping experience
Collaboration enables DBS/POSB customers to replenish PayPal accounts for online shopping without credit card.
BPI readies $220mln for possible acquisitions
Lender on a lookout for a potential buy as part of its 5-year growth plan.
China Everbright tags IPO at $US0.46 per share
Lender’s IPO success may encourage rival banks to follow suit.
Krung Thai mulls Nok Airlines stake sale
Lender to review Nok's competitiveness and financial soundness before it would divest its 10% stake.
Hong Leong Bank concludes sub debt issuance
Sub debt, whose proceeds to be used for lender's working capital, was 8 times oversubscribed.
New RMB loans reach $73.82bln in July
Growth of loans in small and medium banks and city commercial banks faster than large lenders'.
Regulator to consult market on NAB's AXA bid
NAB hopes to ease the concerns of the regulator through its revised offer.
SBI Capital to release $21.68mln SME fund
Fund to rope in private equity investment in SME's by providing them critical capital for growth.
Major Philippine banks may seek expansion through acquisitions
Takeover of smaller banks could take place as banks go for competitive edge.
Affin to buy Bank Ina Perdana for $48mln
Acquisition will give Affin Bank direct majority shareholding of 80% in the Indonesian bank.
Lone Star close to recover $1.84bln KEB investment
KEB’s interim dividend payment could mean that planned sale of lender would be postponed.
ANZ to replace ING brand with OnePath
Rebranding focuses on integrating lender’s Wealth group that pools lender’s insurance and fund management businesses.
Singapore regulator slams IBM; orders DBS to choose another vendor
In a stingingly critical assessment of the failure of IBM systems at DBS, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has ordered DBS to "reduce its material outsourcing risks so that it does not overly rely on a single service provider," which effectively means it is ordering DBS to find another vendor.
Regulator backs Hong Leong's $1.7bln EON Cap acquisition
HLBB also earned approval from the Minister of Finance to acquire subsidiaries of EON Cap.
HDFC targets to open 250 new branches
Lender plans to hold 150 ‘loan camps’ as it focuses on semi-urban and rural areas.
Hang Seng sees 30% yuan deposit growth
Lender has raised its loans-to-deposit ratio to 58% behind 1.77% first half net interest margin.