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What could ease the pressure on Indian banks' profitability?

Funding and credit costs are expected to be lower.

Bank Central Asia's senior EVP talks about the digital challenges faced by Indonesian banks

Hermawan Thendean also revealed how BCA opened its APIs to a community of web developers.

Citi Australia dead set on tripling its wealth management business by 2020

The bank will hire 100 new relationship managers over the next three years.

DBS launches digibank in Indonesia

It follows digibank’s success in India last year.

Hong Leong Bank's core earnings up 10.5% to US$515m in FY17

Pre-provision operating profit expanded a solid 8.8%.

RHB Bank's net profit up 9.4% to US$234m in 1H17

Thanks to lower impairment losses on other assets.

Hong Kong banks' funding and liquidity conditions to remain benign till 2018

But potential funding volatility will come from changes in banks' loan and deposit currency mix.

HSBC appoints Alan Turner as head of commercial banking for Singapore

In this role, Mr Turner will have responsibility for HSBC’s Large Corporates and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) banking segments, as well as...

Singapore banks' wealth management fees to post double-digit growth

It formed up to 44% of banks' commission income in 1H17.

OCBC enables customers to make cashless payments with new mobile keyboard

Customers can now make e-payments without exiting their current mobile app.

Consolidating public sector banks in India still won't improve weak capitalisation

But the mergers could provide scale efficiencies and improve the quality of corporate governance.

Commonwealth Bank to be probed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission also launched its investigation.

Singapore banks' non-interest income to increase by up to 15%

Thanks to wealth management fees and net trading income.