Retail Banking

Indonesian banks play catch-up as fintech firms gain traction

Indonesia has been witnessing a vibrant fintech marketplace with more brands rising in popularity.

Indonesian banks play catch-up as fintech firms gain traction

Indonesia has been witnessing a vibrant fintech marketplace with more brands rising in popularity.

Why Q1 was only the beginning of a 'divergence' in China's banking sector

Weak franchise banks greatly underperformed during the quarter.

CIMB Niaga's Q1 net profit surges 138% to US$48m

The bank is expected to contribute 18% of CIMB Group’s FY17 earnings.

Hang Seng Bank appoints Margaret W H Kwan as executive director

According to a release, Mr Patrick K W Chan will resign as Executive Director of Hang Seng Bank and will cease to be Head of Greater China of the Bank...

Bank Rakyat Indonesia to increase micro loans from 49% of its total portfolio

The bank's new CEO disclosed some of his strategies for the bank.

OCBC's Q1 net profit expected to decline 4% to around US$586m

Provisions will remain high for the same O&G accounts.

UOB's ROE to outperform peers in 1Q17: analyst

But core net profit is seen to grow only 3%.

Singapore banks' loan growth to be 'relatively subdued'

That is despite a slight recovery in February.

Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks to benefit from lower funding costs

Thanks to the system's CASA ratio rising to a multi-year high of 27.1% in February.

Smaller banks in China post weaker capital and liquidity positions

This is due to their faster asset growth rate.Moody's Investors Service says that the 2016 results of the 11 listed Chinese banks rated by Moody's...

Kasikornbank's NPL up 1bps to 3.84% in Q1

Managament said NPL has already peaked this cycle late last year.