Retail Banking
Singapore banks' profitability to weaken slightly in 2017: Fitch
Average ROE fell to 10.4% in 2016, from 11.7% for 2015.
Singapore banks' profitability to weaken slightly in 2017: Fitch
Average ROE fell to 10.4% in 2016, from 11.7% for 2015.
Chart of the Week: Check out the Thai banks' rising net interest margins
Thanks to declining interest costs.
Are Singapore banks' asset quality woes finally over?
New non-performing asset formation rates fell in Q4 2016 from their peaks in Q2 2016.
The digital dilemma: How far has the Philippines gone in its journey towards digitalisation?
Find out what bankers have to say about fintech disruption, online banking, and digital KYC.
Retail Banking Forum 2017 kicks off in Manila with almost 70 attendees
Key executives from the country's major banks graced the event.
ANZ's unaudited cash profit up 8% to hit $1.54b
That's in the three months ended December 31.
What will be the main drivers of Japanese mega banks' overseas loan growth?
Average overseas NPL ratio stood at 0.7% as of end-September 2016.
OCBC's loan yields may be under pressure: analyst
Competitive pressures will offset the loan re-pricing interval benefits.
Maybank Indonesia's profit surged 71% to US$146m in 2016
Thanks to the 10% increase in net interest income growth.
State Bank of India's merger with 5 associate banks gets go-ahead from government
The combined entity will have 23,000 branches in total.
DBS' net profit down 2% to US$3b in 2016
Higher allowances offset stronger operating performance.
Which Singapore bank is winning the financial talent war?
In 2016, the bank’s monthly attrition rate was at a low 0.75% compared to the financial service industry’s rate of 1.3% and the national rate of 2.0%...
Bank Tabungan Negara eyes 20% profit growth for 2017
A significant loan growth is expected to be one of the main drivers.
Large Hong Kong banks to benefit more from NIM expansion compared with smaller banks: analyst
An analyst gives 3 reasons behind this assessment.
OCBC's net profit down 11% to US$2.4b in 2016
The rise in net allowances offset the strong wealth management fee income.
EY's Liew Nam Soon to discuss the fintech effect on digital banking at this year's Retail Banking Forum
He will also talk about the use of robotics in AML at the Forum's Manila leg.
Here's why Japanese banks' domestic loans need to beat the past three years' 3% growth rate
Domestic loans would need to have grown at least 5%.