Retail Banking

59% of Filipinos know their personal finances well

Filipinos scored an all-time high of 52.6 out of a possible 100 points in the latest Citi Financial Quotient Survey.

59% of Filipinos know their personal finances well

Filipinos scored an all-time high of 52.6 out of a possible 100 points in the latest Citi Financial Quotient Survey.

BOCHK has the lowest LDR among peers in 1H12

Barclays believes Bank of China (Hong Kong) has capacity to increase lending and pull back from deposit competition.

How can Chinese banks handle the sudden surges of liquidity demand?

Find out what analysts have to say about reports of Chinese banks being threatened by worsening short-term liquidity.

Chinese banks’ profit growth may fall to single digits in 2013

China’s banks, the world’s second most profitable after Indonesia’s, are expected to see profit growth fall below 10% in 2013.

BoCom boosts core capital

Bank of Communications Ltd said it has raised US$4.7 billion to meet the government’s capital adequacy ratio requirement.

CCB faces lower profitability; more bad loans

A rising number of bad loans threaten future earnings for China Construction Bank Corporation that saw its first-half net profit rise 15% year-on...

Asian Banking & Finance Awards 2012 winners revealed

Find out who the winning banks are in this year’s Retail Banking Awards and the inaugural Wholesale Banking Awards.

Citi issues own credit cards in China

Citigroup Inc has made history by becoming the first Western bank to issue its own credit card in China without co-branding from a local financial...

Flagging economy slams Bank of China

Bank of China Ltd reported a net profit of US$5.5 billion, a 5.3% improvement year-on-year from US$5.2 billion.

Bank of China posts weakest net increase in 3 years

Bank of China posted a 5.1 percent rise in second-quarter net profit, its slowest profit growth in over 3 years.

Singapore's banks on the look-out vs European tax evaders

Banks in Singapore have been warned since last year against funds being transferred to evade taxation elsewhere.

Kien's arrest shocks Vietnam's stock market, banking sector

Nguyen Duc Kien's arrest on suspicion of conducting illegal business activities is triggering a dramatic fall in Vietnam's stock markets.

Maybank posts $862M first half profits

Maybank's profits rose by 21.2 percent to 2.7 billion Malaysian ringgit or US$862 million in the first half from the same period last year.

India and Pakistan to host each other's banks

India and Pakistan have agreed to host two banks from each other.

The end of outsourcing as we know it?

The recent allegations1 and eventual settlement2 against Standard Chartered regarding lapses in their anti-money laundering (AML) controls has made...

Singapore banks brace for weaker non-interest income

Trading-related income fell 39% qoq to S$764m in 2QFY12, says CIMB.

ANZ Bank posts 10% increase in profits

ANZ Bank profited A$4.4 billion for the nine months to June for a 10 percent increase of profits.