Branch Banking

How banks in Asia-Pacific can survive in an age of declining profitability

Cutting down branches and migrating banking services to online and mobile channels are key to keeping costs down.

How banks in Asia-Pacific can survive in an age of declining profitability

Cutting down branches and migrating banking services to online and mobile channels are key to keeping costs down.

Banks into hubs: OCBC NISP embraces guesthouse-feel branches

Select outlets draw on a mix of batik and contemporary aesthetic and feature special aromatherapies.

UOB unveils branch in Hanoi

It comes after the incorporation of UOB Vietnam as a foreign-owned subsidiary bank.

Chinese bank branches hit 228,600 in 2018

Around 5,600 branches were set up in far-flung communities.

Taiwanese bank branches drop to eight-year low in May

Banks have yet to apply for an application to open a new branch since the start of the year.

How Thai banks are breaking the branch mold

Krungthai Bank is looking to launch five more retail-like branch formats in 2019.

Chart of the Week: How many branches do Korean banks have left?

The number fell from as high as over 7,500 in 2014.

MUFG to close 80 more branches

The move aims to cut costs and boost efficiency gains.

Bank of Communications unveils branch in Prague

The latest opening marks its 23rd overseas unit.

Bank of Singapore unveils European wealth subsidiary

The private bank opened branches in London and Luxembourg.

Japan tightens profitability rules on struggling regional banks

Underperforming lenders may be requested to close down branches.

ICBC unveils first Philippine branch

It is the 12th foreign lender to secure a license after the country loosened up the industry to global players. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of...

ABN AMRO unveils branch in Sydney

Peter Davis will lead the Dutch lender's operations in Australia.

DBS to set up over 100 touchpoints in India

The bank plans to open nine new branches in March alone.

HSBC Singapore revamps branch network

This will include the revamp of its flagship branch in Claymore.

MUFG appoints Calvin Nguyen as director and head of global corporate banking in Vietnam

He was the previous global banking country head in Vietnam International Bank.