Singapore

DBU consumer loans growth held steady.

Allots $1.2m in prizes for early upgraders.

Asian-based banks are aggressively expanding their Affluent/High Net Worth (HNW) banking value propositions in light of growing economic prosperity and affluence within the region.

Singaporean banks dominated the top three.

The product will be installed in Switzerland.

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation said Tan will oversee the bank’s debt capital markets and loan syndication teams and will be responsible for driving the business and executing its strategic growth plans. Tan is a veteran in the finance and banking industry with 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining OCBC Bank, he was the head of capital markets, Singapore at Standard Chartered Bank. He also worked at Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) for 16 years providing debt capital market and corporate finance advice and solutions. Tan holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with honors from the National University of Singapore and an MBA from the University of Washington.

It's part of plans to double lending.

The string of impacts isn't over yet.

Gone are the days of extra-low provision cycle.

Consultants and others who have perfected the art of talking a lot without saying anything (and getting paid for their efforts) are frequently in the habit of referring to "paradigm shifts", even if not everyone is sure what "paradigm" actually means.

UOB is the only Singapore bank with Thai operations.

NIM has reached an inflection point.

Cardholders get 2% cash rebate when using their card overseas.

The retail and hospitality industries have long cottoned on to the fact that enhancing the customer’s 360 degree experience of a brand are ninth tenths of the battle for market share.

But loan growth was strong for all.

It boasts of OneKey two-factor authentication feature.