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Growing household debt in Singapore worries banks
Growing household debt in Singapore worries banks
Many households overborrowing in the property market.
Why there's nothing to worry about Singapore banks' domestic nonperforming loans
It never exceeded 3% during crisis.
What does the record high loan to deposit ratio of 99.8% mean for Singapore banks?
DBS, OCBC, UOB should be immune to higher funding costs.
Lim Boon Heng appointed chairman of Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd
Lim is a former government minister.
DBS partners with ACI Worldwide for first-of-its-kind corporate online banking platform
DBS IDEAL 3.0 now gets empowered by ACI.
HSBC appoints Luiz Simione as global head of forfaiting & risk distribution for global trade and receivables finance
Luiz Simione has been appointed Global Head of Forfaiting & Risk Distribution for Global Trade and Receivables Finance (GTRF), HSBC, with effect from 1st September 2013.
Gunnar Hoest appointed head of commodity derivatives for BNP Paribas Asia Pacific
BNP Paribas announced the appointment of Gunnar Hoest as Head of Commodity Derivatives for BNP Paribas Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. This appointment highlights the bank’s strong commitment to develop and expand its full-service Commodity platform in the region, and signals an important milestone in the bank’s Asia Pacific growth strategy.
Singapore fines 22 financial firms for money laundering
Restricts operations at seven others.
Check out which banks won at the Asian Banking and Finance Awards 2013
Nearly 200 senior bankers graced the awards night in Singapore.
Do's and dont's in re-entering the workforce in financial services sector
As the financial market has seen some signs of improvement, there is a new profile of job seeking candidates who are looking to re-enter the financial services workforce.
Why cybercrime is a banker’s nightmare
It is not the world recession or Eurozone meltdown that bankers fear the most but cybercrimes above anything else. In Britain alone, it was reported that four out of five of Britain's biggest banks had identified cyber attack as their biggest threat today.
Singapore's banking sector outlook revised downward
It’s the first downgrade since 2010.
UOB pilots online service for Gold and Silver savings accounts
One in five customers already used the service.
Here's proof that banks in Asia Pac are resilient amidst global financial crisis
But borrowers' leverage has increased.
This graph shows Singapore banks' assets by geography
Assets outside Singapore grew at a 15% CAGR.
Bank J. Safra Sarasin appoints Geraldine Low Ai Ping as managing director
According to a release, Geraldine Low Ai Ping today joined Bank J. Safra Sarasin in Singapore as Managing Director, Client Advisory.
Singapore banks' net interest margins dropped 42bp vs 2009 peak
Blame it on local competition.