Singapore

Singaporean banks boosting lending to SMEs

Comes as SMEs continue to expand offshore due to a dearth of employees.

Take an exclusive peek at DBS' high tech headquarters in Singapore

It has an automatically activated floor to ceiling interactive screen and more.

Credit growth outpaced GDP growth in these Asia Pacific economies

Credit to the nonfinancial corporate sectors increased sharply since 2005.

3 main drivers of cash pooling in Asia Pacific

New bank services and advanced technology enables treasurers to implement multi-currency, multi-country and multi-bank cash pooling in Asia. This article discusses why treasurers should invest in cash pooling to save money. 

Singapore banks' NPLs won't spike in 2013: CIMB

NPL will only increase 15-20bp for DBS, OCBC, and UOB.

Singaporean banks could abandon Malaysian forex reference rate

Government study confirms attempts at rate fixing.

Why there is no fair exchange of value in Asian banks' mass affluent segment

A few months ago during a course that I did for a group of South Korean bankers, there was a moment where the conversation turned round to what kind of special perks and benefits were given to the South Korean bank customer who had more money than the average retail customer.

HSBC appoints Guy Harvey-Samuel as CEO in Singapore

Mr Harvey-Samuel takes over from Alex Hungate.

These graphs show the mortgage market share of banks in Hong Kong and Singapore

Find out which banks are more exposed to the impact of the property cooling measures.

DBS to boost Hong Kong lending by 10%

Trade with mainland China is fueling demand for RMB services.

Why Singapore is well-equipped to facilitate RMB trading

On 8 February, the People's Bank of China announced that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Singapore) will become the RMB clearing bank in Singapore.

Meet BNP Paribas Real Estate's 3 new senior appointees in Asia

Mark Kumarasinhe joins as Managing Director of North Asia.

A quick guide to shifting from investing to trading

The mentality for investing is extremely different to the mentality for trading. When traditional investors shift to trading, this can become an issue: