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Visa names new chairman and regional president for APAC

Visa names new chairman and regional president for APAC

Visa Japan’s country head Stephen Karpin is the new regional president, whilst Chris Clark ascends as chairman.

Malaysian banks troubled by weak loan growth in 2023

Loan applications contracted 16.1%, according to UOB Kay Hian. 

Standard Chartered clinches approval to set up securities firm in China

It will receive an initial capital injection of over $155m.

ZA Bank names former chief executive of rival virtual bank as new CEO

Ronald Iu joined ZA Bank’s parent ZA International in February 2022.

GXS Bank names former SGX president as group CEO

Since stepping down in 2019, Muthukrishan Ramaswami has served on the boards of GovTech Singapore and Temus.

Nomura Holdings’ net income up 11% to $508m in Q3

Net revenue was up 24% compared to the year ago. 

IWG, Standard Chartered launch co-working space within bank branch

Spaces@SCB is located within the bank’s Serangoon Gardens branch.

Techcombank reports profit before tax of $1.09b in 2022

Net interest income grew 13.5% during the year.

Citi named sole arranger of CABEI’s 10-year JPY7b and 10-year US$130m ESG bonds

The bonds will be issued to Japanese and Taiwanese investors, respectively.

Mortgage loans in Hong Kong drops by nearly 10% in December

Loans stood at HK$25.6b during the month, the Monetary Authority reported.

Natixis CIB names Cécile De Sousa as APAC COO

De Sousa will focus on developing domains of merging tech for the bank.

Natixis names Gregoire Bielle as APAC head of private credit sales

Bielle will be responsible for the bank’s private credit sales team in APAC.

Natixis names William Xiong as new head of loan syndicate for APAC

Xiong first joined Natixis CIB’s loan syndication team in 2017.

Deutsche Bank names Johanes Oeni as SEA head of international private bank

Prior to his new role, Oeni led the WM business of Credit Suisse in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Hong Kong banks offer up to 30% salary raise amidst talent crunch

Talents for in-demand roles can clinch salary increments as high as 30%.