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Grab Singapore includes more banks in linked account feature

Users can now link accounts from Bank of China, DBS, Maybank, OCBC, StanChart, and UOB.

Will Request To Pay displace card payments in the future?

The potential is there, but tech roadblocks prevent wider adoption in the industry.

Citi names new head of Global Subsidiaries Group for APAC

And the search for a new head of corporate banking for Australia and New Zealand is on.

Singapore bans promotion of cryptocurrency trading in public

The new guidelines instruct against marketing DPT services in public areas.

Contactless payments snare Singapore’s boomers

Loyalty programs are also rated as important by consumers in the city.

Nominations are now open for the highly anticipated Asian Banking & Finance Awards 2022

Banks and financial institutions are invited to submit their entries for the Wholesale Banking Awards, Retail Banking Awards, and Corporate and Investment Banking Awards 2022.

Financial institutions key for energy investments, B&R Initiative to go green: PwC

Decisions on green finance now will lock in emissions trajectories for decades.

Bank of China Hong Kong poised to benefit from GBA: analyst

A possible rate hike in March will also positively affect the bank.

APAC’s total investment banking fees in 2021 highest-ever on record

The region recorded its highest-ever equity capital market fees collected in a year.

UOB buys Citi’s retail businesses in 4 SEA markets for US$3.65b

UOB is paying for the net asset value plus a premium of US$690m.

South Korean banks' lending fell in December

This marked the first on-month decline for a month of December since 2004.

Fintech platform Airwallex officially launches in Singapore

Customers of the fintech platform will receive funds locally in SGD.

Relaxed monetary policies impart little boost on new lending in China

Banks remain cautious over credit quality–and further cuts will do little to change their minds.

Philippine banks’ bad loans total $9.41b in November 2021

The figure is a slight improvement from October’s gross NPLs.

Mastercard appoints Safdar Khan as division president for SEA

He is responsible for implementing the multi-rail digital payments agenda in 10 SEA markets.