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Indian card payments surge amidst cashless efforts
Indian card payments surge amidst cashless efforts
Total number of card payments quadrupled from 2 billion in 2015 to 7.8 billion in 2019.
Indian retail banks could claim bigger share of housing loan market in 2020
NBFCs and HFCs have reduced disbursement rates.
Chart of the Week: Malaysian card payments to hit $81b by 2023
The interchange fee cap and adoption of new financial tech is helping reduce cash reliance.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Absa signs $497m deal to boost African lending; Goldman Sachs' consumer arm earned $822m
And Citibank appoints David Chubak as head of retail banking.
India's Religare Finvest may see 49% haircut with rare debt recast
Its lenders have reportedly agreed to write off almost half of its $808m debt.
Philippine central bank chief signals possible interest rate cut in Q1
The bank lowered rates by 75 basis points last year.
Malaysian banks' net profit to grow 4.8% in 2020: report
But NIMs are expected to taper off a further 3bps over the period.
Singapore monetary board receives 21 digital bank licence applications
Fourteen applied for digital wholesale banks whilst seven went for digital full banks.
AI is top fintech trend of 2019: study
The value of AI in the fintech market is expected to rise four times by end-2024.
Razer Fintech-led consortium bids for digital full bank licence
It will take up a 60% majority stake in the proposed Razer Youth Bank.
Credit costs to weigh on Singapore banks in 2020
Combined with shrinking NIMs, this will burden bank earnings.
Grab and Singtel team up for digital bank license bid
Grab and Singtel will hold a 60% and 40% stake in the consortium, respectively.
V3 Group and EZ-Link-led consortium join Singapore's digital banking race
BEYOND consortium has launched a bid for a digital full bank license with a focus on SMEs.
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Singapore's investment banking fees hit record-breaking $868.1m in 2019
DBS Group clinched 11.8% or $138.79m of the total fee pool.
Japan's central bank begins lending ETFs to investors
This is part of its move to enhance market liquidity for the instrument.
Bank of Japan retains policy rate
It maintained its short-term interest rate at -0.1% and the 10-year government yields at 0%.
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