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Chart of the Week: Which country dominated Asia's cashless charge?
Chart of the Week: Which country dominated Asia's cashless charge?
Mature economies like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Korea are leading the way.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: German banks may heighten senior preferred bond sales; US moves to rewrite low-income lending rules
And two Kazakh banks just had their licenses revoked.
Will Singapore banks' digital home loans rattle incumbent proptechs?
OCBC has already scored $200m worth of home loans from its digital solution.
Vietnam cracks down on Chinese mobile wallets
Banks are not officially connected to WeChat, making it illegal in the country.
Chinese banks' asset pool hits $37t in July
Asset growth picked up at a faster pace on an MoM basis.
Singapore's big banks are on a buying spree as share buybacks hit $116.5m
DBS led the pack after buying 2.95 million stocks bought for $74.79m.
RHTLaw Taylor Wessing's Benjamin Szeto to discuss how the ultra-rich can monetise lifestyle assets
He will also tackle possible legacy planning approaches art collectors may adopt.
South Korea's big banks poised to hit year-end offshore profit record
This would mark the first time the KRW1t ($897.5m) mark has been breached.
Philippine big banks half-year profits up 7.7% to $1.45b
The combined assets of the banking sector also hit $301.58b.
China scraps foreign ownership limits on banks
Foreign stakes were previously capped by up to 25%.
South Korean banks to launch North Korean financial products
Kookmin Bank has unveiled a trust fund for families separated by the border.
Close Chinese ties raise Hong Kong banks' compliance risk
The SAR already faces medium-high money laundering risk.
China urges banks to ramp up government bond purchases
Regulators may scrap the 20% reserve requirement.
Tech firms may soon be allowed to own internet-only banks in South Korea
A bill is paving the way for tech firms to be the largest shareholders.
Japan's mega banks embrace robots to cut costs
Sumitomo is turning to RPA to cut workloads equivalent to 4,000 employees.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Greek banks' bad loan exposure nearly half of GDP; Canada banks can expect 10% Q3 profit gains
And FBI has notified US banks of a looming cyberheist.
Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks bad loans down to 1.59% in June
Banks shed bad loans in construction and working capital.