03 Feb 12 | A strong rally yesterday led by banks pushed the Philippine Stock Exchange Index to a record 4822.08 points, up by  2.3%. Read ››

INVESTMENT BANKING | Mizuho Financial Group took an 80% drop in profit during 4Q11 on a tax asset write-down and weaker stock markets. Read ››

Vietnam’s largest bank is about to shed non-essential operations as it moves towards becoming a completely commercial bank. Read ››

Vietnam may approve the plan to restructure Agribank this February, wherein it reverts its focus to agriculture and rural development. Read ››

EXCLUSIVE | Find out what HSBC’s Ian Banks and Standard Chartered’s Giles Elliot have to say about the challenge of having a system that embeds sufficient functionality in multi market implementations. Read ››

Adding 50 more branches will bring the branch network of Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank) to over 800, the largest in the Philippines. Read ››

China plans to make Shanghai a global center for innovation, transaction, pricing and clearing of RMB-denominated financial products by 2015. Read ››

Bank Sinarmas hopes to expand operations by offering rights issue of shares in the second quarterand  by tapping foreign in vestments. Read ››

China's state-owned Export-Import Bank will will provide a $41 million loan for the bridge and port in the Bahamas. Read ››

Public Bank Bhd are up by two sen to RM13.54 after posting profits last year that satsfied market expectations. Read ››

Thailand's commerce minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong urged Australian banks to buy stakes in, or enter local partnerships with, established banks in the country. Read ››