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DBS Digital Exchange poised to become key player in digital assets 

The members-only exchange is one of the world’s first bank-backed digital exchanges.

DBS Digital Exchange poised to become key player in digital assets 

The members-only exchange is one of the world’s first bank-backed digital exchanges.

Thailand banks’ loans grew 6.5% in 2021

But gross non-performing loans rose slightly during the year.

Siam Commercial Bank joins the Equator Principles Association

SCB joins 128 financial institutions from around the world who are also signatories.

SEA banks' more crypto exposure could hit earnings in the long run: Fitch

Banks looking to dab in crypto face operational, reputational, and legal risks.

DBS appoints Helge Muenkel as chief sustainability officer

Muenkel was ING’s head of APAC for sustainable finance and GCM.

South Korea completes first phase of digital currency feasibility test

The second phase of the test will be carried out until 22 June.

Talent crunch threatens Hong Kong’s financial sector as expats flee: report

Inconveniences in overseas travelling may reportedly turn away much-needed talent.

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.

China’s new foreign-friendly financial market brimming with opportunities, but limits still abound

If authorities remove the “execution-only” restriction in WM Connect, money flows in the channel could grow ten times bigger than the $22.5b quota...

Malaysia’s Kenanga Investment Bank appoints non-independent non-executive director

Choy Khai Choon also serves as independent non-exec chairman at Zurich Life.

Climate Risk and the Role of the Finance Sector

Climate change is the most urgent threat facing the world. It affects us all. The imminent risks are spelt out in detail in the recent IPCC Report...

APAC banks' outlook stable, but face uneven recovery: Moody’s

Bank to maintain solid balance sheets with stable liquidity.

New COVID outbreak, inflation, rising interest rates pose risks to Singapore’s financial stability: MAS

Banks should have enough buffers and find climate transition risks manageable.

Deutsch Bank Wealth Management announces three new leadership appointments

Felicia Tan and Edmund Lee join from BNP Paribas; Dita Darmawan, from UBS.