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Thai cash handout to lift finance company debt collection and asset quality

The campaign will boost mid and low-income earners and alleviate their cost of living.
1 day ago

Bank of Singapore names new heads for Financial Intermediaries and Dubai

Lim Leong Guan is expected to help accelerate the bank’s UHNW growth push.
1 day ago

Philippine SMEs can issue virtual prepaid cards in five minutes

Paymongo provides the service whilst Paymentology and Mastercard provide the licensed framework.
1 day ago

OCBC enables remote business account opening in Malaysia via Singpass

The bank will authenticate business owners remotely without need to visit a branch.
1 day ago

DBS brings tokenised physical gold to retail investors via digibank

It is also exploring plans to list the token on DDEx.
1 day ago

CIMB, China CITIC Bank strengthen China-ASEAN connectivity

The partnership will support cross-border banking, trade, and financing solutions across the corridor.
1 day ago

DBS, HSBC, AIA and more convene at ABF IA Summit Singapore on 1 July

Leading voices from the banking and insurance industries will meet at Andaz Singapore to discuss trust, transformation, and AI.
2 days ago

86% of APAC bank leaders flag AI agents as top fraud risk

Nearly half lose over $10m to fraud every year.
2 days ago

HSBC and Mastercard pilot AI agents for automated e-commerce payments

It automates procurement and payments between corporate buyers and suppliers.
2 days ago

SBM India revamps savings rates to target emerging affluent segment

The segment expanded nearly double the pace of the broader consumer landscape, the bank said.
2 days ago

Credilab gets Malaysia nod for online lending

It targets to approve and disburse loans in as fast as five minutes.
2 days ago

Credit Bureau and Experian Malaysia sign credit reporting MoU

The partnership will support consented cross-border credit report applications between Singapore and Malaysia.
2 days ago

Weekly Global News Wrap: Intesa bids $35b for MPS; Maybank books $4.9b in Johor-SG SEZ

And British banks want closer ties with the EU, a lobbying body said.
3 days ago

Citibank Singapore offers Citigold clients one-day Porsche test drives

They can also have a light breakfast, and a 60 to 90 minute accompanied test drive.
3 days ago

New Zealand to let all deposit takers call themselves banks

Non-bank deposit takers will be able to use restricted words by December 2028.
3 days ago