Branch Banking

ANZ turns to China amid global slowdown

ANZ will open additional branches and establish a new rural bank in western China in its thrust to become a leading foreign bank in China. It is now...

ANZ turns to China amid global slowdown

ANZ will open additional branches and establish a new rural bank in western China in its thrust to become a leading foreign bank in China. It is now...

Liberating trapped liquidity through a centralised treasury

ABN AMRO’s Timothy O’ Keeffe explains the challenges faced by corporate treasuries and recommends ways on how to achieve a more centralized and...

Can CIMB manage the daunting task of promoting Islamic finance?

Q. What is it about Islamic Banking that most people do not know? Essentially, Islamic Banking encompasses financial activities that adhere to Islamic...

Indonesia’s foreign bank spending spree

Big-name foreign bank CEO’s can be forgiven for thinking Indonesian lenders are the best things since sliced bread. Maybank and HSBC in the space of a...

Why ‘Gapping’ may not be enough to bridge the gap

As the big names in global banking continue to tumble, more than a few eyes have been turning to the local markets to ask the inevitable (but...

Chinatrust falls flat in wealth management

Q. The Taiwanese banking sector has experienced huge problems in its NII and profit margins in the past, so how will banks like Chinatrust consolidate...

TMB Bank embraces new structure to satisfy more customers

Boontuck Wungcharoen, CEO of Thai Military Bank (TMB) speaks to Greg Lowe about the restructuring plans of the bank and its commitment to better...

Has NAB nabbed top spot for good in Austraila?

Like a thief in the night came National Australia Bank to snare the top spot on the rungs of Australia’s banking ladder. And with growing fears of a...

Loans fast becoming a risky business

Korea’s banking sector may have nothing to do with Tom Cruise, star of the film Risky Business or his penchant for the occult for that matter, but one...

Does Bank Century mark a return to ‘97 for Indonesia?

Market reaction to the first significant bank failure in South East Asia couldn’t have been more subdued if the entire proceedings had happened deep...

Questions over expense handling dog BEA

Bank of East Asia head honcho and chairman of the Chinese Banking Association, David Li, has been forced into eating a cold serving of humble pie...