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Fintech Akulaku acquires minority stake in Indonesian bank for $11.16m: report

It is aiming to make a total investment of $35.30m into Bank Yudha Bhakti.

Fintech Akulaku acquires minority stake in Indonesian bank for $11.16m: report

It is aiming to make a total investment of $35.30m into Bank Yudha Bhakti.

Singapore halves prohibition orders against former Citibank employee

The prohibition order for Zheng Xuemei has been reduced to one year.

Siam Commercial bank in talks to sell life insurance business to FWD Group

The firms were previously in talks for a possible $3b sales of SCB Life Insurance.

OCBC Pay Anyone joins order-ahead app Waitrr

OCBC’s app will automatically launch once customers select their meals.

Thailand Post unveils self-service kiosks in rural areas

It will also launch its withdrawal services by Q2.

Standard Chartered unit launches startup platform

SC Ventures Fintech Bridge will link the bank with promising startups, investors and accelerators.

Neih hou ma: Standard Chartered Hong Kong's new chatbox understands Cantonese

Stacy is available on mobile app and in StanChart's website.

Mortgage recovery looms for UOB as residential market stabilises

Mortgages will grow to mid-single-digit in 2019 from 4.3% in 2018.

Deutsche Bank establishes bad-loan buying unit in India

More than 29 asset reconstruction companies have been set up after 2002.

Bangkok Bank rolls out cross-border QR code payment in Japan

Users can avail of lower fees for foreign currency exchange than credit card or cash.

HSBC targets Korean bank tie-ups for blockchain platform

It aims to launch the Voltron platform to rapidly streamline trade financing.

RCBC files $2.47m defamation suit vs Bank of Bangladesh after massive cyberheist

RCBC thinks that the Bangladesh Bank should pay them at least $1.90m in damages and another $570,000 to its senior VP for similar damages.

UOB issues Singapore's first panda bond

The offering has a subscription rate of 2.7 times from asset managers and commercial bank investors.

HSBC sets up Asian wealth team

Gabriel Tam was named as Asia head of UNHW solutions.

IDBI Bank puts up $1.4b of bad loans for sale

It holds the unenviable distinction as the bank with the worst-bad loan ratio.

ICBC unveils first Philippine branch

It is the 12th foreign lender to secure a license after the country loosened up the industry to global players. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) commenced its operations in the Philippines two months after it secured its license from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), reports BusinessWorld. Located in Taguig, Metro Manila, the branch started its operation after registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission in August and securing a banking license from the central bank in November. Following the law passed in 2014 which loosens up local banking to global players, ICBC is the 12th foreign lender to secure a license from the central bank to start operations in the Philippines. The lender is also the first China bank to set up operations in the country after the Bank of China’s kickoff back in 2002. ICBC’s Manila venture comes amidst warmer trade ties between China and the Philippines after President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement of a ‘pivot’ towards China during his Beijing visit in 2016.