Datafiles Jan 01 Singapore surpassed India with 48% share of fintech funding in Asia in 1H2023 While India led in fintech funding between 2020 and 2022, Singapore outpaced India in the first half of 2023, driven by the digital lending and insurt... 1387
Global Ranking Jan 01 Profitability of digital-only banks improving—nearly half of the top 100 reported profits The combined revenue of the top 100 global digital-only banks increased by 16% to reach some $66 billion, with China’s WeBank, Ally Bank from the US... 3337
Datafiles Jan 01 Bank lending in Asia Pacific to maintain growth of 9% amid China’s reopening Softening bank loan growth in some markets but Asia Pacific expected to sustain momentum in 2023 with post-COVID-19 recovery in China boosting lending... 1173
Research Note Jan 01 US banks' liquidity crisis to worsen as more face asset-liability mismatches The failure of Silicon Valley, Silvergate and Signature banks was caused by asset-liability mismatches, interest rate hikes and insufficient diversifi... 1897
AB500 Jan 01 The Strongest Bank by Balance Sheet in Hong Kong and Asia Pacific in 2022 is Bank of China (Hong Kong) ... 2422
AB500 Jan 01 The Strongest Bank by Balance Sheet in Sri Lanka in 2022 is Commercial Bank of Ceylon ... 3227
AB500 Jan 01 The Strongest Bank by Balance Sheet in the Philippines in 2022 is Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company. ... 2361
AB500 Jan 01 Islami Bank Bangladesh is the Strongest Islamic Bank by Balance Sheet in Bangladesh in 2022. ... 3550
Datafiles Jan 01 Ethereum's Merge ushers in more energy efficient blockchain Ethereum’s recent software upgrade the ‘Merge’ is a key step in its future roadmap of development, but there remain several challenges that this... 1187
Datafiles Jan 01 ASEAN's digital economy expected to grow to $330 billion by 2025 Banks have not experienced a significant deterioration in asset quality of their MSME exposure, supported by various policy measures. An uptick in the... 808
Datafiles Jan 01 MSME NPLs remain key concern despite being broadly stable Banks have not experienced a significant deterioration in asset quality of their MSME exposure, supported by various policy measures. An uptick in the... 861
Datafiles Jan 01 DBS CEO Piyush Gupta tops the ranking of CEO remuneration in Asia Pacific as his pay up 48% DBS CEO Piyush Gupta, Public Bank CEO Tay Ah Lek and UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong are the top three highest-paid bank chief executives in Asia Pacific in FY ... 10076
Datafiles Mar 13 South Asian banks register highest NPLs Indian banks still dominate the list of the top 10 banks with the highest nonperforming loan (NPL)ratio among the 500 largest banks in Asia Pacific, d... 10049
Datafiles Jan 01 Bank lending to small businesses in Asia Pacific grew 15.4% in 2021 Some countries in Asia Pacific posted stronger growth in bank lending to small businesses between 2019 and 2021 as compared to the period from 2017 to... 8149
AB500 Jan 01 Islamic banks in Qatar most efficient in the world Stringent cost control and digitalisaltion led to steady improvement in operational efficiency of Qatar Islamic Bank. The top 10 most efficient Islami... 13091
Datafiles Jan 01 Chinese, Hong Kong and Singapore banks reduce loan loss provisions to below pre-COVID levels Banks in most Asian markets booked lower provisions to cover potential loan losses as economies recover, which has contributed to the improved profita... 31935
Datafiles Jan 01 Public Bank CEO Tay Ah Lek overtakes DBS CEO Piyush Gupta as the Asia Pacific’s highest-paid bank chief executive Tay Ah Lek saw a 6.5% rise in total remuneration to $9.2 million in 2020 despite the pandemic, which was 250 times the average pay Public Bank’s emp... 18168
AB500 Mar 13 Saudi’s Al Rajhi Bank delivered highest ROA in Middle East, while National Bank of Egypt strengthened asset quality and liquidity Al Rajhi Bank and National Bank of Egypt have emerged as the strongest bank in the Middle East and Africa respectively. Across the region, the average... 15668
Current Account Jan 01 Alibaba and JD.com posted record Double 11 sales of $139 billion despite tech crackdown Alibaba and JD.com continue to set new sales records during the Double 11 shopping event, although growth decelerated amid China’s slowing economy a... 7134
