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Heightened regulations and changing consumer mind-set challenge retail banking growth
Retail banks in the Middle East and Asia Pacific will need to quickly shift from being account-focused to becoming more customer-centric so as to stay ahead of the curve.
Singaporean banks’ lacklustre 2012 performances hint at ongoing recovery
Date: Mar 07, 2013
Author: Research
Categories: Private Banking, Retail Banking, Singapore
Keywords: DBS, UOB, OCBC, POSB
The future of retail financial services in the island-state points to compressed margins and even lower top line growth.
OCBC Bank sceptical that NFC mobile payments solves customer issue
Date: Nov 06, 2012
Author: Research
Categories: Channels, Innovation, Mobile Banking, Payments, Retail Banking, Technology & Operations
Keywords: OCBC, UOB, NFC, IDA
OCBC Singapore believes that peer-to-peer mobile banking will grow in a big way.
Financial institutions urged to balance capital and risk management
While lauding the aim of the BCBS to strengthen capital standards for managing market risks, bankers are cautious about an overly prescriptive approach.
Asian bankers express optimistic, albeit cautious hopes for transaction banking business
A combination of commitment, investment in technology and infrastructure, as well as physical presence, is required to succeed in transaction banking.
Advent of interactive technologies and mobile wallets to affect branch banking
An Asian Banker Research report points to a slowdown in banks’ branch expansion in Asia Pacific as competitive market realities dictate greater investment in alternative channels.
Moderate profitability of Singapore banks expected in 2012 due to corporate loans and lack of growth opportunities
Although Singapore bank’s bottom line profitability was driven primarily by filling the corporate loan and trade related financing gap left by European banks, DBS’s performance far outstripped its peers in 2011.
Singapore banks well positioned despite a stagnant 2011
Date: Feb 28, 2012
Author: Wong Wei Han
Categories: Asian Banker 500, Singapore
Keywords: DBS, OCBC, UOB, Financial Results
2011 full year results of DBS, OCBC and UOB have revealed vulnerabilities under the current environment, but their strengths have warded against fundamental damages.
Singapore banks’ strong capital levels mask risks of future growth prospects
Date: Dec 22, 2011
Author: Doron Foo
Categories: Asia Pacific, Databook, Industry Outlook, Singapore
Keywords: DBS, OCBC, UOB, SIBOR
Stagnating domestic demand coupled with inability to expand regionally are expected to dent Singapore banks’ profitability in the near future.




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