DBS has strong capital buffers that allow it to weather economic downturns. As of December 2024 its common equity Tier 1 ratio was 17.0% on a transitional basis and still 15.1% even assuming final ...

Hong Kong's property market is vulnerable to concerns about a hawkish Fed and mainland China's recovery. Not so for Singapore ...

Yet, it stayed low in December, as prices of alcoholic drinks and tobacco recorded the highest increases of 21.2 per cent, ...

The Cabinet recently approved the principles of the Financial Business Centre Act, a draft law aimed at boosting Thailand's ...

Enforcement Directorate attaches assets worth ₹16,000 crore across 16 countries in high-profile financial fraud cases.

Singapore and Hong Kong—two of Asia’s most prominent private banking hubs—are at the forefront of implementing technology-enhanced compliance measures. Their regulators have adopted a risk-based ...

A special economic zone across the border in Malaysia will narrow the city's gap with Hong Kong. Bankers are quick to grasp ...

BNI's Diaspora Loan helps Indonesian entrepreneurs grow abroad, funding 20 restaurants, cafes, and stores in cities like ...

Analysts Sam Wong and Shujin Chen predict a $2 billion share buyback programme for UOB, a ‘modest increase’ in DBS’s annual ...

SINGAPORE stocks closed higher on Monday (Feb 10) as investors cheered another round of record-breaking earnings reported by DBS, the largest local bank. Read more at The Business Times.