HSBC beats estimates with US$10.1 billion quarterly profit, announces fresh US$1 billion stock buyback

2026-08-04T07:38:52.000Z
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A construction site in Hanoi. Vietnam is targeting economic growth of more than 10% this year.

Vietnam preparing US$8.4 billion lending package for SMEs, priority projects to boost growth

2026-08-04T06:14:46.000Z
DBS kicks off the reporting season on Aug 6, followed by OCBC and UOB on Aug 7.

Firmer rates, wealth gains likely to lift Singapore banks’ Q2 results

2026-08-03T23:00:00.000Z
UBS failed to monitor more than 50,000 foreign currency wires totalling more than US$10 billion, the US Treasury Department’s FinCen said.

UBS to pay US$125 million in fines over anti-money laundering violations

2026-08-03T16:17:58.000Z

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Larsen most recently served as the chief innovation officer of Ping An Group, as well as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Ping An Global Voyager Fund.

DBS names former Ping An chief innovation officer Jonathan Larsen to board

2026-08-03T11:21:50.000Z
DBS has been positive about growth in India and willing to commit capital to the market. 

DBS hires ex-Standard Chartered banker to lead India wealth team

2026-08-03T10:58:15.000Z
Kuala Lumpur-listed Maybank plans to buy the roughly 31% stake in Etiqa owned by Ageas for about RM4.83 billion.

Maybank to take full control of Etiqa after buying Ageas’ stake for US$1.2 billion

2026-08-03T07:46:58.000Z
OCBC’s goal is to provide promising Chinese tech companies with market access, business networks and financial solutions to scale across Asean, says Roy Tan, head of enterprise banking international.

OCBC taps Beijing’s ZGC to capture Chinese tech interest in Asean

2026-08-03T07:00:00.000Z
About 1,367 Bitcoin tokens, worth some US$86 million, have been drained from more than 4,500 of Coinkite’s Coldcard wallets.

Hackers hit Bitcoin’s safest hiding place in ongoing attack

2026-08-03T06:12:06.000Z
Retail investors sold a record amount of Kospi shares on Friday despite a stunning 18 per cent rebound.

Crushed by Kospi rout, angry Koreans rip President Lee and vow not to buy

2026-08-02T23:26:55.000Z