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All eyes on dividend payout from banks in Q2

Banks may see tiny blip from latest social restrictions, but they are still poised to ride overall recovery

Kelly Ng
Published Sun, Aug 1, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    WITH regulatory caps on their dividends now lifted, the three Singapore banks are widely expected to lift their payouts when they report their second-quarter results.

    This is especially so as the lenders are expected to continue riding a post-pandemic recovery, with the new social restrictions in Singapore posing just a slight and temporary blip, analysts said.

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