Banking

DBS mobile app customers faced intermittent access last year in July.

DBS says digital services restored after access was disrupted

DBS and POSB websites, banking apps and the PayLah! app are now available

Sixty per cent of Wee's variable pay is deferred and will vest over the next three years.

UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong’s FY2025 pay down 20% at S$12 million, in line with profit drop

It is primarily made up of S$1.4 million in base salary and S$10.6 million in bonuses

DBS CEO Tan Su Shan's remuneration package for 2025 covers both her first nine months at the helm and the period she served as deputy CEO earlier in the year.

DBS CEO Tan Su Shan receives S$9.6 million pay package for 2025 in first year at helm

This compares with the S$17.6 million remuneration received by ex-CEO Piyush Gupta in 2024

UOB Kay Hian’s net asset value position “remained healthy” at S$2.3 billion as at Dec 31.

UOB Kay Hian H2 earnings up 27% at S$140.1 million

The brokerage records top-line growth for the second half and full year

Tan Teck Long, who became the new chief on Jan 1, needs to position OCBC to better compete with rivals. Such transformation requires investments that often still need the approval of the Lee family.

Inside OCBC: Key players at South-east Asia’s No 2 bank

Its new group CEO Tan Teck Long must balance what minority shareholders want with the interests of one of Asia’s wealthiest clans

Lim Chung Chun, chairman and CEO of iFast, says the rebranding of FSMOne is to signal its intent to focus more on global customers.

iFast unveils ‘Truly Global Business Model’, rebrands FSMOne to FSM Global

The group is repositioning itself to view its customers as international – not just from the markets in which it operates

CBA reported a record cash net profit after tax of A$5.5 billion for the six months ended Dec 31, higher than A$5.1 billion for the corresponding year-ago period.

Commonwealth Bank’s H1 earnings hit record on market share gains, shares surge

It has been the standout performer of Australia’s Big Four banks in the past year

The review will cover only HSBC Life Singapore, and consider all options for the insurance manufacturing business. No decision has been made.

HSBC weighs future of Singapore life insurance business as analysts assess impact on wealth strategy

The bank says this comes under the group’s global ‘ongoing simplification’ drive

DBS’ quarterly dividend per share is expected to go up by S$0.06 to S$0.66 from Q4 FY2025.
BROKERS’ TAKE

UOBKH rates top pick DBS a ‘buy’ on 5.6% yield

It also upgrades the overall banking sector to ‘overweight’ and keeps its ‘buy’ call for OCBC