Banking

HSBC mulls restructuring Singapore units to simplify operations

2026-08-27T04:19:42.000Z
Lim Soon Chong, group head of global transaction services at DBS, says the lender has processed about S$10 billion in tokenised payments cumulatively over the past two years.

DBS expects tokenised finance investment to catch up with traditional payments, custody in 2-3 years

2026-08-21T08:15:50.000Z
Tan Choon Hin, currently the bank’s deputy chief risk officer, will begin in his new role on Sep 1.

UOB names Tan Choon Hin to new Asean, Greater China role

2026-08-18T04:26:09.000Z
The tension between innovation and stability exists particularly in the financial services sector, said Piyush Gupta, at the launch of his book.

Singapore’s financial sector must resist risk aversion, be bolder to stay at cutting edge: former DBS chief Piyush Gupta

2026-08-17T11:42:44.000Z
Jacquelyn Tan, UOB’s head of group personal finances, says digital wealth will play a ‘meaningful’ role in the lender’s wealth growth.

UOB’s digital wealth sales, transactions jump almost 50% as clients invest more online

2026-08-16T23:00:00.000Z
CBA’s cash earnings for the financial year ended June 30 have surpassed the Visible Alpha consensus estimate of A$10.85 billion and are up 7.1% on last year’s A$10.25 billion.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s record profit is clouded by 15% mortgage application slump

2026-08-12T06:47:33.000Z
DBS was the first of the three banks to report its Q2 results on Thursday (Aug 6), followed by OCBC and UOB on Friday.

5 takeaways from Singapore banks’ Q2 results – diverging outlooks, China tax rules emerge as new watchpoint

2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
OCBC’s non-interest income is up 51% at S$1.91 billion, driven by broad-based growth across fee, trading and insurance income.

OCBC raises 2026 loan growth forecast after Q2 profit jumps 22%, lifts dividend

2026-08-07T12:52:30.000Z
DBS’ total income is up 6% at a record S$6.09 billion.

DBS raises 2026 guidance as wealth business powers growth in Q2 despite lower rates

2026-08-06T09:57:38.000Z
DBS ranks second globally for 10-year TSR among the world’s top 100 listed banks by assets from end-2015 to end-2025, trailing only Morgan Stanley.

Singapore banks rival JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs in long-term shareholder returns

2026-07-24T10:48:17.000Z