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(Singapore) – The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced it will invite foreign lenders to apply for seven new...
(Australia) – A coalition of bankers and the country’s leading securities exchanges have urged the Federal Government not to carry...
(Hong Kong) – Small players in the Hong Kong banking sector have called for a relaxation of deposit taking rules,...
(China) – China is likely to approve the first batch of custodian banks under its qualified foreign institutional investor (QFII)...
(Indonesia) – Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank, has confirmed it intervened to support the rupiah in the aftermath of...
(Taiwan) – Taiwanese finance minister Lee Yung-san has asked his parliament for an extra US$30 billion to expand the government’s...
(South Korea) – The South Korean Government has approved the merger of Hana Bank with Seoulbank, a move which will...
(Indonesia) – Indonesia’s Minister for State Firms, Laksamana Sukardi, has confirmed that the Government will proceed with its planned Initial...
(Taiwan) – A senior Taiwanese Government official says the island state would welcome Hong Kong banks taking stakes in state-owned...
Plenty of scoffing has been heard about China’s unwillingness or inability to live up to its World Trade Organisation agreements...
