East & Partners
(China) – China is keeping its promise to open its banking sector to international players, meeting its obligations to the...
(Singapore) – Singapore is merging its currency board into the central bank come March 2003 in a move to streamline...
(Malaysia) – Sarawak’s Utama Banking may yet become a core bank in spite of negotiations with RHB Bank going nowhere.Lengthy...
(Philippines) – The Philippine government has reportedly ordered two state owned banks to reduce their lending rates to a minimum...
(Taiwan) – The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd, a unit of HSBC Holdings, is paying around US$2 million for...
(Indonesia) – Indonesia is reportedly looking to give “special treatment” for strategic sectors including textiles, electronics and pulp and paper...
(Hong Kong) – HSBC Holdings has become the first foreign commercial bank to take a direct stake in a mainland...