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East & Partners

Sector: Regulatory & Government

(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...