Savings banks and co-ops stand out
Total assets increased by 2.5 percent to 1.07 trillion ($1.4 trillion), the highest growth since 2001, according to the Association…
ByMonth: March 2009
China’s banks report strong annual figures
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the worlds biggest bank by market cap ($180 billion), posted Q4 net income…
ByBofA asks customers to Add It Up
The product is a new rewards programme that provides cash rebates to online banking customers who purchase goods from a…
BySingapore stung by rising NPLs
Titien Ahmad in Singapore says that rising non-performing domestic loans and impairments are hitting the islands banks hard, despite all…
By75% of contact is via direct channels’
Dan Jones talks to Carlo Giugovaz, head of multi-channel direct banking at UniCredits retail division (UniCredit Retail Italy) He says…
ByAiming for a top three spot in China
The head of its consumer bank in the country, Wilson Chia, tells Douglas Blakey it has bold ambitions to be…
ByAn ambitious plan for a troubled Japan
Dan Jones analyses plans by Japans fourth-largest banking group, Resona, to become an unrivalled leader in retail financial services But…
ByA record year for Brazil’s banks
In contrast to markets in Europe and the US, Brazils banks had a relatively strong trading year in 2008 Abrupt…
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