1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (198+ words) The bank said that it strengthens its ability to service UHNW clients and family offices. Barclays is launching a private bank booking centre in Singapore. Clients can access banking, lending, investments and wealth planning services through the centre. Barclays expects…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) Singapore’s latest asset management incentives will be tested by whether they attract substantive investment activity rather than simply improve the tax position of fund managers. Amy Ang, Head of Tax at Ernst & Young Solutions LLP, said tax incentives remain an…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (146+ words) Yang will join RCBC’s related party transactions committee. Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) has appointed Hua-Sheng Yang as director, effective 1 September 2026. Yang is the senior vice president of the risk management division 1 of Cathay, where he worked for 19 years, according…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (199+ words) They will support companies seeking to expand into Singapore and ASEAN. United Overseas Bank (UOB) and the China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Administrative Committee (KCAC) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen cross-border business, investment, and financial collaboration in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (300+ words) The bank announced three new desk heads and a Global India franchise lead. HSBC Private Bank has announced new senior leadership appointments for its India, Singapore, and China businesses. Vivek Pandohi has been appointed to lead the Global India franchise…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (250+ words) The bank is gearing up for stronger private banking growth by 2030. United Overseas Bank Ltd. Hong Kong Branch (UOB Hong Kong) is tying its wholesale, private banking, treasury, investment banking, and advisory services together as it targets companies expanding into…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (210+ words) Former GXS Bank CEO Charles Wong joins three-member advisory panel. UK-founded fintech Revolut has appointed banking and government veterans to its Singapore Advisory Board to support its local leadership on governance, regulatory engagement, business strategy, and sustainable growth. The board…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (397+ words) More than 11,000 employees have been upskilled in AI-reshaped roles. DBS has signed an agreement with the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF) to develop skills and workforce programmes for Singapore’s financial sector as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes jobs and…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (260+ words) Whoever operates the connections will shape global commerce. In payments, going global has long meant going generic: one network, one user experience everywhere. Singapore suggests otherwise. Its most valuable contribution to global payments is not its own transaction volume. It…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (161+ words) In APAC, most came from Hong Kong and Singapore. Taiwan has approved 1,005 employment gold cards in the financial field since its launch in 2018 up until June 2026, according to data from the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC). Within the region, financial industry…...