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Siam Commercial Bank announces disruptions to SCB EASY app
                                                                                 
                    
                    It will be unavailable from 1AM to 5:30 AM on September 21-22.
                
                                
            Siam Commercial Bank announces disruptions to SCB EASY app
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            It will be unavailable from 1AM to 5:30 AM on September 21-22.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Weekly Global News Wrap: Tech, rate woes weigh on regional lenders; VP Bank exiting Hong Kong?
                                                                                                 
                        
                        And Russia’s Sberbank says it's business in India is booming.
                    
                                        
                    
                Net interest margin to strain China Construction Bank’s profitability
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Lower provisions could help offset earnings pressures.
                    
                                        
                    
                Citi nabs J.P. Morgan banker to head investment banking financing
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Achintya Mangla is now in charge of financing duties for Citi’s global DCM, ECM, syndicate and private capital markets.
                    
                                        
                    
                CashOn to explore digital currency lending matching services
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It signed a strategic cooperation memorandum with Wuxi Huishan (Shenzhen) Innovation Center.
                    
                                        
                    
                iFAST Global Bank unveils cross-currency transfer service
                                                                                                 
                        
                        This allow money transfers to over 50 countries in more than 25 currencies.  
                    
                                        
                    
                Bank of China to weather potential losses, asset quality strains: S&P
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Bad loans ratio for its mainland property loans has shrunk to 4.94% in June 2024.
                    
                                        
                    
                Citi nabs BofA, ex-Goldman Sachs’ bankers to boost ANZ markets business
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The new senior hires also come from Perennial Partners and MST Financial.
                    
                                        
                    
                Agricultural Bank of China to withstand property crunch
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Exposure to the mainland property sector has shrunk to 3.67% of its loan book.
                    
                                        
                    
                UnaFinancial reaches $2b in loan disbursements
                                                                                                 
                        
                        At least 65% of its 17.7 million customers get another loan from them.
                    
                                        
                    
                OCBC to offer digital accounts, debit cards for kids and teens
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Kids and teens aged 7-15 years old can open their own digital bank accounts.
                    
                                        
                    
                AGTech acquires controlling stake in Ant Bank Macao for $30.23m
                                                                                                 
                        
                        AGTech now owns 51.15% of Ant Bank (Macao)'s issued shares.
                    
                                        
                    
                CIMB logs 14% net profit growth in H1; interim dividend is 20 sen
                                                                                                 
                        
                        CEO Novan Amirudin attributed this to operating income growth, amongst others.
                    
                                        
                    
                PT Bank Permata launches travel, dining card for affluent clients
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Priority customers can avail 20,000 airline miles, subject to conditions.
                    
                                        
                    
                Woori’s billion-dollar insurance buys will have little impact on banking arm
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Woori Bank is expected to maintain its asset quality, although NIM may narrow.
                    
                                        
                    
                Banks must expand net zero targets, set clearer O&G goals: org
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Japan, SoKor have yet to set medium and long-term targets aligned with a 1.5°C scenario.
                    
                                        
                    
                PH banks’ loans up 10.4% in July
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Growth of loans to residents slowed over the month.
                    
                                        
                    
                 
            	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                             
                     
                             
                     
                             
                             
                     
                             
           
                                 
                                 
                                 
               
                                     
                                     
                                     
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                