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HSBC’s Singapore franchise has really come into its own in the past few years, signalling to rivals that it’s no longer a Greater China one-trick pony, but a bank with a broad geographical footprint, including a booming Singapore and southeast Asia business.

Maybank’s journey from a single branch in Phnom Penh in 1993 to a dominant international institution in Cambodia has been action-packed, making it a natural choice for the best international bank award.

Mandiri Sekuritas, a subsidiary of Bank Mandiri, is unusual among Indonesia’s corporate and investment banks because it has both domestic and overseas operations. This is essential for the long-term growth of a bank – and for survival during difficult times.

During the last Asiamoney awards period, Indonesia's banks were just beginning to tackle the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the latest awards period was even tougher, as it encompassed a full 12 months of the health crisis.

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, or Metrobank, is a firm to be reckoned with in the Philippines. Established in 1962, it is one of the nation’s foremost universal banks – and the winner this year of Asiamoney’s best domestic bank in the Philippines award.

Corporate social responsibility got a big lift in India after the government made it mandatory in 2014 for large firms to spend at least 2% of their profits on such projects every year.

Allied Bank (ABL) has long put both employees and the wider public at the top of its corporate and social responsibility (CSR) agenda. That was no different in 2020 during the Covid crisis.

Pakistan’s banks, like others worldwide, faced a big test in 2020 when Covid struck and disrupted the traditional way to bank and do business. But numerous banks managed to capitalize on the pivot to online and digital banking, thanks to the efforts made ahead of the pandemic to modernize services.

The two key questions facing banks around the world at the moment are how well have they endured the coronavirus, and what they have done to help their customers survive. BDO Unibank, under the watch of president and chief executive Nestor Tan, scores well on both counts.