Asiamoney Best Bank Awards

There are many reasons why Maybank is Asiamoney’s pick for best international bank in Cambodia.

This January was quite a milestone for UOB. The Singaporean bank agreed to acquire Citi’s consumer banking business in several southeast Asian countries, including Thailand.

What do you get when you combine solid financials, a comprehensive franchise, digital banking prowess, a big ESG impetus and even bigger ambitions for growth? Answer: UOB, Asiamoney’s pick for best domestic bank in Singapore for 2022.

HSBC had its share of headwinds in the past year. Covid variants hit Indonesia’s economy and businesses, but the bank emerged stronger than ever and was the clear winner of the award for best international bank in Indonesia for 2022.

As a universal bank that has been around for five decades, Metrobank has a solid reputation in the Philippine banking industry.

The last two years have taught Indonesian lenders one hard but important lesson – customers need banking, but they don’t necessarily need banks.

Standard Chartered’s credentials in the environment, social and governance field are well known. Like many others, the bank has committed to reach zero carbon emissions from its operations by 2030 and from its financing 20 years later.

Bank Rakyat has been playing a significant role in the area of ESG in Indonesia, using its reach and credentials to help the natural resources and coal-reliant country adopt better practices.

HSBC, which opened in Vietnam in 1995, is now a full-scale bank with a solid franchise. It wins Asiamoney’s award for best international bank in Vietnam thanks to the kind of advice it offered clients in the past year, stressing the need to stay focused rather than chasing every opportunity in this fast-growing economy.