Asiamoney Best Bank Awards

Running a bank during the Covid-19 crisis in Myanmar is hard enough. Throw in a military coup and the situation becomes far worse.

Standard Chartered may have a global agenda around diversity and inclusion, but the great thing about the franchise is that each of its markets has some autonomy in giving D&I a local twist. That’s the case for StanChart in Taiwan, which takes Asiamoney’s award for best bank for D&I in Taiwan this year.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles have long been embedded in Taipei Fubon Bank’s thinking.

HDFC Bank is India’s largest private-sector lender by assets. It has the scale, processes, expertise and vision to meet the needs of its 70 million-plus customers. Those strengths came in handy when the pandemic roiled markets.

City Bank’s chief executive Mashrur Arefin likes to think of the lender as the digital trendsetter in Bangladesh. He has a point: few institutions have harnessed the Covid-19 crisis with greater aplomb to put banking services in the hands of tens of millions of households sheltering at home.

During Asiamoney’s awards period, India’s investment banking sector saw the best and the worst of times.

Running a bank during the Covid-19 crisis in Myanmar is hard enough. Throw in a military coup and the situation becomes far worse.

The driving principles of Bank SinoPac’s business are impressive: ethics and decency, wealth building, environmental sustainability and social responsibility. It ties those up with three sustainable commitments: to reduce inequality, mitigate and adapt to climate change and promote inclusive growth.