Asiamoney Best Bank Awards

Since 1863, Standard Chartered has consistently brought the world to Pakistan’s lively economy. As fate would have it, the bank’s 150th year as a financial bridge to the south Asian market is proving to be among the toughest.

E.SUN Bank is second to none in serving the different segments of Taiwan’s banking industry. This year, it wins Asiamoney’s award for best domestic bank in Taiwan, as well as best for corporates and best for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Initiatives related to water, waste management, renewable energy, recycling and disaster relief are among the focus areas of DCB Bank’s corporate social responsibility policy. In the past year, its CSR initiatives went from strength to strength, making it the winner of the India CSR award for 2022.

Citi is the go-to bank in Taiwan for clients seeking advice on equity and debt capital markets or M&A deals, making it the winner of Asiamoney’s award for the best investment bank for Taiwan in 2022.

Clients looking for an innovative and dynamic financial institution in Taiwan need look no further than CTBC Bank, led by president James Chen. Its aim is to be an online bank: CTBC certainly succeeds on that front (complemented by its extensive physical presence in Taiwan) and wins Asiamoney’s award for best bank for digital solutions in 2022.

After reading all the studies he could find about the economic benefits of diversity and inclusion, Syed Mahbubur Rahman decided to do something about it. The Mutual Trust Bank chief executive endeavoured to make his bank an exemplar in Bangladesh.

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.

Over the last two-plus decades, the IDLC group has developed impressive footholds in corporate, retail and capital market segments. But what impressed Asiamoney the most is how the firm’s small and medium-sized enterprise business was put to the test over the course of the pandemic – and came out with flying colours. It is our pick for best bank for SMEs in Bangladesh in 2022.

Orient Finans Bank’s year was, statistically speaking, a study in how to succeed even in the harshest of economic environments.