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Sri Lanka's best digital bank 2020: People's Bank

The digital banking landscape in Sri Lanka has become increasingly competitive. Each year Asiamoney finds more banks eager to talk about their advances in digital offerings to their clients, as well as their implementation of new technologies in-house.

March 31, 2020

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Sri Lanka's best bank for SMEs 2020: Commercial Bank of Ceylon

Small and medium-sized enterprises make up an important part of the Sri Lankan economy, representing more than 75% of the total number of enterprises. To reach these companies, particularly the newest up-and-coming businesses, it’s necessary to venture outside Colombo and find plucky entrepreneurs in the furthest reaches of the country.

March 31, 2020

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Sri Lanka's best bank for CSR 2020: Commercial Bank of Ceylon

In Sri Lanka, corporate social responsibility has played an important role for years, as the country has struggled with poverty, decades of civil war and, more recently, a home-grown terror attack. But Commercial Bank of Ceylon’s CSR initiatives make it stand out from the crowd.

March 31, 2020

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Uzbekistan's best corporate and investment bank 2020: Silk Capital

How should one judge a corporate and investment bank in a market such as Uzbekistan? Its capital market is practically non-existent, defined more by its prospects than the handful of private placements that have been issued.

March 31, 2020

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Pakistan's best international bank 2020: Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse is a pioneer in Pakistan: it is one of the first bulge-bracket investment banks to start coverage of the south Asian country.

March 31, 2020

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Pakistan's best bank for SMEs 2020: JS Bank

JS Bank does not even rank among the top 10 largest banks in Pakistan, but when it comes to lending to small and medium-sized enterprises, it is up there in the top three by size.

March 31, 2020

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Pakistan's best digital bank 2020: UBL

United Bank Limited (UBL) had a remarkable performance in 2019 thanks to the digital strategy it put in place about 18 months ago.

March 31, 2020

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Pakistan's best bank for CSR 2020: JS Bank

Last year was a big one for JS Bank when it came to corporate and social responsibility.

March 31, 2020

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Sri Lanka's best corporate and investment bank 2020: NDB Investment Bank

NDB Investment Bank, led by chief executive Darshan Perera, is rather brazenly described by its staff as the Goldman Sachs of Sri Lanka. It raised SLRs62 billion ($340 million) for its clients in 2019, and increased its fee income by 69% over the previous year.

March 31, 2020

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Sri Lanka's best international bank 2020: HSBC

For a relatively small country, Sri Lanka has a large number of banks. Domestic banks have reached most parts of the country’s population, seizing market share that once belonged to internationals. But HSBC has refused to be muscled out.

March 31, 2020

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Thailand's best bank for CSR 2018: Bank of Ayudhya

Bank of Ayudhya, known locally as Krungsri, is widely viewed by analysts as the bank to watch in Thailand over the next five years. Since its acquisition by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in 2013, Bank of Ayudhya, under CEO Noriaki Goto, has built up an enviable reputation for the quality of its international management team, its expertise in consumer finance and product development and its new focus on SMEs.

September 18, 2018

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Vietnam's best domestic bank 2018: Vietcombank

Vietnam is a country on the move. Inflation is under control, unemployment is low and growth is tipped by the IMF to come in at 6.5% this year and next. Now the country just needs a good banking sector.

September 18, 2018

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