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Putting digital priorities at the heart of what a traditional bank does is easier said than done. At Singapore’s DBS, actions are speaking louder than the words of its rivals

Singapore’s ever-changing waterfront was revamped afresh in June with the arrival of a five-storey-high inflatable slide across the road from the Marina Bay Financial Centre.

DBS’s launch of a new digital bank in India provides a test case for a branchless model of banking in Asia that will influence a dozen other markets in the years ahead.

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Many banks now say cash management is the heart of their business, not just for the returns it can generate in its own right but also for the opportunity to pump other products and services through their networks. Euromoney’s survey reveals banks still have a lot of work to do to turn aspiration into reality

Rather than relying exclusively on in-house platforms, or buying in third-party resources, banks are benefiting from nurturing the next generation of talent to experiment with emerging fintech solutions. Citi, Commerzbank and DBS reveal their incubator strategies.

Piyush Gupta, the CEO of Singapore’s DBS, has grabbed a once in a lifetime opportunity to build the bank’s Asian corporate and investment banking franchise. Gupta has a world view and doesn’t shy away from airing his thoughts on top bankers, China’s $1 trillion NPL headache, the death of cross-border bank M&A and what global banks are getting wrong in Asia

The much-vaunted acquisition by Singapore’s DBS of the Asia private banking arm of Société Générale has come to fruition with a $220 million deal – and received a mixed reception.

Singapore’s status as a regional hub and burgeoning centre for private banking attracts many global banks, but local bank DBS maintains its pre-eminence.

London-based CTA Sequent Capital has launched its diversified managed futures program on Deutsche Bank's dbSelect platform, according to EuroHedge.

Singapore bank’s $4.9 billion takeover in Indonesia adds spice to the battle to become Southeast Asia’s leading banking group

Like its home country, DBS wants to be an international hub for financial trading across Asia.

The DBS chief executive is developing a more focused take on his bank’s traditional pan-Asian aspirations. Singapore, India and Greater China are the key growth points, concentrating on commercial banking (especially for SMEs) and wealth management. Chris Wright reports.

There is a rumour that Temasek would like to combine Standard Chartered with DBS in order to create a true, global, Singapore-headquartered powerhouse. It’s a great theory. But does it stand up?

Jackson Tai brought a determined pan-Asian strategy to Singapore’s DBS Bank. With Tai on the point of retiring as CEO, Chris Wright looks at the successes and failures of his approach.