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  • Much has changed since I used to work in the City. It is out with the autocratic, eccentric banking demigod (think Dick Fuld or Ken Lewis) and in with the omnipotent regulator. It is out with brash, macho money-making and in with a more cuddly approach to deal-doing. Think of the industry’s greatest survivor, Lloyd Blankfein, his sprouting of facial hair and passionate advocacy of gay rights. See my April 2013 column for more on Loveable Lloyd’s transformation.
  • Amid all the debate on regulation, innovation, partnerships and big data at the Sibos conference this week, transaction services bankers are also engaging in something their investment banking colleagues once monopolized – optimism.
  • Well run and well capitalized, with a flourishing Islamic sector, their only possible weak point is the high level of household debt.
  • High levels of non-performing loans, a stagnating economy and deterrents to foreign investment are putting pressure on Vietnam’s banks.
  • In an exclusive interview, Riad Salamé, the longstanding governor of Banque du Liban, discusses Lebanon’s perpetual political and economic challenges, the resilience of its banks and the prospects for needed structural reform. He even ponders what he would do if he were president for a day.
  • 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.
  • Banks are pressing each other hard for market share in credit cards. So much so that the government wants to impose limits on issuance.
  • PayPal has launched a new mobile payments service, an extension of its existing app functionality that allows users to pay for low-value transactions. The company’s well-known brand boosts its reach but is the platform scalable and does that even matter?
  • As growth in China falters and India seems to spiral ever more helplessly downward, southeast Asia has become central to the fortunes of banks in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • Banks in Chile, Peru and Colombia are building platforms across the Andean region as a single commercial market between the three countries develops.
  • Credit growth in Peru is under control, but lending is highly dollarized and there are concerns about credit quality. High bank profits are probably not sustainable.
  • With room to grow domestically, and foreign stakeholders in two of the biggest banks already active in the region, there is little incentive for Chile’s banks to expand abroad.