The Asian Banker
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The Asian Banker is a company that provides information for the financial services industry in the form of publications, online materials such as e-newsletters, research, and conventions, and other industry gatherings. It is regarded as one of the Asian region’s leading consultancies in financial services research, benchmarking and intelligence.
in 1996 by Emmanuel Daniel
, a former consultant. It was established first as a publisher of trade publication, such as The Asian Banker Journal
, before moving into research, consulting, benchmarking, and events organization, all catering to the financial services industry.
, a quarterly publication of 40 pages that was launched in January, 1997. Throughout 1997 and 1998, it provided on-the-ground coverage of the Asian financial crisis, anchored by Daniel’s journalistic skills and award-winning articles—Daniel won the prestigious Citibank Excellence in Journalism Award for the Asian region in February 1999 for his work in determining the impact of the Internet on banking.
The magazine covers a wide range of industry topics, such as opinion editorials, current events analysis, retail banking, transaction banking, risk management, bank regulation and IT for financial services. It features profiles of individuals in the financial services industry, some of which can run to several pages if the individual is particularly influential.. The publication is characterized by its coverage of bank CEOs and chief regulators interviews. Transcripts of these interviews can also be found on the company’s website. Some of the top managers of banks and regulatory authorities that have been interviewed by the company, and full transcripts appear on the website, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, China Construction Bank
, National Australia Bank
, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
, Citi Asia, HSBC
Asia, SBI Group
, Bank Negara Malaysia
, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
, Siam Commercial Bank
, Kasikorn Bank
, Bank of Ayudhya, Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank), Noor Islamic Bank
, Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank), Hong Leong Bank
, Shenzhen Ping An Bank
, Hatton National Bank
, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
, Bank of Baroda
, YES Bank
, and others.
The publications business also maintains a video interview website called The Banking Conversation. The website contains interviews, 10 to 30 minutes in length, of prominent figures in banking, economics, IT, investing and academia, including Charles Prince
, Craig Donohue, David Eldon
, Dick Kovacevich, Gerardo Ruiz Mateos
, Howard Davies
, Jane Diplock, Jiang Jianqing
, Jim Goodnight, Jim Rogers
, Julie Dickson
, KV Kamath, Lazaro Camos, Luis Alberto Moreno
, Malcolm Gladwell
, Malcolm Knight
, Ronald Arculli
, Sir George Mathewson and Yngve Slyngstad
.
By 2005, The Asian Banker Journal was published 10 times a year. While Daniel has turned over management of the magazine to staff, he still writes for a blog.
The Summit typically include fora on topics such as risk management
, information technology
, transaction banking, payment systems and regulation
, and they include both opening, and closing, keynote speeches. Past keynote speakers include Al Gore
(Summit 2005), William Seidman(Summit 2005-2007), Thomas Bliley (Summit 2006), Paul Keating
(Summit 2007), Paul Sarbanes
(Summit 2008), Kaspar Villiger
(Summit 2008), Liu Mingkang
(Summit 2009) and Neel Kashkari
(Summit 2010).
In The Asian Banker Summit 2008 in Hanoi and The Asian Banker Summit 2009 in Beijing, The Asian Banker collaborated with The Bankers’ Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) on a conference, held in conjunction with The Asian Banker Summit, called The BAFT Asia Conference on Cash, Treasury and Trade. On October 27, 2008, BAFT announced that it had renewed the agreement for the 2009 conference in Beijing.
Besides the Summit, the company holds events in other cities around Asia.
business compiles rankings, such as such as Asia Pacific banks by asset size and financial strength, CEO compensation, dividend payouts, the top 40 Islamic banking institutions in Asia, a databook of macro indicators of banking, payments and distribution, and industry performance. The division also writes management reports, research notes, country reports, and proprietary benchmarking on consumer banking technology and operations, and other topics.
. In the 2008 financial year, the 10 largest banks in the Asia Pacific region by assets were Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group
, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, China Construction Bank
, Agricultural Bank of China
, Bank of China
, Norinchukin Bank
, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
and National Australia Bank
. This has been unchanged since the previous years.
Since 2003, the guide has added a strength ranking, which measures each of the 300 banks according to a strength formula. The formula weights assets, year-on-year growth in loans, year-on-year growth in deposits, and eight other criteria to arrive at a total strength score. Invariably, the largest banks are not necessarily the strongest banks, and in the 2009 financial year, the 10 strongest banks in the Asia Pacific region were HDFC Bank
, Punjab National Bank
, Public Bank
, Bank of Nanjing, Bank Central Asia
, China CITIC Bank
, ANZ National Bank, Union Bank of India
, Westpac Banking Corporation and China Construction Bank
. The ranking is a recognized benchmark among financial institutions in Asia, and banks that have mentioned the ranking in their investor relations materials and financial reports include Siam Commercial Bank
, Maybank
, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
, DBS
, Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings
and Hang Seng Bank
.
History
The Asian Banker was founded in SingaporeSingapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
in 1996 by Emmanuel Daniel
Emmanuel Daniel
Emmanuel Daniel is a Singapore-based entrepreneur. After pursuing studies at the National University of Singapore and the University of London, and entering a career in management consulting, Daniel founded The Asian Banker in Singapore in September 1996...
, a former consultant. It was established first as a publisher of trade publication, such as The Asian Banker Journal
The Asian Banker Journal
The Asian Banker Journal a trade publication that covers the global financial services industry, was founded in Singapore, by Emmanuel Daniel and his associates. The company has grown into The Asian Banker group, with research, conferences and training businesses, all focusing on providing...
, before moving into research, consulting, benchmarking, and events organization, all catering to the financial services industry.
Publications
The company’s original product was The Asian Banker JournalThe Asian Banker Journal
The Asian Banker Journal a trade publication that covers the global financial services industry, was founded in Singapore, by Emmanuel Daniel and his associates. The company has grown into The Asian Banker group, with research, conferences and training businesses, all focusing on providing...
, a quarterly publication of 40 pages that was launched in January, 1997. Throughout 1997 and 1998, it provided on-the-ground coverage of the Asian financial crisis, anchored by Daniel’s journalistic skills and award-winning articles—Daniel won the prestigious Citibank Excellence in Journalism Award for the Asian region in February 1999 for his work in determining the impact of the Internet on banking.
The magazine covers a wide range of industry topics, such as opinion editorials, current events analysis, retail banking, transaction banking, risk management, bank regulation and IT for financial services. It features profiles of individuals in the financial services industry, some of which can run to several pages if the individual is particularly influential.. The publication is characterized by its coverage of bank CEOs and chief regulators interviews. Transcripts of these interviews can also be found on the company’s website. Some of the top managers of banks and regulatory authorities that have been interviewed by the company, and full transcripts appear on the website, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank is one of the 'big four' banks in the People's Republic of China. To date, it is ranked as the nation's second largest and the second largest bank in the world by market capitalization and 12th largest company in the world. The bank has approximately 13,629 domestic branches...
, National Australia Bank
National Australia Bank
National Australia Bank is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia in terms of market capitalisation and customers. NAB is ranked 17th largest bank in the world measured by market capitalisation...
, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority or HKMA is Hong Kong's central banking institution . It is a government authority founded on 1 April 1993 via the consolidation of "Office of the Exchange Fund" and the "Office of the Commissioner of Banking"...
, Citi Asia, HSBC
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
Asia, SBI Group
SBI Group
SBI Group is a financial services company group based in Japan. The groups's businesses and companies are held primarily at SBI Holdings, the group also operates a business school and children's charity foundation as well...
, Bank Negara Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia is the Malaysian central bank. Established on January 26, 1959 as the Bank Negara Malaya, its main purpose was to issue currency, act as banker and adviser to the Government of Malaysia and regulate the country's credit situation...
, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd , incorporated on January 9, 1993 with the approval of the People's Bank of China , is a joint-stock commercial bank with its headquarters located in Shanghai....
, Siam Commercial Bank
Siam Commercial Bank
Siam Commercial Bank is a bank from Thailand, based in Bangkok.- History :Established by Royal Charter in 1907, Siam Commercial Bank PCL was Thailand's first bank. At the time of its establishment, the only banks in the country were branch offices of foreign banks...
, Kasikorn Bank
Kasikorn Bank
Kasikornbank Public Company Limited formerly known as the Thai Farmers Bank was established on 8 June 1945 by Choti Lamsam, with registered capital of Baht 5 million and has been listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since 1976...
, Bank of Ayudhya, Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank), Noor Islamic Bank
Noor Islamic Bank
Noor Islamic Bank was established in 2006 in Dubai, and is a Shari’a compliant commercial bank, owned by Emirates Investment Authority and Noor Investment Group LLC. It has a paid-up capital of USD 1 billion...
, Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank), Hong Leong Bank
Hong Leong Bank
Hong Leong Bank is a bank in Malaysia.Hong Leong Bank was founded by Mr LAM Ji Chiew and began its operations in 1905 in Kuching, Sarawak under the name of Kwong Lee Mortgage & Remittance Company. The company granted loans against the security of export commodities such as pepper, rubber and other...
, Shenzhen Ping An Bank
Shenzhen Ping An Bank
Ping An Bank is a joint-stock commercial bank with its headquarters in Shenzhen. It primarily operates in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Fuzhou. As a subsidiary of Ping An Insurance Company of China, Ltd. , the bank is one of the three main pillars of Ping An Group: insurance, banking and asset...
, Hatton National Bank
Hatton National Bank
Hatton National Bank PLC is a leading private bank in Sri Lanka. It has overseas extension offices in Chennai and Karachi.- History :...
, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and commonly abbreviated as BSP is the central bank of the Philippines. It was rechartered on July 3, 1993, pursuant to the provision of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the New Central Bank Act of 1993...
, Bank of Baroda
Bank of Baroda
Bank of Baroda is the third largest bank in India, after the State Bank of India and the Punjab National Bank and ahead of ICICI Bank. BoB is ranked 763 in Forbes Global 2000 list. BoB has total assets in excess of Rs. 3.58 lakh crores, or Rs. 3,583 billion, a network of over 3,409 branches and...
, YES Bank
Yes Bank
YES Bank Limited is an Indian Bank, engaged in providing a range of banking and financial services. The Bank’s business segments include Treasury, Corporate/Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, Corporate Finance, Transaction Banking and a host of other Banking services...
, and others.
The publications business also maintains a video interview website called The Banking Conversation. The website contains interviews, 10 to 30 minutes in length, of prominent figures in banking, economics, IT, investing and academia, including Charles Prince
Charles Prince
Charles O. "Chuck" Prince, III is an American former chief executive officer and chairman of Citigroup. He succeeded Sandy Weill as the CEO of the firm in 2003, and as the Chairman of the Board in 2006...
, Craig Donohue, David Eldon
David Eldon
David Gordon Eldon is former Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He retired in May 2005, after spending 37 years with HSBC Group. He is now the Senior Adviser of PricewaterhouseCoopers.-Personal history:...
, Dick Kovacevich, Gerardo Ruiz Mateos
Gerardo Ruiz Mateos
Gerardo Ruiz Mateos . Mexican engineer and politician. Former Secretary of Economy in Mexico.Holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Systems at the ITESM and has a specialty in Economics and Finance...
, Howard Davies
Howard Davies
Howard Davies is the name of:* Howard Davies , Wales rugby union international* Sir Howard Davies , Former Director of the London School of Economics and former British financial regulator...
, Jane Diplock, Jiang Jianqing
Jiang Jianqing
Jiang Jianqing is the current Chairman of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited .-Biography:Jiang graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 1984, and later obtained his master's and doctor's degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In 1993, Jiang was appointed...
, Jim Goodnight, Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers
James Beeland Rogers, Jr. is an American investor, author, and occasional financial commentator. He is currently based in Singapore. Rogers is the Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc...
, Julie Dickson
Julie Dickson
Julie Dickson is the current Superintendent of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, since July 4, 2007.As Superintendent, Ms. Dickson serves on the Council of Governors of the Canadian Public Accountability Board, the board of directors of the Canada Deposit Insurance...
, KV Kamath, Lazaro Camos, Luis Alberto Moreno
Luis Alberto Moreno
Luis Alberto Moreno Mejía is the 4th and current President of the Inter-American Development Bank.-Life:Luis Alberto Moreno was elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank during a special meeting of the Bank's Board of Governors at IDB headquarters in Washington, D.C...
, Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell, CM is a Canadian journalist, bestselling author, and speaker. He is currently based in New York City and has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996...
, Malcolm Knight
Malcolm Knight
Malcolm D. Knight is a Canadian economist, currently serving as vice-chairman of Deutsche Bank.-Career:Malcolm Knight received an Honour BA in political science and economics from the University of Toronto and MSc and Ph.D degrees from the London School of EconomicsFrom 1971 to 75, Malcolm Knight...
, Ronald Arculli
Ronald Arculli
Ronald Joseph Arculli, GBM, GBS, CVO, OBE, JP is chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing and Non-official Members Convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong . He is a Hong Kong solicitor and a founding partner of the law firm, Arculli, Fong, & Ng, which later merged with King &...
, Sir George Mathewson and Yngve Slyngstad
Yngve Slyngstad
Yngve Slyngstad is the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management which is the part of the Norwegian Central Bank that is responsible for managing The Government Pension Fund - Global....
.
By 2005, The Asian Banker Journal was published 10 times a year. While Daniel has turned over management of the magazine to staff, he still writes for a blog.
Forums business
The company launched a forums division in 2000 to capitalize on the interest its readership had in taking part in a forum to discuss banking issues and challenges that had come to the fore in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. It held the first Asian Banker Summit in Singapore in 2000. Subsequent summits have been held in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Jakarta and Hanoi, Beijing and Singapore.The Summit typically include fora on topics such as risk management
Risk management
Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities...
, information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, transaction banking, payment systems and regulation
Regulation
Regulation is administrative legislation that constitutes or constrains rights and allocates responsibilities. It can be distinguished from primary legislation on the one hand and judge-made law on the other...
, and they include both opening, and closing, keynote speeches. Past keynote speakers include Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
(Summit 2005), William Seidman(Summit 2005-2007), Thomas Bliley (Summit 2006), Paul Keating
Paul Keating
Paul John Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1991 to 1996. Keating was elected as the federal Labor member for Blaxland in 1969 and came to prominence as the reformist treasurer of the Hawke Labor government, which came to power at the 1983 election...
(Summit 2007), Paul Sarbanes
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes , a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. He did not seek re-election in 2006, when he was succeeded by fellow Democrat Ben Cardin...
(Summit 2008), Kaspar Villiger
Kaspar Villiger
Kaspar Villiger is a Swiss businessman, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council . He currently heads Swiss bank UBS.-Political career:On February 1, 1989, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council...
(Summit 2008), Liu Mingkang
Liu Mingkang
Liu Mingkang graduated from the University of London in 1987. In 1988 he received an MBA from the Cass Business School. He served as chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission from its creation in 2003 until he reached the retirement age of 65...
(Summit 2009) and Neel Kashkari
Neel Kashkari
Neel T. Kashkari was the Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability in the United States Department of the Treasury. While in this role, he led the Office of Financial Stability, the office set up to buy troubled financial assets from U.S. financial firms under the $700...
(Summit 2010).
In The Asian Banker Summit 2008 in Hanoi and The Asian Banker Summit 2009 in Beijing, The Asian Banker collaborated with The Bankers’ Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) on a conference, held in conjunction with The Asian Banker Summit, called The BAFT Asia Conference on Cash, Treasury and Trade. On October 27, 2008, BAFT announced that it had renewed the agreement for the 2009 conference in Beijing.
Besides the Summit, the company holds events in other cities around Asia.
Research
The Asian Banker launched a research division in 2003. Asian Banker ResearchAsian Banker Research
Asian Banker Research is one of the three major units of The Asian Banker, . other units are Asian Banker Editorial and Asian Banker Forums.The Asian Banker launched a research division in 2003...
business compiles rankings, such as such as Asia Pacific banks by asset size and financial strength, CEO compensation, dividend payouts, the top 40 Islamic banking institutions in Asia, a databook of macro indicators of banking, payments and distribution, and industry performance. The division also writes management reports, research notes, country reports, and proprietary benchmarking on consumer banking technology and operations, and other topics.
The Asian Banker 300
While The Asian Banker’s research business covers a variety of research projects, its most visible product is The Asian Banker 300, a reference guide to the 300 largest banks in Asia Pacific by assets. The company expands the list to over 500 banks in its online version. The research comes out in September or October and is launched every year at Sibos, the large annual financial services convention organized by SWIFTSwift
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are actually not closely related to passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds...
. In the 2008 financial year, the 10 largest banks in the Asia Pacific region by assets were Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group
Mizuho Financial Group
, abbreviated as MHFG, or simply called Mizuho is a banking holding company headquartered in the Ōtemachi district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan...
, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. is the largest bank in the world by profit and market capitalization. It is one China's 'Big Four' state-owned commercial banks .It was founded as a limited company on January 1, 1984...
, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank is one of the 'big four' banks in the People's Republic of China. To date, it is ranked as the nation's second largest and the second largest bank in the world by market capitalization and 12th largest company in the world. The bank has approximately 13,629 domestic branches...
, Agricultural Bank of China
Agricultural Bank of China
Agricultural Bank of China Limited , also known as AgBank, is one of the "Big Four" banks in the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1951, and has its headquarters in Beijing...
, Bank of China
Bank of China
Bank of China Limited is one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1912 by the Government of the Republic of China, to replace the Government Bank of Imperial China. It is the oldest bank in China...
, Norinchukin Bank
Norinchukin Bank
The Norinchukin Bank is a Japanese cooperative bank serving over 5612 agricultural, fishing and forestry cooperatives from its headquarters in Tokyo. Its members include cooperative federations such as the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives and the Japan Fishery Cooperatives...
, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is a prominent bank established and based in Hong Kong since 1865 when Hong Kong was a colony of the British Empire. It is the founding member of the HSBC Group and since 1990 is now a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc...
and National Australia Bank
National Australia Bank
National Australia Bank is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia in terms of market capitalisation and customers. NAB is ranked 17th largest bank in the world measured by market capitalisation...
. This has been unchanged since the previous years.
Since 2003, the guide has added a strength ranking, which measures each of the 300 banks according to a strength formula. The formula weights assets, year-on-year growth in loans, year-on-year growth in deposits, and eight other criteria to arrive at a total strength score. Invariably, the largest banks are not necessarily the strongest banks, and in the 2009 financial year, the 10 strongest banks in the Asia Pacific region were HDFC Bank
HDFC Bank
HDFC Bank Limited is a major Indian financial services company based in India, incorporated in August 1994, after the Reserve Bank of India allowed establishing private sector banks. The Bank was promoted by the Housing Development Finance Corporation, a premier housing finance company of India...
, Punjab National Bank
Punjab National Bank
Punjab National Bank , was founded in 1894 and is currently the second largest state-owned commercial bank in India ahead of Bank of Baroda with about 5000 branches across 764 cities. It serves over 37 million customers. The bank has been ranked 248th biggest bank in the world by the Bankers...
, Public Bank
Public Bank
Public Bank Berhad is a bank based in Malaysia. Public Bank is currently the biggest domestic bank in Malaysia by shareholders' funds. It focuses on retail customers and small to medium sized enterprises. The bank was founded in 1966 by Teh Hong Piow, the then general manager of Malayan Banking...
, Bank of Nanjing, Bank Central Asia
Bank Central Asia
Bank Central Asia is an Indonesian bank founded on August 10, 1955.The Asian monetary crisis in 1997 had a tremendous impact on Indonesia’s entire banking system. In particular, it affected BCA’s cash flow and even threatened its survival. Panic rush forced the bank to seek assistance from the...
, China CITIC Bank
China CITIC Bank
China CITIC Bank is China’s seventh-largest lender in terms of total assets. It is formerly known as CITIC Industrial Bank. China CITIC Bank, established in February 1987, is a nationally comprehensive and internationally oriented commercial bank...
, ANZ National Bank, Union Bank of India
Union Bank of India
Union Bank of India is one of India's largest state-owned banks , is listed on the Forbes 2000. It has assets of USD 13.45 billion and all the bank's branches have been networked with its 1135 ATMs. Its online Telebanking facility are available to all its Core Banking Customers - individual as...
, Westpac Banking Corporation and China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank is one of the 'big four' banks in the People's Republic of China. To date, it is ranked as the nation's second largest and the second largest bank in the world by market capitalization and 12th largest company in the world. The bank has approximately 13,629 domestic branches...
. The ranking is a recognized benchmark among financial institutions in Asia, and banks that have mentioned the ranking in their investor relations materials and financial reports include Siam Commercial Bank
Siam Commercial Bank
Siam Commercial Bank is a bank from Thailand, based in Bangkok.- History :Established by Royal Charter in 1907, Siam Commercial Bank PCL was Thailand's first bank. At the time of its establishment, the only banks in the country were branch offices of foreign banks...
, Maybank
Maybank
Maybank , a trade name for Malayan Banking Berhad is the largest bank and financial group in Malaysia, with significant banking operations in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. The bank also has large interests in Islamic banking through Maybank Islamic Berhad and insurance via its Etiqa...
, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd , incorporated on January 9, 1993 with the approval of the People's Bank of China , is a joint-stock commercial bank with its headquarters located in Shanghai....
, DBS
DBS
-Automobiles:*Aston Martin DBS, 1967–72 automobile model*Aston Martin DBS V12, 2008- automobile model, officially also called the Aston Martin DBS-Technology:*Database system*Discbox Slider, a carton board disc case...
, Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings
Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings
Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad is the listed vehicle for CIMB Group, Malaysia’s second largest financial services group. It has been listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia, the nation’s stock exchange since 1987...
and Hang Seng Bank
Hang Seng Bank
Hang Seng Bank Limited is the second largest bank in Hong Kong. It is a listed company but it is majority owned by the HSBC Group via The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Hang Seng is also one of the constituent shares of the Hang Seng Index...
.