Asia Banking Research

Aug

Will GXS Bank reach its profitability target?

Looking at the stock price of Singaporean platform company Grab, one wonders what investors truly think about this company’s prospects. Since its Dec. 2021 Nasdaq debut in a SPAC merger, Grab has lost 74% of its market value. The stock’s 52-week high is just US$3.88. We suspect that investors are…

Jul

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Why is the Philippines reopening digital banking license applications?

Who needs more digital banks in Southeast Asia? If you asked us, we would say not too many countries do. Certainly not Singapore, probably not Malaysia or Thailand, and even though Indonesia is a huge market, it already has a lot of online lenders.

Jul

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ANEXT Bank makes modest progress

What to make of ANEXT Bank? On the one hand, Ant Group has been focused for years now on expanding its presence in Southeast Asia. Its Singapore digital bank, which provides multi-currency business accounts, unsecured financing with flexible repayment options, and fixed deposit accounts to SMEs, is a key part…

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