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Global Market: DBS raises full-year outlook as record Q2 profit beats estimates

DBS Group announced a robust nine percent increase in net profit for the second quarter, bolstered by a remarkable forty-two percent rise in wealth management fees. Following an exceptional first half, the bank upgraded its full-year guidance. Despite facing margin pressures, overall profit margins showed improvement with a higher return…

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Netflix Is Betting Billions That AI Will Strengthen Its Business. Here’s What Wall Street Is Missing.

Netflix’s post-earnings selloff may be overlooking the company’s strong fundamentals, record buybacks, and AI-driven long-term competitive advantage.

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Global Market: DBS targets over $774 billion in wealth assets by 2030 amid Asia wealth boom

DBS Group aims to grow assets under management in its retail and wealth businesses from S$632 billion at the end of 2025 to more than S$1 trillion by 2030. The bank plans to capitalise on Asia’s rising wealth and Singapore’s growing role as a global financial hub.

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NRIs looking to park your dollars? Ujjivan SFB offers 7.5%, DBS up to 5.6% on FCNR deposits

Banks are raising returns on FCNR(B) deposits after the RBI eased norms to attract foreign currency inflows. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank now offers 7.5% on 3–5-year USD FCNR deposits, while DBS Bank India provides up to 5.6%, giving NRIs more attractive options to park their dollar savings.

The Economic Times

The surprising reason India's most expensive stocks often keep rising

Indian stocks defy logic, with expensive companies consistently outperforming. This trend, observed over 15 years, sees sectors like defence and retail surge despite high valuations, driven by structural shifts and strong earnings. Jefferies highlights the power sector as the next potential beneficiary, citing strong demand and private sector capex. Investors…

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India's economic plot twist comes with one villain stepping aside, another waiting

India's economic outlook has improved as falling crude oil prices ease inflation, strengthen the balance of payments and prompt economists to raise GDP growth forecasts. But the optimism comes with fresh risks, including an uneven monsoon, food inflation, geopolitical tensions in West Asia and uncertainty over global commodity prices, making…

The Economic Times

The $1 trillion AI 'arms race' is fueling a hidden supercycle and it's not just chips

DBS Bank says the global AI arms race is driving a multi-year capex supercycle extending beyond semiconductors into energy, networking, infrastructure and data centres. The bank expects AI spending, sovereign AI investments and rising power demand to create new investment opportunities while reshaping portfolio allocation amid geopolitical risks and persistent…

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DBS completes $1 billion synthetic securitisation in first for a Singapore bank

Singapore's largest bank, DBS Group, has successfully completed a groundbreaking synthetic securitisation deal involving a $1 billion corporate loan portfolio. This innovative transaction allows investors to share credit risk, enabling DBS to manage its capital more efficiently and free up resources for expanded client financing across the region. The move…

The Economic Times

Maybank Singapore CEO Alvin Lee looks to tap the silver economy and cross-border flows to grow his business

Singapore now contributes 20% of Maybank’s annual revenue, but its country CEO Alvin Lee hopes to lift that number to 30% by 2030.

Fortune

India short-bond rally faces risks from cash drain, analysts Say

BofA Securities and Bandhan AMC Ltd. expect the Reserve Bank of India to step up short-term cash withdrawal operations in coming months as surplus banking liquidity is seen climbing to pandemic-era levels of about 8 trillion rupees ($85 billion). DBS Bank Ltd. expects the central bank to deploy a stronger…

The Economic Times

Singapore punches above its weight on the Southeast Asia 500, capturing a third of total revenue

Half of the top 10 companies on the SEA 500 are headquartered in Singapore. No. 1 goes to commodity giant Trafigura, with revenue of $240 billion.

Fortune

Talent fight heats up in India finance hub as two chiefs quit

GIFT City, India's international finance hub, is experiencing intense competition for talent as two foreign bank chiefs have recently resigned. Taral Shah of DBS Bank and Saiju Gandhi of Standard Chartered have left their roles, highlighting a challenge for the growing hub. This comes as global banks expand their presence,…

The Economic Times

Business Bank Account in Singapore: Guide to DBS Business Multi-Currency Account (2026)

A business bank account in Singapore is a corporate bank account registered in a company's name, used exclusively for business financial activities

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DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, partners with VC giant Granite Asia to counter the region's lack of capital

The partnership launches with a new $110 million fund, exclusively for DBS's wealth clients, that targets IPO-stage AI and tech startups in the region.

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Why Singapore’s prime minister gave DBS and Grab a shout-out during the country’s budget speech

Lawrence Wong called on Singapore's companies to adopt AI “comprehensively”, and described DBS and Grab as firms "moving decisively on AI transformation."

Fortune

I left consulting to begin teaching at Dartmouth right before the release of ChatGPT. Disruption is always messy—and there's always a twist

Over the last three years, I've been experimenting through a course called “AI and Consultative Decision Making.” I alsowrote the book "Epic Disruptions."

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DBS rolls out Gen AI chatbot, as Southeast Asia’s largest bank incorporates AI in its workflow

The bank currently uses AI to handle tasks like fraud detection, algorithmic credit-scoring and employee training.

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DBS CEO Tan Su Shan’s one big lesson for getting through Trump’s tariffs: ‘Diversify’

DBS CEO Tan Su Shan says the tariffs are bringing together once-estranged trading partners.

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Fortune's Most Powerful Women Asia 2025 list includes top CFOs from Huawei, ByteDance, Sony, Temasek

MPW Asia 2025 includes founders and C-suite leaders whose influence crosses borders and industries.

Fortune

Tan Su Shan, CEO of Southeast Asia's largest bank, is Fortune's most powerful woman in Asia for 2025

DBS's new CEO is No. 1 on Fortune's second-ever Most Powerful Women Asia ranking, among a finance- and tech-heavy top five.

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Franklin Templeton, Ripple Join Forces To Launch Tokenized Money Market Funds For Accredited Investors Of This Asian Banking Giant

Singapore’s largest bank, DBS Group Holdings (OTC:DBSDY), asset management firm Franklin Templeton and blockchain company Ripple Labs (CRYPTO: XRP) have teamed up to provide accredited investors trading solutions backed by tokenized money market funds and U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins.

Fortune

Southeast Asia’s three largest banks warn of macroeconomic headwinds following a mixed quarter

DBS’s quarterly profit grew by 1%, yet the bank acknowledged “external uncertainties.” Profits at fellow banks UOB and OCBC fell.

Fortune

DBS Group’s board tells its chief exec: 'Even the CEO’s job can be replaced by AI'

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The CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank knows even her job is at risk from AI

“If I can be replaced by AI, so can everything else!”

Fortune

OCBC’s next CEO shows the Singaporean bank is still betting on ASEAN-China ties for growth

OCBC’s CEO-to-be comes with a wealth of China experience, including a five-year stint leading DBS’s institutional banking business in China.

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