As the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon returns as a major event, up to 50,000 participants are anticipated

After two editions that were modified and scaled back due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon will resume as a full-scale event in December with up to 50,000 participants anticipated.

The race will feature full and half marathons as well as a mass start a...

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK TO CHOP HUNDREDS OF JOB POSTS IN UAE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Standard Chartered Plc is cutting more than 100 positions in the United Arab Emirates, the most recent action by the bank to shrivel costs around the world.

The decreases will happen in lender retail and worldwide bank financial divi...

AXIS BANK’S PRALAY MONDAL HEADS TO CATHOLIC SYRIAN BANK

Highlights

• Pralay Mondal, a graduate from IIT Kharagpur and a management graduate from IIM, Calcutta has nearly 30 years of banking experience

• Mr. Mondal served HDFC Bank for the period of 12 years before his stint at Yes Bank

• At the CSB Bank, Pr...

The first digital bank in Hong Kong provides 6% deposit rates that rival HSBC's

HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG)— Hong Kong's first new generation of digital banks announced their launch with an introductory deposit rate of 6 percent.

ZA Bank, one of eight firms preparing to start digital-only banks in Hong Kong, has started a trial run that pays more than 3 percent...