China Construction Bank is one of those banks in the “People’s Republic of China”. The bank has around 14,000 branches in China & it has international branches in more than 15 main cities of different countries worldwide, viz, New York, London, Barcelona, Singapore, Tokyo, etc. It is...
With operations in more than 70 countries, BNP Paribas is one of Europe's biggest banks and one of the world's largest players in foreign exchange. A global network of trading desks makes BNP Paribas one of the world's leading foreign exchange banks with access to a wide range of currenci...
Indian Overseas Bank was founded with the primary objective of dealing in overseas banking and foreign exchange banking business. Currently, it is the fourth-largest public sector bank in India and one of the two important public sector banks recommended by NITI ayog for privatization. The product ...
AsiaPay, with its headquarters in Hong Kong, provides both professional payment consulting and local payment services in 12 Asian countries including China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Supporting payments using credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Expre...
This study investigates information asymmetry in the foreign exchange market and its implications for the existence of private information. It tests the hypothesis that top trading banks have more information on the macro-economy because they process greater order flow, which according to the micro-...
Foreign investors whostart businesses in Singaporemust complete several steps before actually having an up-and-running company. One of these steps ishaving a local address, as requested by the Singapore Company Law. They have two options in this case: to buy or torent office space. Most of th...
It also has an international presence in the USA, Middle East, London, and Singapore. The bank constantly strives to seize new opportunities by differentiating across products, services and technologies. The bank has multiple businesses such as – banking (consumer, commercial, and corporate), ...
In recent days, many of the employed foreign nationals working in Singapore are considering owning their own condominiums as there are very few restrictions to buy and with banks offering loans at a lower interest rates it has become an attractive option as the value of real estate never goes ...
China is a net exporter of goods, with much of that foreign trade being conducted in U.S. dollars. Chinese companies thus receive U.S. dollars but must convert them into Chinese currency via the banking system. The banks then reconcile these with the central bank. The central bank then us...
This study explores how information costs in host countries affect foreign expansion of the top 100 multinational banks from 2002 to 2008. Indices representing characteristics of a credit reporting system are used to proxy for the lenders' information costs in 106 host countries. We document that ba...