DBS

DBS is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation offering services in consumer, SME and corporate banking activities across Asia and the Middle East.
See below for the Latest DBS News, Analysis, Profit Results, Share Price Information, and Commentary.

DBS CEO Piyush Gupta earned 13.3% more in 2022

Gupta’s salary is S$1.5m in 2022, up from S$1.2m in 2021.

Banks offer flexiwork, mentor programmes to uplift women’s careers

This International Women’s Day, we spoke with Singapore’s big three banks on how they are helping close the gender gap in their workforces.

Daily Markets Briefing: STI up 0.29%, DBS takes the lead

The top stocks are DBS, Sembcorp Marine, and UOB.

Major banks posted NIM expansion and strong growth in Q4 22

These banks delivered higher than expected dividends.

DBS names new group head of consumer banking, Singapore country head

She Tse Koon takes over from Sim S. Lim, who is retiring from executive duties.

High interest rates carry DBS to record net profit of $8.19b in 2022

Total income surpassed $16b for the first time in the bank’s history.

NIM moderated but still strong in Q4 22: UOBKayHian

Some banks posted 49% year-on-year growth

Singapore banks to report flattish Q4 22 earnings amidst slow global growth

NIMs will rise but the expansion could decelerate due to higher funding costs.

Headline expectations down 3.8% in December 2022: experts

But it is still higher than the average since 2011.

AI, big data amongst trends in banks: Maybank

Investments in AI are at an accelerating pace for DBS, UOB, and OCBC.   Banks in the Lion City have been deploying AI and big data at an accelerating pace, analysts from Maybank said.   Amongst the banks that are investing in these technologies are DBS, OCBC, and UOB.   For instance, DBS allocated $1b annually for the past four years. In fact, the bank sent out 30 million personalised insights to 3.5 million customers.   Another bank investing in such tech is UOB, which sought to spend $500m to scale digital offerings until 2026, on top of the average $535m spent on technology yearly in the past four years.   OCBC also made its technological investments such as the AI lab it already launched in 2019.    “These investments are now reaching commerciality, enabling the banks to leverage customer data and relationship-driven insights,” read the report.   What these advancements are doing is to allow banks to leverage customer data as well as relationship-driven insights.   For example, in retail banking, it is initially translating into serving up personalised product offerings including discounts and targeted deals.   The advanced tech also offers customised insights on customer spending habits and automated assistance on payments and subscriptions are becoming standard offerings on their digital apps.

Analyst sees banking ROE improvement due to NIM expansion

RHB said there will be tailwinds from hikes in federal funds rate.