Despite China opening up banking to foreigners, incomers will face difficult challenges to make an impact on such a gargantuan market.
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December 4, 2006
Crèdit Andorrà
Crèdit Andorrà has had a rewarding year. Its consolidation strategy in the personal, private and commercial banking divisions and the increased product offering resulted in a profit growth of more than 40%, breaking a sequence of flat profits in the previous two years.
Pace of Indian banking reform angers everyone
December 4, 2006Measures to open India’s banking market to global competition are under attack from foreign banks for being too slow, and from state bank employees for being too rapid and drastic. Michael Imeson reports.
Jacqueline Guichelaar
December 4, 2006Jacqueline Guichelaar, general manager, technology operations, National Australia Group, tells Dan Barnes of the importance of marrying technology and business decision making.
KBC benchmarks its way to efficiency
December 4, 2006Stephen Timewell discovers how the Belgian bank improved the efficiency, productivity and client-facing time of its sales network.
South Africans in pole position
December 4, 2006South Africa’s ‘big five’ lead The Banker’s Top 100 African banks listing while the impact of Nigeria’s new regulations on bank capitalisation has yet to filter through.
ABN Amro keeps focus fixed on Brazil
December 4, 2006With its prized asset of Brazil’s Banco Real, ABN AMRO is staying focused on the country, aware of the huge potential in the mortgage market, capital markets and investment banking. Jules Stewart reports.
Subtle growth in the bonds arena
December 4, 2006Nick Freeman in Ho Chi Minh City reports on Vietnam’s widening spectrum of domestic bond issuers and investors.
Leader of the legion
December 4, 2006Macquarie’s aggressive global acquisition trail is being followed by other Australian niche specialists. However, there are concerns about risk management practices, Virginia Marsh reports from Sydney.
Entering the risk zone
December 4, 2006As Romania prepares to join the EU next year, governor of the National Bank of Romania Mugur Isarescu talks to Adina Postelnicu in Bucharest.