SINGAPORE-BASED banking groups, long thought to be conservative compared with their multinational counterparts Citigroup, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank, are beginning to strengthen their foothold in Malaysia and in the region.
Apart from growing organically through the subsidiaries in the countries they operate in, the groups are also now looking for opportunities to acquire and merge with local banks and other financial services companies in the region.
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