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UOB Shares Retreat on Bank’s Profit, Dividend Decline

United Overseas Bank Ltd. shares tumbled the most in almost four months after fourth-quarter profit missed analyst expectations and the bank cut its dividend.

Signage outside United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd. bank branch in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Singapore-based UOB is aiming to be Southeast Asia’s top trade bank, while growing businesses from corporate banking to wealth management, executives at its corporate day in Kuala Lumpur said Wednesday. Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg
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Inside Singapore’s AI Bootcamp to Retrain 35,000 Bankers

Kelvin Chiang knew the five agentic AI models built by his team could in ten minutes do what used to take a private banker an entire day. With that in place, he went to show Singapore’s banking regulator the safeguards would sufficiently control the risks.

Bank staff gather for a hands-on AI literacy workshop at OCBC's Singapore headquarters. Source: OCBC
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Singapore Bank UOB Struggles With Hong Kong, China Property Loans as Prices Sink

A large wager on Hong Kong and China real estate is backfiring on one of Singapore’s top banks, which is facing up to mounting troubles in the region’s deteriorating property markets.

Parkview Green in Beijing. Photographer: Simon Song/South China Morning Post/Getty Images
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