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GREATER CHINA

China's central bank skips open market operations - Xinhua News Agency
China's ICBC bank selects Gemalto for contactless cards - Verdict
China's forex reserves continue to grow in December - Xinhua News Agency

JAPAN AND KOREA

Seven Bank ATMs to use face recognition for opening accounts - Kyodo News
KB Kookmin goes into emergency mode - The Korea Times
Seoul to crack down on offshore tax evasion - The Korea Times

ASEAN

Apisak seeks IBank uptick before sale - Bangkok Post
Philippines launches 10-year US dollar bonds - BusinessWorld
SEC refines draft rules on initial coin offerings - BusinessWorld
PSBank starts P8-billion rights offer - BusinessWorld
PBB to acquire Insular Savers Bank - BusinessWorld
Banks must warn customers about ATM theft - Viet Nam News
Cash withdrawal limit in foreign countries set at VNĐ30 million - Viet Nam News

SOUTH ASIA

RBI governor says generalised farm loan waiver impacts credit culture - Press Trust of India
SBI likely to remain operational on 2-day strike - Press Trust of India
Essar settles Rs 12,000 crore debt - The Hindu Business Line
Axis Bank said to hire veteran banker Pralay Mondal - The Economic Times
Three new banks on BB board meeting agenda - Dhaka Tribune

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Australia's banks need to ease lending restrictions - The Australian
Digital innovators lead banking revolution - The Australian
POP Insurance, Allianz team up to launch Fusion Specialty M&A - Verdict
Banks face $300m GST crackdown - The Australian Financial Review

The Daily Dose Asia-Pacific "Headlines" edition aggregates banking, financial services and insurance headlines from the websites of a limited number of major Asian and Australian publication titles and newswires, with an editorial deadline of 6 a.m. Hong Kong time. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.