Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Group (DBSM.SI) is often lauded as Asia’s top financier and has been tipped as a candidate to lead global rivals.
Yet following repeated serious failures in its digital banking services, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has banned DBS from non-essential activities including M&A.
It puts dividends at risk and will attract the eye of watchdogs overseas where the lender is busy expanding.
On the back of record profits, Gupta earned $11.4 million last year, making him one of Asia’s highest remunerated bank CEOs.
MAS will retain a multiplier of 1.8 times to DBS’ risk weighted assets for operational risk, an increase from a multiplier of 1.5 times MAS applied in February 2022.
Persons:
Piyush Gupta, Ping, aren’t, OCBC’s, Peter Seah, Gupta, Breakingviews, he’s, Una Galani, Thomas Shum
Organizations:
Reuters, DBS Group, HK, HSBC, Monetary Authority of, DBS, MAS, Lakshmi, Bank, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Thomson
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SINGAPORE, Monetary Authority of Singapore, India, Taiwan, Singapore