Identifying Asia’s regional bank champions

A swelling population, exponential economic growth and broad financial development are transforming Asia ex-Japan into a global finance hub. It is the opportunity to service retail and wealthy clients in Asia that has fired banks’ ambitions to extend their regional networks and boost their distribution power. But the odds are stacked against them. They have nowhere near the scale of the international players Citi, HSBC and Standard Chartered. This trio has resources, customer ne…