Banks push transaction banking outside core markets

]It is a trend that has been the same for some time. Burnt by foreign investments and buried under heightened compliance and regulatory standards, American and European banks have scaled back global operations to focus on core markets – with a few exceptions, of course.

But at last there appears to be a new emerging trend: some banks are actually setting their sights in new markets, hoping to leverage strong transaction banking revenue in strategic and high-growth regions.

Standard Chartered, generally considered an emerging market bank, is due to roll out full-service cash management services by its subsidiaries in Europe in early 2020; Deutsche Bank is looking to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to bolster revenue; and Société Générale’s transaction banking business is gaining market share in Africa.