Daily Dispatches: HSBC adds staff in China

HSBC plans to add staff and more than 10 branches in China. (Bloomberg)

UOB has posted a 21.7 per cent drop in second quarter net earnings to S$470m from a year ago, as the bank set aside more provisions for bad loans. (938 Live)

ANZ will be targeting affluent customers in Singapore with assets of $100k and above. (Straits Times)