DBS could opt to revive considerations for potential deal in the future, the people said.
A representative for DBS declined to comment.
In September 2024, Bloomberg News reported DBS was working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as it weighed forming insurance partnerships in India and Taiwan, and some products in Singapore, in a transaction that could have been valued at a few hundred million dollars.
DBS already has a bancassurance partnership with Toronto-based Manulife Financial Corp. for markets including China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Singapore.
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DBS has had a presence in India for about three decades, having opened its first office in Mumbai in 1994. In 2020, DBS Bank India Ltd. merged with Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd., and it now has about 500 branches in 19 states, according to a recent press release. It entered Taiwan even earlier, in 1983, and has more than 70 branches across the island, expanding organically and via acquisitions including Citigroup Inc.’s consumer banking assets in the country in 2023.
