The bank has implemented the programme in Singapore, and is looking to expands to the wider Asia-Pacific region. DBS Bank and technology behemoth IBM have joined forces to create an enterprise-wide Centre of Excellence (CoE) in robotic process automation (RPA) for the financial services sector in Singapore and the wider Asia region. In June, IBM helped DBS set up the CoE. Since then, DBS has already optimised more than 50 business processes across the bank, the bank said in a statement. Having commenced in Singapore, the RPA programme will now be implemented in other markets including Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia and Taiwan. The software robots created will help financial organisations perform thousands of time-intensive business processes and manual tasks that require handling high volumes of structured data. These robots also have the capacity to operate 24/7, allowing organisations to remain operational outside of standard working hours and maintain operational efficiencies.