In Focus
India squeezes liquidity to defend weakening rupee
Reserve Bank of India issues slew of policy directives.
What does the record high loan to deposit ratio of 99.8% mean for Singapore banks?
DBS, OCBC, UOB should be immune to higher funding costs.
End of lending rate controls credit negative for Chinese banks
Impact will be felt more strongly by the Big Four.
China abolishes banks’ floor lending rates
Critics say move not a breakthrough in rate liberalization.
Renminbi-denominated deposits in Taiwan fall in June
First monthly drop since OBU scheme began July 2011.
China is revamping troubled financial sector
Ten guidelines support transition to consumer-driven economy.
Singapore's banking sector outlook revised downward
It’s the first downgrade since 2010.
China to tame shadow banking using more policy tools
A liquidity squeeze is only one of these tools.
China increases QFII investment quota
Now stands at US$150 billion.
Three foreign banks could trade Chinese government bond futures
Will join 24 domestic banks in new bond program.
Indian banks falling short of Basel III capital standards
Need to raise US$25 billion by March 2018.
Will interbank rates in China remain stubbornly high in 2H13?
Find out what BBVA, Barclays, and S&P have to say.
Mizuho will boost overseas lending by 50%
Aims at Latin America and emerging Asia.
Japanese bank lending jumps to highest level in four years
Outstanding loans rise 1.9% in June year-on-year.
HSBC exiting retail banking in South Korea
The planned shutdown will eliminate 230 jobs.
The US$1.6t global Islamic finance industry growing at a third of its potential
Absence of sukuk tax legislation in non-Muslim nations to blame.