Lending & Credit
ICICI to focus on beefing up home loans
Bank joins bandwagon on profiting from the recovery of realty sector with a promo.
ICICI to focus on beefing up home loans
Bank joins bandwagon on profiting from the recovery of realty sector with a promo.
South Korean regulator to police loan-deposit ratios
Lenders are barred from lending more than the amount they receive to manage their liquidity risks.
Chinese banks limited to lend $1.1tln in 2010
Analysts believe $366 billion cut from 2009 cap can be replenished as loans growth remains high.
Bank Indonesia to regulate lending among banks
The country's central bank wants to discourage stockpiling of high-interest notes by enforcing standard repurchasing agreement.
Siam City Bank eyes for better NPL deal
SCIB decides to suspend shedding off $271.7 million of non-performing loans due to low bids.
Affin confident loans will increase by 10%
Sustained rise in demand for loans spurs optimism on reaching targeted 8 to 10 percent increase.
DBS rating unaffected by Dubai exposure
Standard & Poor's counterparty credit ratings on DBS Bank Ltd were not affected by the bank's credit exposure to Dubai.
CIMB transfers NPLs to subsidiary
CIMB Group received approval from the Minister of Finance for the proposed disposal of part of its non-performing loans to a special purpose company...
HSBC launches new SME loan offer
Successful SpGS loan applicants can avail themselves of rates as low as P-2 percent for up to US$1.548 million loan. The Hong Kong Special...
State Bank of India bests competitors due to loan schemes
State Bank of India's effective strategies have become the key for the bank's dominance in certain sectors.
Siam Commercial Bank's growth rate to miss target
Siam Commercial Bank, however, expects 7 percent lending growth due to aggressive moves and better global economy.
Malaysia Building Society to shell out $591mln loans
CEO Ahmad Zaini expects the loans to improve lender's liquidity.
Woori, Citibank Korea cope with hefty bad loans
The two lenders grapple to slash their bad loans to comply with government's bad loans requirement.
Uncertainty prompts BEA to support SpGS extension
BEA welcomes the HKSAR Government’s six month extension of the application period for the Special Loan Guarantee Scheme. It will be extended up 30...
Mandiri is optimistic despite incurring huge bad loans
Mandiri still managed to enjoy 0.29 percent increase in NPL ratio despite having $313-million non-performing loans.
Big Indian banks to stop offering special schemes
Reserve Bank of India's Q2 review prompts two India banks to defer 8 percent promo loans.
BDO builds micro-finance centre for marginalised sector
A US$258,000 centre for the microfinance programmes of the CARD MRI Development Institute has been completed by Banco de Oro.