Lending & Credit
Chinese bank-owned finance leasing firms fall back on parent support: S&P
But prolonged travel restrictions could lessen parent groups’ commitment.
Chinese bank-owned finance leasing firms fall back on parent support: S&P
But prolonged travel restrictions could lessen parent groups’ commitment.
Sri Lanka's central bank rubber-stamps $139.3b in SME loans
It has approved 13,761 loan applications.
Siam Commercial Bank launches trade package for SMEs
The bank has allotted nearly $129.7m in loans for SMES in the export sector.
More investors back proposal to end Mizuho's coal lending
It could push Japanese banks to live up to promises of ending the practice.
OCBC emerges as APAC's top lead arranger of green loans from 2018-2020YTD
Singapore’s OCBC and DBS accounted for $5.47b of such loans.
OCBC upgrades green finance portfolio target to $25b by 2025
It has already surpassed its $10b target for 2022 in Q1.
China pushes banks to sacrifice profits: report
The move shows concerns about its ability to recover after the pandemic.
South Korean banks' loan delinquency ratios rise in April
Delinquency of loans extended to households edged up 0.02 ppt.
OCBC, CapitaLand ink Singapore's first SORA-based loan
The $150m three-year corporate loan is part of a sustainability-linked loan.
Indonesia's Bank Central Asia joins scheme to boost liquidity
The government said healthy lenders can apply to cash-strapped peers.
HKEX-listed Link REIT secures $130m sustainability-linked loan from OCBC
It is the REIT's first sustainability-linked loan transaction in the Hong Kong dollar.
China's new funding facilities carries risk asset for eligible banks
Credit risks will still accumulate from inclusive loans, analysts warned.
South Korea's fiscal stimulus to carry lasting headwinds
It will reduce loan defaulting, but also loosens credit standards.
CIMB Singapore customers band together to protest mortgage hike
More than 60 customers now comprise the group.
Chinese regulator's MSE loans buy won't help regional banks' capital
But ChongQing Rural Commercial Bank and Bank of ChongQing will slightly benefit.
Personal loans, NBFCs anchor surge in Indian outstanding bank credit
Both segments comprised 73% of incremental credit in April.
China shuns ‘clean coal' in new green financing guidelines
Billions of yuan have been used in green financing of coal-related projects.