Lending & Credit

Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank boosted by bloated project book

Project approvals have more than doubled from $2b in March 2017 to $5.3b in July.

Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks bad loans down to 1.59% in June

Banks shed bad loans in construction and working capital.

Indian state banks recover $5.23b of bad loans in Q1

Bad loan recovery in Q1 for PNB and Indian Bank exceeded that of 2017-18.

Goodbye deleveraging: Fiscal and monetary expansion to support growth in China

Against very clear headwinds due to the trade war and decelerating investment, China's State Council has unveiled plans to take a more aggressive...

Homeowners to feel pinch as Hong Kong banks hike mortgage rates

BOC (Hong Kong), HSBC and Hang Seng Bank raised rates by 10bp.

How are Indonesian banks faring after the bad loan surge of 2016?

Nonperforming loans have spiked after the 2014-2016 commodities downturn.

Chart of the Week: How exposed were Singapore banks to mortgages in Q1?

DBS gained the largest market share but has least mortgage exposure.

Credit Suisse names Andy Tan as head of syndicate for Southeast Asia

He will report to Sergio Morita, head of AFG syndication & distribution.

Overdue property loans deals another blow to weakened Indian banks

Banks are struggling to recover around $20b of loans from developers.

Chart of the Week: Will the HSR cancellation dampen Malaysian banks' loan growth?

The downturn may even offset the strong performance of household loans.

More bailouts loom as staggering bad loans batter Chinese rural banks

State firms could end up forcing mergers or share capital injections.

India set to inject $2b into ailing state banks

The latest capital infusion aims to enable banks to build capital buffers.

Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks' bad loans down to 1.6% in May

Consumer gross impaired loan ratio has plunged to a historical low of 1%.

India's bad debt burden is the second worst globally

Trailing only behind Italy, the country has a bad loan ratio of 11.6%.

How will looser mortgage rules weigh down on Indonesian banks?

The central bank earlier scrapped the 15% required downpayment for first-time home buyers.

Higher mortgages loom as Singapore banks move to offset dismal lending

Some banks have been reportedly scrapping fixed deposit linked packages in favor of Sibor pegged packages.