Lending & Credit

Cooling measures to improve Singapore banks asset quality

This comes as a welcome development amidst slower loan growth.

Cooling measures to improve Singapore banks asset quality

This comes as a welcome development amidst slower loan growth.

Indonesia's loan growth will receive little boost from lower LTV regulation

Analysts believe banks should be willing to extend loan terms to support this development.

Chinese banks face risk from surging bad loans in real estate

Nonperforming loans in property may hit 1.5% in 2018.

Guiyang Rural Commercial Bank capital wiped out after tightening loan rules

Surging bad loans pushed CAR down from 11.8% in 2016 to below 1% by end-June.

Hong Kong banks' bad loan ratio improves to 0.52% in 2017

Maintaining credit quality is no problem for the city’s top lenders.

Deutsche Bank zeroes in on India's bad loans

The German lender is hoping to generate massive returns by refinancing and trading debt.

Chinese banks brace as more reserve cuts loom to boost credit-short SMEs

Easing monetary policy will ease credit crunch firms face as part of the shadow banking crackdown.

Chinese banks bad loans surge to $292.55b in May

NPL ratio also rose from 1.75% to 1.9%.

Vietnam bank loans grew 6.16% in May

This represents a slightly faster expansion than the previous months.

Chinese bank credit continues to build up despite deleveraging campaign

Sustained expansion in household debt pose risks to the sector’s stability.

India mulls creation of asset management company to clean banking sector's bad loans

The banking sector is burdened by over $141b in stressed assets in 2017 alone.

Bad loans inch up in Australian banks as mortgage arrears rise

There was an uptick in mortgage loans overdue for more than 90 days.

Heightened Mainland lending pose risks to Hong Kong banks after rising 21% in 2017

The bulk of PRC lending is geared towards lower credit quality firms like SMEs.

China state banks embrace home rental financing at risk of profit loss

The government-encouraged pivot comes at a risk of low returns for the lenders.

Indian banks hammered by rising credit costs amidst portfolio cleanup

Credit costs rose from 2.5% to 4.3% of loans on average at state banks.

India's $210b bad debt burden is luring profit-hungry offshore investors

Foreign funds Oaktree and Varde Partners are hoping to cash in on the trend.