Lending & Credit
Thai banks to be hit by higher rate of SME loan delinquencies
The ratio of non-performing SME loans hit 4.5% at end-March 2017.
Thai banks to be hit by higher rate of SME loan delinquencies
The ratio of non-performing SME loans hit 4.5% at end-March 2017.
Chart of the Week: Hong Kong banks' mortgage lending to slow
Rising interest rates are to blame.
Singapore banks' system DBU loan growth to hit 2% in 2017
That is if housing loans grow by up to 6%.
How does China's move to curb shadow banking affect banks?
The measures benefit the banks but also bring adjustment risks.
Thai banks' loan growth to hit 5% in 2017
Loan demand will pick up in the second half of 2017.
Chart of the Week: Check out Hong Kong banks' growing exposure to the property sector
Direct lending by banks to developers increased 23.6% in March.
Malaysian banks' absolute gross impaired loans up 7.1% in May
The banks' asset quality is still deteriorating.
Chinese banks urged to tackle loss-making 'zombie firms' as part of reform
Beijing is promoting supply-side structural reform.
China's shadow banking crackdown finally cools credit growth
Bank lending growth has held up, while non-loan TSF declined in May.
This worst case scenario could hurt Thai banks' profits by up to 29%
Krung Thai Bank will be most impacted.
Chinese banks endure record high borrowing costs
Moody's says profitability will be affected.
Indian banks ordered to go to court to resolve $31b bad loans
The banks are urged to use insolvency laws.
How exposed are Hong Kong banks to the mainland?
Exposure hit 29.3% of system-wide assets as of March 2017.
Krung Thai Bank's earnings could decline 10% as coal company defaults
If EARTH's loans turn into NPLs, it may add 20bps to KTB's NPLs.
Foreign banks' China exposure to rebound from 2015 trough
Mainland China exposure of foreign banks rose 3.7% to USD1,642b in 2016.
Why Chinese banks resorted to using substandard collateral
Lack of regulatory enforcement is one reason.
Hong Kong banks' capital to be hit by tighter property regulations
But impact is expected to be manageable.
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