Thailand
Krung Thai Bank must brace for a tough quarter ahead: analysts
Net interest income will decline 4.5%.
Krung Thai Bank must brace for a tough quarter ahead: analysts
Net interest income will decline 4.5%.
Thai banking sector's net interest margin to to narrow slightly in the next months
Will net interest income be hurt?
Krung Thai Bank's asset quality deterioration faster than system average
NPL ratio shot up to 3.5%.
Kiatnakin Bank 1Q15 net profit drops 8% YoY to THB664m
Surging NPLs also hit the bank.
Kasikornbank 1Q15 earnings jump 4% YoY to THB12.4b
Thanks to strong fee and trading income.
KrungThai Card 1Q15 earnings jump 62% YoY to THB574m
Thanks partly to strong Non-NII growth.
Bangkok Bank's 0.4% loan contraction pulled NII down
Lower NIM made it slip harder.
Siam Commercial Bank manages to keep 1Q15 earnings flat at THB13bn
Thanks to good cost-control.
Krung Thai Bank's 1Q15 earnings slide 5% to THB7.9B
High credit cost was cited.
Foreign banks invade Thai commercial banking sector
They accounted for 22% of total lending sector.
Thai banks' sector loans edged up by a measly 0.5%
Everyone's been disappointed with the sluggish loan demand.
Thai banks' Feb loan growth numbers still unimpressive for analysts
Only Kasikornbank made the cut.
Debt repayment from government slows Krung Thai Bank lending growth in 1Q15
Earnings growth will also be slow.
Kasikornbank's corporate loans increase 6.1% YTD
It's already hit its FY15 growth target.
Investors' disappointment on Thailand's economic recovery hurt banks
1H15 could also pressure NIM, meanwhile.
Thai banks' hire-purchase loans asset quality to hit lowest point in 2015
Relevant banks' performance likely to stabilise.
Political, economic headwinds to hurt Thai banks' performance
Investors should be selective.