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Chart of the Week: Thai banks raise capital shields against bad loans
Total capital adequacy ratios hit 18% in November 2018.
Chart of the Week: Thai banks raise capital shields against bad loans
Total capital adequacy ratios hit 18% in November 2018.
Indian banks swing back into the black in Q4
Earnings hit $21.56m with private banks leading the quarterly gains.
Chinese banks' new loans hit record high at $477b in January
Regulators have encouraged banks to lend more to firms hit by the deleveraging.
Philippine banks embrace real-time electronic fund transfer system
Both Instapay and Pesonet have seen banks grow to 47 and 42 respectively.
Japanese regional banks jump in on cashless payment initiative
J-Coin enables transactions without the need to install readers.
Philippine banks agree on $410m debt-equity swap to save troubled Hanjin
The five creditors have agreed to swap debt for shares in the parent firm.
China's shadow banking sector to shrink to half of GDP in 2019
Lenders have been shifting to on-balance sheet activities.
India slaps 4 public sector lenders with $705,000 fine
Corporation Bank’s penalty hit $282,000.
Bad loans threaten Philippine banks amidst steep interest rates
Soured assets held by Philippine banks hit $430m in November 2018.
Indian banks make headway in denting bad debt in Q3
The growth of gross NPAs fell to 8.4% from 30.4% the previous year.
Struggling Chinese firms to lift Hong Kong banks' classified loan ratio to 0.75% by 2019
The number of defaults quadrupled to hit a record $17.68b in 2018.
Online banking scams in Hong Kong rose threefold in 2018
There were 62 cases of phishing last year.
South Korea braces for third internet-only bank
Shinhan Financial Group and mobile app maker Viva Republica are forming a consortium.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: European banks struggle to lure talent against high-paying US players; EU banks face tougher hurdles in Saudi
And a Greek bank is gearing for $4b in bad loan sales.
Chart of the Week: Vietnamese banks are downplaying their problem loans
Vietinbank, for instance, reports an NPL ratio of 1.4% but the true figure is at least 3%.
China's crowded investment banking scene squeezes fees to five-year low
Average fees for equity deals fell to 3.9%.
Vietnamese banks call for higher foreign ownership ratio ceiling
Lenders are eager to meet capital requirements.
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