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Chinese banks bad loans surge to $292.55b in May

NPL ratio also rose from 1.75% to 1.9%.

Chinese banks bad loans surge to $292.55b in May

NPL ratio also rose from 1.75% to 1.9%.

Korean banks to launch blockchain ID verification programme

‘BankSign’ will be officially rolled out in July.

Cards are chipping away at cash and cheque use in Australia

Consumers made over 8.3 billion card payments in 2017, equal to 23 million transactions a day.

Vietnamese banks urged to tighten card issuance

A group claims that 50 million of the 132 million cards in circulation are not being used.

Chart of the Week: Check out mobile wallet adoption across Asia

The value of non-cash transactions in China hit 50% in 2016.

Strong economy to buoy Korean banks growth prospects

Corporate deleveraging is also expected to keep bad loans down.

Hong Kong banks to hike prime rates by end-June

Tighter liquidity from mega IPOs will leave lenders with no other option.

Australia intensifies oversight over fintech lending

Moody’s lauds the move as a welcome development to improve transparency.

Malaysian bank loan growth to hit 7% in 2018

However, policy uncertainty over new leadership may dampen sentiment.

Fed hike to boost interest income of Taiwanese banks

The country’s lenders own over $30b in US-denominated assets.

E-wallets to snap up 6% of Philippine payments by 2022

However, the country is still miles behind China and India.

Two in five Malaysians open to sharing bank data

However, privacy and security concerns still mar open banking adoption.

Robots could cut 10,000 Australian banking jobs over the next decade

The four major lenders slashed over 4,000 full-time roles in 2017.

Vietnam bank loans grew 6.16% in May

This represents a slightly faster expansion than the previous months.

US tightening buoys Hong Kong banks' profitability

Funding costs are expected to stay low, boosting NIMs.