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Malaysian banks poised for greater profitability amidst loan demand recovery

Improved asset quality is also in store for banks with O&G exposure.

Malaysian banks poised for greater profitability amidst loan demand recovery

Improved asset quality is also in store for banks with O&G exposure.

Hong Kong and China amongst the most vulnerable to a banking crisis

Hong Kong has one of the worst credit-to-GDP gaps globally.

What are the big shifts that have deep implications on Asian banks?

These include the rise of Chinese tech giants, growing migration, and the boom of small businesses.

How can community shops become a growing woe for Indian banks?

They perform money transfer, deposits, and withdrawals largely for the low-income segment.

China eases banks' bad-loan coverage ratio to 120%

The lower non-performing loan rules will allow banks to extend more credit.

Chart of the week: Check out how Vietnam banks' profitability improved in 2017

Stable economic conditions and a robust core income segment buoyed earnings.

India's largest bank fraud likely to swell beyond $2b

Most relevant documents on LoUs have not yet been recovered which may push the fraud value higher.

Mobile wallets dominate Hong Kong payments in early 2018

Even though half of consumers encountered difficulties with the mobile app.

Indian banking apps are losing to mobile wallets big time

Nearly 9 in 10 consumers have a mobile wallet to pay for utilities, transport, and movies.

China $7b shadow banking industry threatens economic stability: FSB

Shadow lenders in the country account for about 15% of global high-risk non-bank loans.

Vietnam banks' average asset return rose to 0.9% in 2017

The healthy figures are partially due to strong core income segment.

Singapore banks' P2P funds transfer to extend to businesses

Citibank, DBS, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC, Standard Chartered, and UOB will soon offer PayNow Corporate.

Retail Banking Forum 2018 kicks off in Manila with around 90 attendees

Key executives from the country's major banks graced the event.

Asian banks fall behind Western counterparts in digital transformation

Only DBS had the digital model that can stand with European and American banks.