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India's state banks to receive $32b of capital over two years
India eyes recovering from a 25-year low bank loan growth.
These initiatives could help Malaysia remain a regional Islamic banking hub
New human capital development programmes will complement existing ones.
Singapore banks' margins boosted by Fed, Hong Kong rates
UOB will benefit the most from stronger margins.
Thai banks' 3Q17 earnings 'disappointedly weak'
Profits missed consensus by 8%.
Australian banks' stable profitability to offset risks for the next 12-18 months
What factors are behind the stable outlook for Australian banks?
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And find out why Canada's alternative lenders face bigger impact from new mortgage rules.
Chart of the Week: Fewer Chinese banks relied on wholesale funding for asset growth
The maturity profiles of wholesale funds also improved.
What could drag the Japanese banks' strengthening capitalisation?
It's a continued shift toward assets with higher risk weights.
Philippine banks' asset performance metrics to be stable for the next 18 months
Thanks to robust economic growth and low interest rates.
Thai banks' NPL risk to gradually improve by end-2017
Overall credit costs will still be high but will eventually ease.
Malaysian banks' gross impaired loans up 6.4% in August
But GIL ratio is stable at 1.67%.
Here's what their performance in 1H17 says about Chinese banks
They have better asset quality and funding profiles.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Regulators near finalising new bank capital rules; EU bank watchdog to set conditions on cross-border trades
And French bankers face pressure to bring jobs home to Paris.
Chart of the Week: Check out the Philippine banks' loan growth per segment
Consumer loan growth will outpace corporate loans.
Thai banks' NPLs likely rose to 3.75% in 3Q17
The sector’s earnings may have risen by only 1%.
Malaysian banks' loan-to-deposit ratio improves slightly to 89.6%
Thanks to stronger deposit growth in August.