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Indonesian banks' funding costs expected to rise as government requires higher interests
Minimum deposit rates increased from 70% to 87% of the BI’s reference rates.
Indonesian banks' funding costs expected to rise as government requires higher interests
Minimum deposit rates increased from 70% to 87% of the BI’s reference rates.
Indian regulators intensify efforts to solve banks' bad loan problems
Asset resolution will be a dominant theme in the sector over the next few years.
China regulator launches emergency risk assessments for banks' lending practices
It will include the banks' issuances of negotiable certificate of deposits.
Singapore banks' capitalisation remains robust in Q1
DBS has the strongest capital levels.
Korean banks' asset quality feared to deteriorate further
Capital ratios may also decline, with downward pressure from low profitability.
Fintech Enov8 allows banks to track and reduce their IT resources
Enov8 saved one Australian bank over $40 mn identifying duplicate and underused resources and licenses.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Banks to move 9,000 jobs from Britain; JPMorgan urges banks to merge
And US regulators discuss the Volcker rule.
Chart of the Week: Core shadow banking activities in China rebound in Q1
That is after slowing to a near stall in 2016.
Singapore banks' wealth investments finally pay off
Higher income from wealth operations helped banks offset bad loan provisions.
Basel III implementation to be delayed in Asia Pacific
Regulators in the region are reluctant to take the lead.
Australian banks to be hit by a $6.2b tax hike
The country's Big Four will have to pay up to $400m each every year.
3 in 4 APAC bankers to stop working with a partner who flunks cybersecurity audits
Bankers tagged large retailers as the greatest data breach risk in 2017.
Risks rise as Chinese lenders ditch struggling corporates for retail borrowers
The switch is fuelling an unusual jump in home loans.
Vietnam banks to face capital shortfalls over the next 12-18 months
Banks' total capital gap was estimated to be US$9.5b in 2016.
How does the tight systemic liquidity affect China's shadow banking sector?
Stricter regulations aim to constrain the growth of leverage in the country.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Why the race to lure UK banks post-Brexit is worrisome; Trump mulls over breaking up Wall Street banks
And can a 'bank in a box' replace a branch?
Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks' loan growth picks up pace in March
Household loan growth was stable at 5.2%.