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APAC banks grapple with growing property risks: Fitch
Rising property loans and household indebtedness may pose problems for banks’ balance sheets soon. Higher levels of property exposure are raising the...
APAC banks grapple with growing property risks: Fitch
Rising property loans and household indebtedness may pose problems for banks’ balance sheets soon. Higher levels of property exposure are raising the...
New reporting standards to aid China's shadow banking crackdown
IFRS 9 will support Beijing’s bid to curb credit growth and balance sheet consolidation.
MAS tightening to bolster Singapore banks' performance
Banks are set to benefit from rising loans which grew 10%, as well as higher SGD and USD interest rates.
Which APAC banks need to brace for IFRS 9 impact?
Find out which banks may face difficulty amidst a lack of long-run historical data.
Can Hong Kong banks meet IFRS 9 requirements on time?
Profitability may be hit amidst higher provisioning prerequisites.
The biggest challenges Southeast Asian banks are facing today
Banking executives today not only have to deal with running the bank, but also transforming it to grow in a sustainable manner. Banks have to balance...
Bank Rakyat Indonesia poised for double-digit earnings growth
Potential savings between $217m to $363m could buoy the bank from a three-year decline.
Chinese banks may ramp up lending amidst $63.62b additional liquidity
Reserve requirement ratio for big commercial banks will be lowered from 17% to 16%.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Blockchain may hammer Swiss banks; US banks can cash in on higher Libor
And it's the start of a good year for BofA as profits rose 34% in Q1.
Chart of the Week: How open is Asia to branchless banks?
Approximately 55-80% of customers are considering opening an account in a digital-only bank.
Nearly 8 in 10 Singaporeans open to branchless banking
It helps that digital banking penetration in the lion city is high at 97%. Nearly 8 in 10 banking customers in Singapore admitted that they would...
Smartphone banking booms in Asia as digital penetration expands threefold
Mobile banking has grown at least twofold in Emerging Asia to outpace other e-banking types. Smartphone banking is on the rise in Asia as it has...
Singapore banks' bad loans are on the rise
Aggregate NPL ratio of local banking groups rose from 0.4% to 1.6% in 2017.
Kotak Bank zooms past SBI to stand as India's second most valuable lender
Its $33.84b market cap beats the state-bank by a mere margin.
Cathay Financial scraps deal to acquire Malaysian assets of Canada bank
The deal reportedly cannot be closed before the deadline.
Indonesian banks' loan growth poised to hit 8.3% in Q1
Manufacturing loans, which accounts for a lion's share of credit, is expected to register sluggish growth.
Mortgage lending buoys China Construction Bank's home advantage
It accounted for 31.4% of CCB’s total loans and 81.7% of personal loans.
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