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Indonesian banks play catch-up as fintech firms gain traction
Indonesia has been witnessing a vibrant fintech marketplace with more brands rising in popularity.
Indonesian banks play catch-up as fintech firms gain traction
Indonesia has been witnessing a vibrant fintech marketplace with more brands rising in popularity.
Why Q1 was only the beginning of a 'divergence' in China's banking sector
Weak franchise banks greatly underperformed during the quarter.
Malaysian banks' system deposits up 0.8% to US$3.2b in March
CASA expanded at a faster rate of 8.3%.
Bank Mandiri's net profit up 7% to US$307m in 1Q17
Loans grew a healthy 14% yoy.
Axis Bank's earnings slump 43% to US$190m in Q1
No thanks to higher NPL provisioning.
CIMB Niaga's Q1 net profit surges 138% to US$48m
The bank is expected to contribute 18% of CIMB Group’s FY17 earnings.
UOB's net profit up 5.4% to US$578m in Q1
And NPL was stable at 1.5%.
Hang Seng Bank appoints Margaret W H Kwan as executive director
According to a release, Mr Patrick K W Chan will resign as Executive Director of Hang Seng Bank and will cease to be Head of Greater China of the Bank...
Bank Rakyat Indonesia to increase micro loans from 49% of its total portfolio
The bank's new CEO disclosed some of his strategies for the bank.
OCBC's Q1 net profit expected to decline 4% to around US$586m
Provisions will remain high for the same O&G accounts.
UOB's ROE to outperform peers in 1Q17: analyst
But core net profit is seen to grow only 3%.
Singapore banks' loan growth to be 'relatively subdued'
That is despite a slight recovery in February.
Here's what to expect from Malaysian banks' asset quality over the next 12-18 months
New NPL formation is seen to stabilise.
Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks to benefit from lower funding costs
Thanks to the system's CASA ratio rising to a multi-year high of 27.1% in February.
Smaller banks in China post weaker capital and liquidity positions
This is due to their faster asset growth rate.Moody's Investors Service says that the 2016 results of the 11 listed Chinese banks rated by Moody's...
Thai banks strong enough to weather consumer lending slowdown: analyst
Thanks to the banks' strong capital positions.
Kasikornbank's NPL up 1bps to 3.84% in Q1
Managament said NPL has already peaked this cycle late last year.