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Full financial integration amongst ASEAN banks "a very distant goal": Fitch

ASEAN's lack of strong central authority is taking its toll on integration.

Full financial integration amongst ASEAN banks "a very distant goal": Fitch

ASEAN's lack of strong central authority is taking its toll on integration.

Guess which sector will remain a drag on Singapore banks' asset quality in 2017

Loans to this sector comprise 1-3% of the banks' gross loans.

Asian Banking and Finance 2017 Retail Banking Forum launches in Manila

The Manila leg will take place on February 15 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.

Hong Kong banks to cut down lending to Chinese SOEs

The sector is suffering from its mainland exposure.

Solvency issues weighing heavily on the Singapore banking sector

But optimists insist the worst is over. When credit rating agency Fitch Ratings downgraded its sector outlook for Singapore banks to “negative” last...

Standard Chartered Bank enters 15-year bancassurance agreement with Allianz

The arrangements will be implemented in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China.

Bank Mandiri to propose a 10-20% special dividend for 2016

That’s on top of its 30% regular payout ratio.

Why Asian bankers are thinking differently about risk than their global counterparts

According to a recent global survey of how banks approach risk management,1 Asian bank executives are thinking differently about future risk...

CIMB's loan growth target of 6% for 2016 still within reach: analysts

Thanks to a possible pick-up in domestic corporate lending in 4Q16.

Chinese banks' good capital buffers mask 3 key weaknesses

2017 might prove more difficult in terms of solvency.