Retail Banking
StanChart Korea finds itself in hot water
Three state regulators took turns putting the squeeze on Standard Chartered Bank Korea.
StanChart Korea finds itself in hot water
Three state regulators took turns putting the squeeze on Standard Chartered Bank Korea.
CIMB Group's net profit up 7.8% to ~USD1.4b
Check out how CIMB fared YoY.
Hong Kong banks' earnings to only grow 5% in 2013
Blame it on abundant liquidity conditions exacerbated by weaker loan demand.
Indian banking system won't recover until 2015: S&P
Banks will need significant amounts of capital to meet Basel III norms.
Hong Leong Bank's net profit up 25% to ~USD317m in 1HFY13
It's 52% of the Street’s full-year estimate.
Japanese banks' exposure to government bonds exceeds Tier 1 capital by four times
But they're still resilient against interest rate risk.
Look at what the Indonesian banks are doing for the first time in a decade
They're expanding beyond their "core" lending segments.
ICBC's profit surged 69% to US$54m in Dubai
Thanks to stronger trade between China and Dubai.
Kuroda is top pick for Bank of Japan governor
Asian Development Bank president Haruhiko Kuroda has emerged as the leading contender.
RBS starts shutting down in India, to lay-off 1,000
RBS will be laying-off some of its 1,000 employees as it winds down retail and commercial business in India.
Vietnam bank profits shrink in 2012 due to loan loss provisions.
Many Vietnamese banks failed to achieve their profit targets in 2012 due to bad loans.
Maybank ups Q4 profit by 16% on higher loans, fee income
Maybank reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly profit, bolstered by higher net loans, advances and fee income.
Indonesia to allow state lenders to own multiple banks
Indonesia may allow state banks to have majority ownership of more than one lender.
AmBank Group's pre-tax profit up in Q3
The AmBank Group experienced a surge in pre- tax profit for the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2012 to to RM504.31 million.
Philippines' UCPB posts 22% net income increase
UCPB registered a net income of P3.73 billion for 2012 boosted by its loan protfolio and trading and securities earnings.
It's high time to educate the new generation of retail bankers
The banking model is fatally flawed. It’s time to break up the universal banks, separate the cavalier commercial arm from the retail element, and...
Public Bank's return on risk weighted assets to decline 2.2% over the next 2 years
Blame it on declining margins.