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OCBC's Q1 profit plunges 43% YoY to $698m

Banking and insurance operations suffered tremendous losses.

OCBC's Q1 profit plunges 43% YoY to $698m

Banking and insurance operations suffered tremendous losses.

DBS prices first SORA-based floating rate notes

The notes have a notional amount of $14m (S$20m).

UOB's net profit down 19% to $855m in Q1

Total impairment charges skyrocketed 96% to $286m.

Singapore big three banks' impaired loans ratio to rise to 2.5% in 2021

The pandemic’s full brunt won’t set in until later in 2020.

Major Australian banks may take long to recover from headwinds

Hefty loan impairment charges may remain elevated.

COVID disruptions intensify risks for Chinese banks

Regional banks are more vulnerable due to weak capitalisation.

Thai banks' Q1 earnings down 8% YoY to $1.12b

The sector saw a 20-25bps growth in loan yield.

Pandemic's impact on APAC banks to stay ‘longer than expected': Fitch

Downturns will be steeper than a normal cyclical downturn and stay until 2021.

Krung Thai Bank's Q1 net profit slips 17% YoY to $187m

Higher provisions against rising NPLs triggered the fall.

HSBC's Q1 profit halved to $3.2b

Weakening oil prices hurt the bank.

Chinese banks post net profit, operating income growth in 2019: report

Sample size was equivalent to 71.37% of total assets and 76.77% of net profit.

Hurdles ahead for Thai banks as Q1 profit drops 13%: analyst

Loan demand and NIMs are under threat because of the pandemic.

Viet banks to shoulder economic shock

The central bank has ordered banks to extend debt relief to affected borrowers.