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Siam Commercial Bank Q4 profit hit by sharp provision spike

Provisions surged 73% as asset quality deteriorated.

Siam Commercial Bank Q4 profit hit by sharp provision spike

Provisions surged 73% as asset quality deteriorated.

Philippines' BPI taps on IBM for $260m digital transformation plan

The firm will provide IT infrastructure to support an agile IT and hybrid cloud.

Vietnamese banks continue to grow consumer lending arms

Techcombank is allowing borrowers to loan up to 10 times their monthly income.

Thai banks weather digital fee waiver as 2018 earnings rise 8.2% to $6.69b

TMB Bank outperformed its peers as yearly profit surged 34%.

Japanese banks heighten riskier lending to offset profit crunch

Lending to small enterprises is on a steady rise since 2013.

Korean banks' 2019 profit to slow to $8.66b as home loans take hit

Residential property prices have been losing momentum.

TMB-Thanachart Bank merger to secure approval by end-January: official

The government approved tax incentives last year to ease consolidation.

Malaysian bank mergers unlikely to take place in 2019

Lenders still have to work on improving ROEs first.

Chinese commercial banks bad loan ratio hits 10-year high in 2018

Total non-performing loans hit $296.52b (CNY2t) in December.

Philippine bank loans grow 16.8% to $155.85b in November

This represents a slower growth rate compared to October.

Hong Kong banks' 2019 loan growth cut to 2% as trade and mortgage loans take hit

Lending to Mainland firms has been trending downwards to 6.1% in September 2018.

Philippine Business Bank merges with Insular Savers Bank

The deal facilitates PBB’s entry into the microfinance space.