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China banks expand household lending and wealth management business

Bank lending to households represent half of GDP and 82% of disposable income in 2017.

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China banks expand household lending and wealth management business

Bank lending to households represent half of GDP and 82% of disposable income in 2017.

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Close Chinese financial ties are both boon and bane for Hong Kong banks

The mainland’s deleveraging programme will drive cross-border loan activity but pose risks to LGFVs.

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ASEAN banks lead digital charge with soaring investment on real-time payments

Singapore banks lead the pack as over half pledge to increase investment by over 5%.

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How will banks fare when Amazon finally offers checking accounts?

The tech giant is in talks with JPMorgan Chase to create a product similar to a checking account.

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Mobile wallets trump cash as India's e-payments grow forty-fold

Consumers are increasingly using e-wallets for their daily transactions like food and transport.

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E-commerce titans shake the ground of retail banking

Should banks worry now that they have new competition?

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Hong Kong banks bust out the chatbots

Digital savvy clients may soon prefer to interact more with chatbots.

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China's increasing use of medium-term facilities is a win for banks

It benefits banks' funding structure and lifts profits.

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58% of APAC banks aspire to reach digital maturity by 2020

They focus on digital innovations to improve risk management.

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China unveils rules to clamp down on financial risk

China Banking Regulatory Commission targets to eliminate "chaos" in the financial system.

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What provisions will trend post-MFRS 9 implementation?

Malaysian banks adopted the new standard on January 1, 2018.

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Low profitability and insufficient capital haunt Chinese banks

Even their improved asset quality cannot mask these concerns.

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How Hong Kong banks can fight financial crime in 2018

Banks will continue to develop the use of technology and data analytics for AML.

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What the new Basel IV rules could mean for banks

The use of banks’ own internal models to calculate their RWA will be limited under the new rules.

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Why private sector leverage levels are high in many APAC banking systems

Leverage levels are particularly high in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and Vietnam.

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Rise of the chatbots: Here's how Singapore's big banks are adopting fintech

54% of fintechs have focused on banks.

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The Big Short: Asia Pacific banks still prefer bailouts to bail-ins

Hong Kong has made the most significant advance with its bank resolution regime.

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