In Focus
China's shadow banking activities growing at rapid pace
Even amidst tighter regulations.
Analysts brace themselves for slow loan growth in Hong Kong banks
Blame it on China's sluggish economic growth.
Indian banking sector's weakness deemed 'highly skewed' by analysts
As 80% of restructured loans are with small banks.
China's ditching of loan-to-deposit ratio requirement a welcome development
But with limited short-term impact.
Are Singapore banks at risk from the Greek crisis?
Contagion is a key fear.
APAC banks threatened by China's economic slowdown, rebalancing
As if household leverage and US rate hike aren't scary enough.
Asia's credit dependency is troubling: analysis
This has been going on a while.
Shadow banking in China slows, contributing to financial risk reduction
But there are new challenges ahead.
Singapore banks' loan growth predicted to slow down to 7% in 2015
As rate spikes take bite.
Can Taiwan bank mergers change the market landscape?
Efforts have been made to promote consolidation.
Chinese banks' earnings unlikely to improve in 2015
Deteriorating asset quality to smash banks' profitability.
Taiwan's banking sector at risk from cooling housing market
Mortgage growth has been lukewarm since 2008.
Is India's banking sector nearing recovery?
Operating conditions for banks have been improving.
Indonesia grooms an Islamic megabank from its 3 major state-owned lenders
Islamic banking has grown exponentially in Indonesia.
Big Vietnamese banks' loan growth hit at least 80% in 2010-2014
Maintenance is regulators' top priority.
Is Asian debt helpless before a strong US dollar?
Amid increase in corporate Asia's FX debt.