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BOC cuts business ties with North Korean bank

Foreign Trade Bank accused of funding North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs.

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BOC cuts business ties with North Korean bank

Foreign Trade Bank accused of funding North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs.

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ICBC Thai focusing on retail market

Wants retail to account for 50% of total income by 2016.

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Bad loans up, asset quality down for big Chinese banks

Fourteen of 16 banks report rise in bad loans.

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Westpac reports record first-half profit

First half profit to March 31 hits $3.3 billion.

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Indian banks’ retail credit rises 14.5%

Economic slowdown forces banks to push retail loans.

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Weak deposit growth hammers China’s banks

Loans exceed deposits at a faster pace.

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India to deposit government cash in commercial banks

Move will add liquidity and make it easier for banks to cut lending rates.

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Yudhoyono calls for quick end to Bank Danamon takeover

Move suggests possible political intervention in the high-profile takeover.

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Chinese bank NPLs up 20.7% to US$84.83b in 1Q13

It's US$5.4 billion more than 2012.

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CBRC orders banks to provide more detail on interbank deals

Unregulated channels may be used to pour funds into speculative real estate.

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China secretly issues tougher anti-money laundering rules

Banks to rate their clients' risk of criminal conduct starting December 2015.

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Chinese banks continue amassing US dollars

Attain forex surplus for seventh straight month.

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Indonesia's 4 large banks' loan growth likely to reach 23%

Barclays says credit quality is stable.

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Bank Mandiri to invest US$130 million in IT

Indonesia’s largest lender will use the investment to improve its information technology system to increase its efficiency.

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Singapore to replace Switzerland as the bank for the super-rich

To become top destination for the wealth of the world's richest by 2020.

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Bank Mandiri to increase corporate loans by 18%

Loans are for the infrastructure, consumer goods and plantation sectors.

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Senior executive movements at China’s top banks

Changes follow the once-in-a-decade leadership transition at the Chinese communist party.

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