Lending & Credit
BPI increases loans to agriculture and livestock sectors
Launches lending program for livestock owners nationwide.
BPI increases loans to agriculture and livestock sectors
Launches lending program for livestock owners nationwide.
Chinese banks taking on intolerable risks
Financial reforms needed to reduce excessive risks concentrated in banking sector.
Singapore and Hong Kong banks may refocus on corporate lending
RoRWA on mortgages becomes increasingly less attractive.
What you still don't know about Asian banks' risk weighting of assets
There has been increasing scrutiny on RWAs.
Hang Seng Bank, DBS to be hit the hardest by a floor on mortgage risk weighting
Check out why they are in more danger than their peers.
BDO completes quick sale of US$123m LTCND
The Philippines’ largest bank said this was because of strong demand.
Hong Kong banks' lending to Qianhai to grow gradually in the first 3 years
They are likely to be selective in their lending decisions.
Philippine bank lending still rising
Growth in January, however, is slower than December’s.
Find out what the loan growth drivers of DBS, OCBC, and UOB are
But overall net interest income is feared to slow in 2013.
Standard Chartered's wholesale loans in Singapore and Hong Kong shrank
But mortgage loans were up 25% and 13% respectively.
SMBC Consumer Finance to open 4 Chinese offices
Its consumer loan unit intends to open the branches in the next three years. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. wants to focus its capital on...
China's NPLs reached a whopping US$79b at the end of 2012
Asset management companies will be set up to fend off risks.
Bank Rakyat Indonesia's growth in micro loans feared to slow
Average loan yields in micro loans have dropped to 20% in 2012.
2 reasons why Hong Kong banks' loan growth will decelerate in FY13
Loose monetary conditions in China is one reason.
BIDV signs cooperation agreement with IIB
Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam will receive US$65 million credit.
Chinese banks’ bad loans jumped by 39%
Stood at US$69 billion in 2012.
Credit penetration in Indonesia still low even after a decade of strong credit growth
It's at 29% of GDP.