Lending & Credit

Household loan growth hits 6-year high in S. Korea

South Korean banks' household loans grew at the fastest pace in six years in December.

S.Korean banks to tighten lending in Q1

Credit risks will force South Korean banks to tighten lending practices in the first quarter.

Japan Post Bank to offer housing loans

Japan Post Bank has been conditionally allowed by the government to launch three new businesses.

India's Dena Bank to restructure SME loans

Dena Bank announced it will work out a loan restructuring package for SMEs.

UBS to face Hong Kong interest rate misconduct probe

Hong Kong is investigating UBS over the Asian financial center’s benchmark interest rate.

China targets CNY9t new loans for FY13

It's up from the CNY8t target in FY12.

Indian banks admit massive losses to fraud

Duped out of US$817 million in the last financial year.

China's November loan figures 'roughly in-line'

Mainland banks lent out CNY530b of new loans.

Indonesia's SME loan requirement may hurt foreign banks

Foreign banks could reel from Indonesia's new requirement to lend 20% to SMEs.

Why Asian banks must revamp their SME divisions

The latest strategy to aggressively grow unsecured loans to the SME segment, underpinned by the hopes of earning mega bucks to make up for the...

Indonesia's state banks to write off bad loans

Level playing field with private banks.