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Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks' bad loans down to 1.6% in May

Consumer gross impaired loan ratio has plunged to a historical low of 1%.

Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks' bad loans down to 1.6% in May

Consumer gross impaired loan ratio has plunged to a historical low of 1%.

Chinese banks new loans hit $274.91b in June

Household loans dominated monthly lending.

7 in 10 Indonesian banks threatened by ride-hailing firm Go-Jek

The app’s wide payment capabilities poses a risk to conventional banks.

SIBOR set to buoy Singapore banks from slow mortgage growth

Every 10bps rise in SIBOR could offset a 1ppt slowdown in loan growth.

India's bad debt burden is the second worst globally

Trailing only behind Italy, the country has a bad loan ratio of 11.6%.

Myanmar steps up oversight over share acquisitions by foreign banks

Foreign investors are allowed to acquire up to 35% stake in local firms.

China greenlights establishment of overseas banks

Arab Bank has received the green light to set up a Shanghai unit.

Australian customers embrace smaller banks as top four bear brunt of scandal

Customer satisfaction was high for mid-sized lenders like Bendigo and ING.

Philippine banks explore blockchain for payment and remittance services

The central bank approved a pilot project creating a real-time remittance corridor.

Over three fourths of the Philippine population is unbanked

This translates to only 15.8 million Filipinos out of 103.3 million.

How will looser mortgage rules weigh down on Indonesian banks?

The central bank earlier scrapped the 15% required downpayment for first-time home buyers.

Chart of the Week: Check out how profitable Hong Kong banks were in 2017

Average NIMs of the largest lenders from 1.43% in 2016 to 1.54% last year.

Higher mortgages loom as Singapore banks move to offset dismal lending

Some banks have been reportedly scrapping fixed deposit linked packages in favor of Sibor pegged packages.

Vietnamese banks' strong lending dampens capital raising activities

Loan growth of about 20% is outpacing internal capital generation.

Lending crunch fails to cripple Japan's mega banks as they join world's largest 20 lenders

MUFG is the ninth largest bank globally with a tier 1 capital of $153.04b.

Cooling measures to improve Singapore banks asset quality

This comes as a welcome development amidst slower loan growth.