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Is the RBI's move to rationalise Merchant Discount Rate a big threat to banks?
Analysts say the proposed framework is "an immature approach".
Is the RBI's move to rationalise Merchant Discount Rate a big threat to banks?
Analysts say the proposed framework is "an immature approach".
Retail Banking Forum 2017 kicks off in Manila with almost 70 attendees
Key executives from the country's major banks graced the event.
UBS' investment banking bonus pool in Asia Pacific to drop 15%
The bank's 66% drop in profits last year is taking its toll on bankers.
What will be the main drivers of Japanese mega banks' overseas loan growth?
Average overseas NPL ratio stood at 0.7% as of end-September 2016.
State Bank of India's merger with 5 associate banks gets go-ahead from government
The combined entity will have 23,000 branches in total.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Credit Suisse to cut 5,500 jobs this year; More women dominate central banks in Southeast Asia
And Wells Fargo to cut 2016 bonuses for top execs.
Chart of the Week: More than 38% of global adult population to adopt mobile banking by 2018
That is equivalent to more than 2 billion people.
Large Hong Kong banks to benefit more from NIM expansion compared with smaller banks: analyst
An analyst gives 3 reasons behind this assessment.
4 culprits behind Indonesian Islamic banks' muted profitability
Poor asset quality is one.
Australian banks to focus on bargaining for access to Apple's contactless payment function
The banks' application to the regulators was previously focused on fees.
Hong Kong banks find new revenue source in cash trapped in China
Hong Kong's yuan banking business is thriving.
Here's why Japanese banks' domestic loans need to beat the past three years' 3% growth rate
Domestic loans would need to have grown at least 5%.
APAC banks' IT spending to hit $67.1b in 2017
It's a 5.4% increase from 2016.
Hong Kong banks' risks from property exposure still "manageable": Fitch
Mortgage loans of Hong Kong banks only totalled US$144b in 2016.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: 11 trends that will define banking in 2017; Brexit risks 30,000 UK jobs
And Credit Suisse moves its investment banking team to London.
Chart of the Week: Check out Malaysian banks' impaired loan ratio for unsecured loans
It stood at 1.9% at end-2016.
Taiwanese banks expanding to Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines
Exposure to these markets grew 20% per year over 2015-2016.