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Profitability of Indian banks to drop sharply

Survey projects 14% growth in after tax profits for FY 2012-13.

Profitability of Indian banks to drop sharply

Survey projects 14% growth in after tax profits for FY 2012-13.

Maybank pushes Philippine expansion

Plans to open 25 branches this year and 25 in 2014.

These are China's 3 key financial reforms in the next 10 years

Interest rate and exchange rate reforms likely to be completed.

DBS takes aim at intra-Asian fund flows

It aims to increase offshore renminbi loan books in Hong Kong by 10%.

Renminbi deposits in Taiwanese banks reach US$2.08 billion

Taiwan’s 53 domestic banking units began trading only last February 6.

2 possible scenarios in the Eximbank-Sacombank merger

Check out which scenario is more favorable.

Singapore banks' NPLs won't spike in 2013: CIMB

NPL will only increase 15-20bp for DBS, OCBC, and UOB.

Vietnam to reform banking system with Canada’s help

Focus will be on modernizing the banking system and financial regulations.

China confirms Zhou as PBOC Governor

Signals China will implement more market-oriented changes to the financial system.

Singaporean banks could abandon Malaysian forex reference rate

Government study confirms attempts at rate fixing.

Why MUFG, SMFG, Mizuho need not worry about liquidity stress

They have low dependence on confidence-sensitive market funding.

SMBC becomes core investor in Indian infrastructure fund

SMBC joins Japan Bank for International Cooperation in backing fund.

Kasikornbank's margins to rise to 3.75% by 2015F

Nomura adjusted its Kasikornbank’s 2013-14F earnings forecast by 1%.

Chinese banks to be haunted by these 5 regulatory tightening rules in 1H13

Regulations on wealth management products came sooner than expected.

Chinese banks urged to rectify their self-issued wealth management products

They have until end-April to comply with CBRC's requirements.

China debates creation of financial super-regulator

Super-regulator to oversee the banking, securities and insurance sectors.