Retail Banking
Are Singapore banks' NPL woes finally over?
Government support to O&G firms brought some respite.
Are Singapore banks' NPL woes finally over?
Government support to O&G firms brought some respite.
Hong Kong banks' mainland China exposure to exceed 30% of system-wide assets by end-2017
Thanks to Chinese corporates' aggressive international expansion.
Chart of the Week: Chinese banks' NPL ratio and credit costs edge up as at end-September 2016
NPL ratio reached 1.76%.
ABN Amro sells its private banking business Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai to LGT
The sale will be completed in the second quarter of 2017.
Thai banks to see gradually declining delinquencies in 2017
But asset quality pressures will persist.
Vietnam banks' problem assets ratio reaches 7.1% in the first half of 2016
That's including the gross value of assets sold to the Vietnam Asset Management Company.
Singapore banks' system loans in its longest streak of contraction since 2005
Loans contracted 2.2% YoY in October 2016.
3 factors that will pressure Chinese banks' profits in 2017
Rising credit costs is one.
Bankers discuss branch vs digitisation, security, AML and fraud
Regulation is stalling digitisation amongst Philippine banks.
Everything you need to know about Maybank Singapore's BizMortgage Plus for SMEs
It offers financing of up to 120% of the value of the SME's property.
Why India's demonetisation benefits won't support banks' credit profiles
Uncertainties offset the positive effects.
Sri Lankan banks to benefit from higher minimum capital requirements
Commercial banks' minimum capital requirements up from US$67m to US$134m.
What are the key risks to Australian banks' asset quality?
A sharp interest rate increase is one.
Citi names Fabio Fontainha ASEAN head of consumer banking
Citi has appointed Fabio Fontainha ASEAN Head of Consumer Banking, effective December 1. Fabio will be based in Singapore and will report to Anand...
RHB Banking Group appoints as Tuan Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar CFO
He will succeed Yap Choi Foong.
Thai banks' assets to shrink for the first time since 1997
Total assets grew a measly 1.4% in September.
CIMB's NIM down to 2.58% in 3Q16
Blame it on higher funding costs in Malaysia.