Retail Banking
Asian banks face double trouble
Slowing regional economic growth and tight credit markets are major headwinds.
Asian banks face double trouble
Slowing regional economic growth and tight credit markets are major headwinds.
Don't get your hopes up unless Singapore banks' NIMs expand by 30bps or more
An increase of 10bps has no significant effect on net profit.
Chinese deposits shift from brokers to banks and wealth management products
Total deposits grew faster by CNY0.9t MoM in Sep 2015.
Bank Negara Indonesia's net profit reaches nearly US$ 444m in the first nine months of 2015
Thanks to a spike in corporate lending.
Analysts 'bewildered' about weak correlation of DBS' NIMs to credit spreads
Weak NIMs despite a large pool of cheap deposits is also a concern.
2 things local regulators must do to improve financial inclusion in Indonesia
Allowing partnerships with multiple service providers is one.
Taiwanese banks to ramp up overseas expansion as regulation eases
Overseas investment limits were eased early this year from 40% of paid-in capital to 40% of net worth.
More than 50% of the population across emerging Asia still unbanked
But financial inclusion in emerging Asia has visibly progressed since 2011.
Regulatory traps stall Singapore banks’ expansion
Greater regional exposure also comes with increased regulatory complexities.
Citi appoints C.R. ‘Shyam’ Sambamurthy as global head of International Personal Bank
Sambamurthy is a Citibanker with a career spanning 27 years.
YES BANK selected into the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
It is the first Indian bank to be indluded in the DJSI.
These charts show how profits of the 4 largest Indonesian banks plummeted in the second quarter
Combined profit fell 14.62% to 14.685 trillion rupiah.
Thai banks' interest income drops for 3 consecutive quarters
It fell by 1.2% in Q215, worsening from -0.8% in Q115.
Australia's 4 major banks on a capital raising spree
They have raised almost AUD 16 billion of CET1 capital since May 2015.
CIMB's capitalisation the lowest among large Malaysian banks: Moody's
It deteriorated further in the first half of 2015.
Indian non-banking financial companies' NPLs to soar by up to 100bps
But asset quality will stabilize over the next 12 months.
Who's winning China's retail banking race?
The top bank raked in RMB238 billion in 2014.