Retail Banking
Philippine Business Bank's 1H14 earnings plunged 67% YoY to PHP258m
Weak trading is to blame.
Philippine Business Bank's 1H14 earnings plunged 67% YoY to PHP258m
Weak trading is to blame.
Bank Negara Malaysia could tighten monetary policy slightly further
Q2 GDP surprised at the upside.
Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank 1H14 loan growth surges 17.8% YoY
While NIM went above the consensus.
Time deposits drive Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank end-1H14 deposits to RMB 395.1bn
But loan growths were stable.
Asia Pacific firms' high-yield corporates default rate swelling: Moody's
The rate reflects slowing of China's growth.
Krung Thai Bank's THB20bn debenture program earns F1+(tha) rating: Fitch
Issuance proceeds are for general corporate purposes.
Wing Hang Bank offers promo for new investment account customers
Clue: It's a $0 brokerage fee privilege.
Smaller China banks predicted to cut down on shadow bank assets
And are likely to lean towards less risky loans.
RMB deposits fall sharply in July by CNY1.98T
Loan growth, meanwhile, was more selective.
Consequences of China bank ownership reform murky: Fitch
No established precedent for implementation of reforms.
Retail banking franchise buoyed Commonwealth Bank's FY14 results
It delivered well, to say the least.
Maybank’s loan growth expected to moderate
Partly due to slower Malaysian consumer growth.
Bank loans in Korea slightly climb 0.5% m-m to KRW1,151tn in July
While large corporate loans remained flat.
Singapore’s proposed Basel III leverage ratio guidelines are credit positive: Moody's
The new framework will improve disclosure standards.
Singapore’s new LCR is credit positive for largest bank: Moody’s
The LCR will be introduced in January 2015.
OCBC Bank appoints Ong Eng Bin as CEO for Malaysian business
He assumes his new role in August.
Lower credit costs drove Korean banks' profits to KRW3.7 trillion: Moody’s
Policy banks led the higher profits.