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Bank of China to weather potential losses, asset quality strains: S&P

Bad loans ratio for its mainland property loans has shrunk to 4.94% in June 2024.

Bank of China to weather potential losses, asset quality strains: S&P

Bad loans ratio for its mainland property loans has shrunk to 4.94% in June 2024.

Agricultural Bank of China to withstand property crunch

Exposure to the mainland property sector has shrunk to 3.67% of its loan book.

AGTech acquires controlling stake in Ant Bank Macao for $30.23m

AGTech now owns 51.15% of Ant Bank (Macao)'s issued shares.

CIMB logs 14% net profit growth in H1; interim dividend is 20 sen

CEO Novan Amirudin attributed this to operating income growth, amongst others.

UNOBank pushes embedded finance in Philippines

The platform seeks to boost its digital banking business and expand financial services.

Thaioil takes up sustainable deposits, linked swaps with SCB

Funds from deposits will support projects that reduce environmental impact.

India warns against fraudsters’ posing as central bank employees

They would use fake letterheads or threaten to close bank accounts.

Korean banks’ total capital ratio rises to 15.76% in Q2

CET1 ratio rose 0.18ppt to 13.18% over the same period.

Maybank profit up 9% to MYR5.02b in H1; first interim dividend is 29 sen

This is thanks to its non-interest income growing 28.4%.

Bangkok Bank approves 2 baht dividend for H1

The dividend will be paid on 20 September.

Chinese banks’ assets, profits expand in Q2

Assets of large commercial banks expanded 7.9% during the quarter.

Bank of East Asia logs HK$2.1b profit for H1

Ongoing commercial real estate (CRE) concerns led to the 19.9% decline.

Geopolitics, elections to take APAC banks in a “bumpy ride” in H2

Financial institutions are overall well-buffed against risks.

Aussie mutual lenders may consolidate to fewer than 10: analyst

Up to 40 mutual lenders may consolidate and potentially disappear, said S&P analyst Lisa Barrett.

BOCHK warns against suspicious SMS messages

It reminded customers that it will only send messages starting with a “#”.

EastWest Bank reports $62.12m net income for H1

Its deposits and loans expanded by over 10% compared to H1 2023.

Higher loans carry RCBC’s net income to $79.87m in H1

Net interest margin rose 41 basis points to 3.71%.