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Chart of the Week: Here's where Japanese banks' shrinking loan balances are hitting harder

More than half of lenders based in Chugoku, Koshinetsu, Shikoku and Tohoku earned less revenue.

Chart of the Week: Here's where Japanese banks' shrinking loan balances are hitting harder

More than half of lenders based in Chugoku, Koshinetsu, Shikoku and Tohoku earned less revenue.

China launches risk hedging tool to ease jitters after Baoshang Bank takeover

It is offered to investors in the $289m worth of six-month certificates of deposit.

Korean banks step up game to lure baby boomers

KEB Hana will create a taskforce to focus on premium pension products.

QR payment deployment boosts DBS' SME cashless transactions by 70%

It only launched the feature four months ago. DBS revealed that it has seen a 70% increase in digital transactions from its SME customers and 25%...

Singapore banks' loan growth slows further to 1.37% in April

Housing loans fell to a three-month low at $202.76b.

Maybank's Q1 net profit down 3.20% to $430m

Its Singapore unit was hit by a loss before taxation of $19.05m. Maybank’s net profit in Q1 dipped 3.20% YoY to $430m (MYR1.81b) from $450m (MYR1.87b...

Chart of the Day: Japan banks' profitability still lag behind G7 peers

The sector’s return on assets hit 0.4% in H1 2018, below 1.2% in the US and over 0.8% in Australia. This chart from Moody’s Investors Service shows...

China's first bank seizure in decades highlights growing small bank risk

State-owned CCB will ba taking over the business of Baoshang Bank.

Indian banks maintain strong earnings momentum in Q4

Year-end interest income rose 15.6% amidst sustained credit recovery.

Bank of East Asia chief executive David Li to retire

His sons, Adrian David Li Man-kiu and Brian David Li Man-kiu, will pick up in their father's stead.

Singapore banks brace for higher risk weighted assets

RWAs could increase by 25% by 2022 and 80% by 2027.

Singapore banks' fixed deposit rates to maintain sustained easing

FD rates have already started tapering off in April.