Lending & Credit
Indonesia's Bank Central Asia joins scheme to boost liquidity
The government said healthy lenders can apply to cash-strapped peers.
Indonesia's Bank Central Asia joins scheme to boost liquidity
The government said healthy lenders can apply to cash-strapped peers.
HKEX-listed Link REIT secures $130m sustainability-linked loan from OCBC
It is the REIT's first sustainability-linked loan transaction in the Hong Kong dollar.
China's new funding facilities carries risk asset for eligible banks
Credit risks will still accumulate from inclusive loans, analysts warned.
South Korea's fiscal stimulus to carry lasting headwinds
It will reduce loan defaulting, but also loosens credit standards.
CIMB Singapore customers band together to protest mortgage hike
More than 60 customers now comprise the group.
Chinese regulator's MSE loans buy won't help regional banks' capital
But ChongQing Rural Commercial Bank and Bank of ChongQing will slightly benefit.
Personal loans, NBFCs anchor surge in Indian outstanding bank credit
Both segments comprised 73% of incremental credit in April.
China shuns ‘clean coal' in new green financing guidelines
Billions of yuan have been used in green financing of coal-related projects.
Indian credit demand surges but recovery still far ahead
Gross non-performing loans drove the increase in credit.
Indonesian banks face aggravated headwinds as pandemic grows
Restructured loans have grown considerably and will increase further.
ADB inks $300m loan to boost Indonesia's geothermal capacity
It will support the construction and commissioning of two geothermal plants in Java.
Singapore's circuit breaker spells downturn in loan growth
Consumer loans were mostly affected, shrinking 0.9% MoM, OCBC said.
Chart of the Week: Malaysia's consumer loan growth to decelerate in 2020
There’s just little banks can do to encourage people to take out loans.
DBS approves loans worth $1.1b for micro, small businesses
Interest rates of Enterprise Singapore financing schemes averaged 2-3%.
APAC banks face shocking $1.8t credit hit
Axis Bank in India has seen a quarter of its loan book stop repayments.
Weekly Global News Wrap: JPMorgan gives out $30b in loans for US SMEs; Citi pilots ESG unit
And Westpac admits to money laundering breaches.
Japan's SMBC, Clifford Capital grant $140m loan for 300MW oil-fired plant
It’s the first IPP in Bangladesh financed by international commercial financiers.
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