Lending & Credit News
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LENDING & CREDIT |
10 Sep 12
389 reads
KB Financial Group, Inc will soon take ownership of the Korean insurance unit of ING Group. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
08 Sep 12
70 reads
Bank Indonesia warned commercial banks not to use non-collateral loans to finance customers who were unable to pay the required downpayment. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
08 Sep 12
56 reads
Bank Negara Indonesia to get more Japanese companies to deposit their funds with them following a partnership agreement with Joyo Bank. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
07 Sep 12
185 reads
Dampened investor sentiment caused Indian banks to experience almost stagnant credit growth in the first five months of the fiscal year starting April. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
07 Sep 12
37 reads
South Korea's Eximbank has signed a cooperation deal with its China's Eximbank to boost bilateral trade. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
07 Sep 12
281 reads
Chinese and French state-owned banks have established a US$189 million fund to support each other's small and medium sized enterprises. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
06 Sep 12
173 reads
Japan’s largest bank could invest billions of dollars to fund Australian home loans through other means. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
06 Sep 12
422 reads
Fitch Ratings Ltd expects the balance sheets of Chinese banks to deteriorate until the first-half of 2013. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
05 Sep 12
38 reads
The Malaysian banking sector will sustain growth momentum in the second half of the year with a healthy loan pipeline, especially business loans, according to HwangDBS Vickers Research. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
05 Sep 12
116 reads
State Bank of India has signed an agreement that will allow it to support funding needs of Japanese companies in India. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
05 Sep 12
270 reads
Mizuho Corporate Bank and Akbank signed a cooperation agreement to finance mergers and acquisitions between both countries. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
04 Sep 12
262 reads
TMB Bank wants to build its export loan portfolio by adding attractive features for supply-chain solutions for exporters and their suppliers. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
04 Sep 12
250 reads
Loans by China's Big Four banks to local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) amounting to US$410 billion from January to June has increased the risk of default by these entities. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
03 Sep 12
237 reads
China's commercial banks are facing a high risk of increased bad loans as local governments try to unleash a new round of stimulus packages. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
01 Sep 12
100 reads
State Bank of India and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation will help small companies Japan do business in India. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
29 Aug 12
259 reads
Mizuho Bank Ltd, the banking unit of Mizuho Financial Group, is set to finance more mergers and acquisitions abroad with a US$2 billion credit line from the government. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
27 Aug 12
165 reads
Massive bankruptcies among small businesses causes soured loans in Zhejiang Province to balloon by over 50%. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
24 Aug 12
458 reads
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
24 Aug 12
251 reads
China’s Big Four banks face far weaker earnings growth in the future as profits continue to fall this year. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
23 Aug 12
150 reads
The People’s Bank of China has released RMB220 billion into the banking system via reverse repo. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
22 Aug 12
528 reads
Vietnam's central bank found non-performing loans at some banks as high as 60% of the total outstanding loans. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
22 Aug 12
165 reads
New loans extended by Chinese banks in July came to just US$84.9 billion against an expected US$110 billion, the lowest level since October 2011. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
21 Aug 12
143 reads
The "big four" Chinese banks extended 70 billion yuan or $11 billion worth of yuan-denominated loans in the first half of August. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
21 Aug 12
155 reads
Credit standards for loans given to businesses remain unchanged but standards to household have eased slightly. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
21 Aug 12
279 reads
China’s first private bank posted a second-quarter net income 20% larger than the year before but triggered a sell-off at the Hong Kong exchange that dragged down other major Chinese banks. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
20 Aug 12
150 reads
Alliance Financial Group is pushing for more more business in the consumer and SME sector. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
20 Aug 12
188 reads
A steady fall in foreign direct investments are crimping the expansion of China’s monetary base. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
20 Aug 12
578 reads
China’s state-owned banks remain among the world’s most profitable and the largest in market capitalization. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
17 Aug 12
192 reads
Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd plans to develop three innovative financing products for technology SMEs by year-end. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
16 Aug 12
191 reads
Driven by growing loans and wealth management services Maybank beat expectations with a 25 percent rise in second-quarter net profit of RM1.44 billion. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
15 Aug 12
199 reads
The NPL ratio of China's commercial banks at the end of June remains unchanged from the end of the first quarter at 0.9 percent. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
15 Aug 12
194 reads
The bad debt ratio of 18 South Korean banks fell in the second quarter from three months earlier. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
15 Aug 12
194 reads
Commercial banks in Thailand are more inclined to focus on medium-sized to large property developers, which are less likely to default, bank executives say. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
14 Aug 12
77 reads
ICICI Bank has become picky about lending to power and infrastructure projects, stopped motorcycle loans and has stopped offering new credit cards. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
13 Aug 12
141 reads
This is over 20% below the market forecast of US$108 billion. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
12 Aug 12
227 reads
Total outstanding loans among Philippine banks grew 14.9 percent to P2.95 trillion at the end of the first semester. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
10 Aug 12
174 reads
Maybank expects to issue 10,000 prepaid cards within the next 12 months as it targets double-digit growth in the sector within three to four years. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
10 Aug 12
371 reads
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LENDING & CREDIT |
09 Aug 12
169 reads
A consumer advocate has accused Australian banks before a Senate inquiry of providing home loans to those who can't afford home loans, and tampering the paperwork to make it look okay. Read ››
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LENDING & CREDIT |
08 Aug 12
58 reads
Household loans grew at the slowest pace in four months in July among South Korean banks as the growth of mortgage lending eased amid a tepid property market. Read ››
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