Lending & Credit

SC First Bank punished for illegal metal loan service

South Korea's financial watchdog penalized SC First Bank for its violations of local banking laws such as the illegal handling of metal loan services...

SC First Bank punished for illegal metal loan service

South Korea's financial watchdog penalized SC First Bank for its violations of local banking laws such as the illegal handling of metal loan services...

VGS and ABBank sign 100b dong credit contract

Vietnam-Germany Steel Pipe Joint Stock Co signed a short term credit contract worth 100 billion dong ABBank's Vinh Phuc branch to support its working...

Offshore RMB market strengthens HK's status: report

The offshore RMB market will strengthen the competitiveness and status of Hong Kong as an international financial center, according to  the Economic...

Vietnam banks struggle to lower non-manufacturing sector loans

Six of 17 banks in Ho Chi Minh City are struggling to slash credits for non-productive sectors to 22% of their total outstanding loans.

ICBC provides petty loans for individual industrial and commercial households

ICBC rolled out the pilot service of personal petty loans to meet their funding needs, providing small RMB loans for their short-term working capital...

SCB-KTB extend loan to Index Living Mall

Siam Commercial Bank has been appointed as the mandated lead arranger for a 4.01-billion-baht syndicated loan with Krung Thai Bank to Index living...

Bangkok Bank joins JBIC in helping Japanese companies in Thailand

Bangkok Bank and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation will help Japanese companies in Thailand with a new lending program called "Two Step...

Singapore banks show stunning loan growth at 24.2% YoY

And this is driven by business loans which expanded 27.5% in May.

NAB CEO allays fears on home loan debt

Clyne said the current European financial crisis has yet to affect its funding costs.

Korean government to impose stricter requirements on banks

Banks are required to meet the loan-to-deposit ratio of 100% by June 2012, earlier than the existing deadline of end 2013.

UCO Bank launches loan center for SMEs

The lender’s SME loan processing centres facilitate loan applications with credit requirement ranging from $55,666 to $5.57mn.

Debt threats: China’s alarming credit-to-GDP ratio jumps from 120% to 166% in March 2011

Total system credit financing also increased by 71% to Rmb26.7 tn during 2009 and 2010.

Risk of bank debt rising as regulators 'dreaming'

Ringfencing is on the agenda but regulators may be dreaming if they think it will stop contagion, warns Fitch Ratings.

Krung Thai cuts interests for punctual credit card payments

Krung Thai Bank introduced a special campaign to debtors under the government’s debt refinancing scheme for credit cards making a payment punctually...

Bangkok Bank, Kasikornbank extend power plant loans

Bangkok Bank and Kasikornbank Senior signed a contract for the banks to provide financial support of Baht 7.9 billion for Amata B.Grimm Power to...

China regulator lays down policies to aid SMEs

CBRC measure to help small businesses in some coastal areas whose condition at present is worse than during the peak of 2008 global financial crisis...

Chinese banks prepare for more bad loans

Chinese banks may see their asset quality fall at some time in the future if the country's monetary tightening policies and liquidity squeezes...