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Thailand's BAY to keep focus on retail lending
Thailand's BAY to keep focus on retail lending
Bank of Ayudhya will maintain focus on retail loans, which account for 49 per cent of its lending portfolio.
Singapore banks' net profit may have declined 9% in 4Q12
Decreasing NIM is the culprit.
RMB deposits in Hong Kong rose by 5.6% to RMB603b
It's 9.1% of total deposits.
4 key takeaways from Barclays' China bank field trip
Leadership transition in March could bring certain policy redirections in 2H12.
Security Bank added 72 branches in 2012
Its now has 208 branches in the Philippines.
ICBC International doing good business
Became No.2 underwriter and No.1 Chinese investment bank in Hong Kong last year.
Top Vietnam banks eye merger in 5 years
Vietnam's Eximbank and Sacombank will sign a cooperation agreement to merge in the next 3-5 years.
Yes Bank eyes acquisitions for expansion goals
Yes Bank is open to acquisitions in banking, broking and asset management businesses.
New bank loans to China's corporate sector declined sharply by 27%
Find out what went wrong in 2012.
OCBC's focus on higher-yielding unsecured personal lending may be futile
It's not enough to offset higher funding costs.
2 risks that could drag UOB down
Worse-than-expected margin deterioration is one risk.
Singapore banks must brace for flat underlying earnings growth in 2013
Mild uptick in credit costs offsets single-digit revenue growth, says Barclays.
Financial firms less dependent on banking credit
Continue to turn to shadow banking for funds.
CDB to finance more infrastructure projects in China
China's largest infrastructure project lender to fund more urbanization-related projects.
Krung Thai Bank eyes 15% fee income growth for 2013
It will benefit from the government’s THB2t infrastructure spending over the next seven years.
Philippine banks to raise more capital to meet Basel 3 guidelines
Maybank says capital instruments issued in 2011 will be qualified until 2015 but older issuances will be ineligible.
Sumitomo Mitsui’s market value rises by 5.1%
Recent stock market rally also benefits other Japanese megabanks.
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