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Chinese bank NPLs up 20.7% to US$84.83b in 1Q13

Chinese bank NPLs up 20.7% to US$84.83b in 1Q13

It's US$5.4 billion more than 2012.

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CBRC orders banks to provide more detail on interbank deals

Unregulated channels may be used to pour funds into speculative real estate.

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China secretly issues tougher anti-money laundering rules

Banks to rate their clients' risk of criminal conduct starting December 2015.

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Chinese banks continue amassing US dollars

Attain forex surplus for seventh straight month.

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Indonesia's 4 large banks' loan growth likely to reach 23%

Barclays says credit quality is stable.

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Bank Mandiri to invest US$130 million in IT

Indonesia’s largest lender will use the investment to improve its information technology system to increase its efficiency.

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Singapore to replace Switzerland as the bank for the super-rich

To become top destination for the wealth of the world's richest by 2020.

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Bank Mandiri to increase corporate loans by 18%

Loans are for the infrastructure, consumer goods and plantation sectors.

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Senior executive movements at China’s top banks

Changes follow the once-in-a-decade leadership transition at the Chinese communist party.

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Citi Philippines named Best Bank in Asia Pacific--again

Is the ninth straight year the bank has won the award.

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Asia's share of global revenues doubled in the last 7 years: Citi

Find out how Citi benefits from this growth.

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3 in 4 Filipinos do not visit bank branches anymore

They prefer to do banking online.

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China reorganizes Monetary Policy Committee

Cause is the retirement and reshuffling of committee members.

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How can China banks keep profitability in check despite weak earnings forecasts?

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China gets tougher on sales of WMPs

Orders checks on underlying assets of volatile WMPs.

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Credit card fraud tops Shanghai’s financial crimes list

Accounted for 88% of financial crime cases in court in 2012.

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HSBC says new Indian banking regulation not “sensible”

Indian and foreign-owned banks won’t be able to meet the new norms.

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