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Banks support Malaysian SME’s overseas expansion

Malaysia’s small and medium enterprises receive more banking support in their quest for higher exports.

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Philippine banks outdid regional rivals in 2011

The Philippines’ central bank claims the country’s banks did better than most of its Southeast Asian rivals.

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Bank lending in Japan rises for the seventh month

Bank lending grew again in April on the back of efforts to rebuild areas ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami of 2011.

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Foreign investors eye Indonesia’s banks

Indonesia’s banks are attracting foreign firms for its booming growth and an untapped market of tens of millions.

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More liberal ownership climate a boon for Credit Suisse

Swiss financial services multinational Credit Suisse Group AG is boosting its presence in China.

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Temasek “rebalances” investments in China’s Big Four banks

Singapore's sovereign-wealth fund Temasek Holdings has invested more in China’s largest bank at the expense of two other Big Four banks.

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Malaysia's CIMB acquires 60% of Philippines' Bank Of Commerce

CIMB acquired 60 percent of Bank of Commerce of the Philippines for US$288 million.

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South Korea shuts down four savings banks

Failure to meet financial-strength standards proves fatal for four South Korean savings banks.

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Singaporean banks are the world’s strongest

Two Singaporean banks lead Bloomberg Markets’ second annual ranking of the world’s strongest banks.

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Chinese banks gear-up for massive foreign expansion

It’s only a matter of time before China’s banks venture overseas in large numbers to support Chinese businessmen around the globe.

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Corporate demand for bank credit wanes in China

Bank lending might have plunged 30% in April from March.

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Mitsubishi UFJ looks overseas for salvation

Japan’s biggest bank intends to generate some 40% of its profit overseas from the present 28%.

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NAB profits plunge 16%

The UK units of National Australia Bank Ltd have become a pox on the Australian bank’s operations.

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Renminbi continues long march towards internationalisation

Bankers see the Chinese renminbi or yuan becoming a key commodities currency.

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China’s third largest bank stumbles

The weaker Chinese economy has claimed Bank of China, Ltd as a victim.

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China's banking system seems healthy

The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) reports on the state of China's banking industry in 2011.

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Vietnam to miss target growth for business loans

Despite assurances to the contrary from the government, Vietnam will not loan as much to private business as it planned.

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