Lending & Credit

Chinese banks' new loans hit record high at $477b in January
19 Feb 19
Regulators have encouraged banks to lend more to firms hit by the deleveraging.
Philippine banks agree on $410m debt-equity swap to save troubled Hanjin
18 Feb 19
The five creditors have agreed to swap debt for shares in the parent firm.
China's shadow banking sector to shrink to half of GDP in 2019
15 Feb 19
Lenders have been shifting to on-balance sheet activities.
Bad loans threaten Philippine banks amidst steep interest rates
14 Feb 19
Soured assets held by Philippine banks hit $430m in November 2018.
Indian banks make headway in denting bad debt in Q3
14 Feb 19
The growth of gross NPAs fell to 8.4% from 30.4% the previous year.
Struggling Chinese firms to lift Hong Kong banks' classified loan ratio to 0.75% by 2019
14 Feb 19
The number of defaults quadrupled to hit a record $17.68b in 2018.
Thailand braces for fresh wave of bad loans as property market cools
13 Feb 19
Retail mortgage NPLs account for 16.6% of systemic bad loans and 25.9% of total loans.
Chart of the Week: Vietnamese banks are downplaying their problem loans
13 Feb 19
Vietinbank, for instance, reports an NPL ratio of 1.4% but the true figure is at least 3%.
Krung Thai Bank's bad loan ratio could fall to 4% in 2019
11 Feb 19
The bank is in the process of resolving one big corporate NPL.
Vietnam hammers hard on bad loans as banks clear $6.42b in soured assets in 2018
6 Feb 19
This brings the bad loan ratio to 1.89% in 2018 from 1.99% in 2017.
Chinese banks' property loan growth slows to 20% in 2018
28 Jan 19
About $3.82t went to individual purchasers.
Singapore mortgages slow sharply as sentiment sours
28 Jan 19
Home loan growth slowed to 1.9% in January-November 2018 from 4.2% in 2017.
Will India's banks sink under weight of the country's worst water crisis?
24 Jan 19
Roughly 40% of banks' gross credit exposure are in sectors with significant water risks.
Chart of the Week: Singapore mortgage loans to grow 3% in 2019
23 Jan 19
The cooling measures will temper borrowing activities.
Are Chinese banks put to risk as government calls to rev up POE lending?
18 Jan 19
The bad loan ratio of select sectors hit 4.7% compared to the 1.7% industry average.
Philippine banks can weather their largest corporate default
16 Jan 19
The combined loan exposure of Korean shipbuilder Hanjin to its five creditors is at $412m.
Vietnamese banks' 2018 pre-tax profit surges 40% as bad debt crackdown pays off
15 Jan 19
Lenders were able to resolve $6.5b in soured loans.
Are Singapore banks bracing for another O&G nightmare amidst Coastal Oil troubles?
11 Jan 19
The indebted crude oil supplier owes the three Singapore banks a combined US$172.1m.
India's weakened banking sector awaits stronger credit growth as it tucks bad loans away
12 Dec 18
From 4.7% in end-2016, loans booked double-digit growth of 14.9% in November.
Chart of the Week: Australia and Hong Kong banks hit by negative property sentiment
12 Dec 18
The decline in property prices may drive loan impairments up.
Indonesian banks refuse to pass rate hike burden to consumers
4 Dec 18
Borrowing costs remain low as lenders hope to stoke consumption.
Korean banks' bad loan ratio falls below 1% in Q3 for first time in a decade
4 Dec 18
Shipping corporates are making good headway in the crackdown.
China's shadow banking sector shrunk to $9.02t in January-September
3 Dec 18
Trust loans and entrusted loans dropped sharply.
Chinese commercial banks' bad loan ratio to hold below 1.9%
23 Nov 18
It already hit 1.87% in Q3.
Korea's shrinking bad loan record at risk as SOHO loans turn sour
5 Nov 18
Such loans accounted for a fifth (22%) of total bank lending as of end-June.
South Korea cracks down on bank lending to cool housing market
5 Nov 18
Banks must cap the volume of high-risk loans they extend.
UOB to support Shandong-based firms' Southeast Asian expansion with $432.47m funding
23 Oct 18
It inked a memorandum of understanding with Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Qilu.
Thai banks brace for blow from tighter mortgage curbs
22 Oct 18
The central bank imposed an 80% loan-to-value limit on mortgages.
Weak take-up for Singapore's Tuaspring bid may hit Maybank hard
5 Oct 18
The bank may make additional top-up in provisions as required.
Vietnamese banks continue shedding bad debt in June
2 Oct 18
Non-performing loan ratio has fallen to 6.7%.
Chinese banks speed up half-year bad loan disposals
25 Sep 18
Their non-performing loan ratios have dropped to 1.53% in June.
South Korean banks' bad loans plunge to 10-year low in Q2
17 Sep 18
Loan delinquency ratio fell to 1.06% in June.
Vietnamese banks step up bad loan disposal via auction
11 Sep 18
Agribank is planning to hold 12 auctions in September alone.
Steady mortgage lending boost South Korean bank loans to $491.76b in August
7 Sep 18
Residents have been turning to banks as property prices pick up.
Vietnam intensifies crackdown against bad debt
30 Aug 18
Bad loan ratio fell from 2.46% in December 2016 to 2.09% in June.
Westpac joins mortgage hike trend
29 Aug 18
It has become the first big Australian lender to raise its rates.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: German banks may heighten senior preferred bond sales; US moves to rewrite low-income lending rules
29 Aug 18
And two Kazakh banks just had their licenses revoked.
Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank boosted by bloated project book
22 Aug 18
Project approvals have more than doubled from $2b in March 2017 to $5.3b in July.
Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks bad loans down to 1.59% in June
22 Aug 18
Banks shed bad loans in construction and working capital.
Indian state banks recover $5.23b of bad loans in Q1
20 Aug 18
Bad loan recovery in Q1 for PNB and Indian Bank exceeded that of 2017-18.

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