Lending & Credit
Indian banks admit massive losses to fraud
Duped out of US$817 million in the last financial year.
China's November loan figures 'roughly in-line'
Mainland banks lent out CNY530b of new loans.
Indonesia's SME loan requirement may hurt foreign banks
Foreign banks could reel from Indonesia's new requirement to lend 20% to SMEs.
Why Asian banks must revamp their SME divisions
The latest strategy to aggressively grow unsecured loans to the SME segment, underpinned by the hopes of earning mega bucks to make up for the...
Why Chinese banks must mull over bailing out shadow banking
Check out what Barclays has to say.
China's Big Four lent out CNY168b in November
That is lower than October's CNY220b.
Thailand's Krungsri targets more loans with wage hike
A 17% new accounts growth projection.
Rival Indonesian banks BRI, BNI target 22% lending growth
Strong demand by consumers and corporations.
Indonesia's state banks to write off bad loans
Level playing field with private banks.
Chinese banks rush to sell subordinated debt
Total debt is a staggering US$24 billion.
Philippines' BDO, Korean Dev't Bank cooperate in project financing
Philippines and in East Asia.
Thailand's SCB wants Laos and Myanmar, not Malaysia and Indonesia
Be regional banks.
Standard Chartered China gets approval for RMB3.3b loan quota
It is the first foreign bank to have been granted approval.
This graph shows how Thai banks benefit from a sudden surge in corporate loans
Listed-company gross debt increased by THB621bn in 9M12.
IFC to lend more to Asian banks
International Finance Corporation has US$5 billion to support bank trade financing.
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