Lending & Credit

Digido has served 1 million customers

Over 3 in 4 of the loans disbursed in 2023 were from repeat customers.

Digido has served 1 million customers

Over 3 in 4 of the loans disbursed in 2023 were from repeat customers.

Indonesia’s Islamic financing to expand by 10% -12% in 2024: deputy gov

Indonesia’s sharia economy and finance maintained positive growth in 2023. 

How HomePay is combating renovation scams in Singapore

Money is put in an escrow account and disbursed when milestones are reached.

HSBC profit before tax is $30.3b in 2023

But the bank also had a $3b impairment charge related to the Bank of Communications.

South Korea’s household loans rose by $4.8b in Q4

Loans extended by banks rose by $8.5b during the period.

South Korea’s household lending accelerates in January

However, there was a fall in housing sale transactions in the past month.

Loan growth ambitions push Indian banks to ‘deposit war’

Loan growth is expected to fall in 2025 with possible intensified deposit competition.

BPI, Helios roll out solar mortgage program in the Philippines

It has a 7% interest rate and has already onboarded 100 new homeowners.

Mizuho invests $145m into Credit Saison India

CS India has 1.2 million active loans and assets under management of $1.2b.

Bank Mandiri’s loan quality improved moderately in 2023: Moody’s

Share of impaired loans were “modestly lower” compared to 2022.

China’s new bank loans hit record high in January: report

Officials are also rolling out more measures to support the economy.

India’s private banks’ NIMs contract 32  basis points in Oct-Dec 2023

Growth in unsecured loans is expected to slow, which will impact credit growth and NIMs.

Chart of the Week: Indian banks’ credit exposure to NBFCs slows in Dec

However, the growth trajectory is still higher compared to a couple of years ago, data showed.