Lending & Credit
Real estate woes threaten Chinese banks’ profits: Natixis
Real estate woes threaten Chinese banks’ profits: Natixis
Bad loans are growing whilst new regulations' effects are yet to reflect.
Weekly Global News Wrap: State Street not buying Credit Suisse; Italy to expire bad loan scheme
And China gives the first nod to revive Ant IPO.
From Reuters:
Financial services and bank holding company State Street has denied reports that it...
Weekly Global News Wrap: Swiss gov’t directs major banks to boost liquidity; UniCredit widens buyer search for Russian assets
And Deutsche Bank’s DWS CEO steps down amidst greenwashing allegations.
Japan megabanks’ bad loans edge up to highest in six years
Billion-dollar exposures to Russia contributed to the negative outlook.
Bank Raya offers instant bailout funds for faster small loan disbursements
Borrowers can access up to US$1,700 in loans.
Maybank adopts cautious outlook amidst geopolitical tensions, volatility
The Malaysia lender saw its Q1 profits fall compared to the same period last year.
Thailand bank loans up 6.9% in Q1
Corporate loans continue to grow whilst consumer loans slowed amidst the Omicron outbreak.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Deutsche Bank not financing $3.5b Africa oil pipeline; Berkshire Hathaway bets $2.9b on Citi
And Goldman Sachs reach a $79.5m shareholder settlement over 1MDB fiasco.
HDBank signs MOU with IFC to build supply chain finance portfolio
HDBank hopes to build a supply chain finance portfolio of $1b over the next three years.
South Korean banks’ household lending rise in April
Corporate lending rose to its second-highest monthly figure ever.
Malaysia’s Public Bank raises lending rate by 0.25%
The new base rate will be 2.25%, and base lending rate at 5.72%
Public Bank is increasing its Base Rate (BR), Base Lending Rate (BLR) / Base...
DBS, Xero simplifies SMEs loan application with data-sharing partnership
Xero customers now has the option of sharing their transaction records to DBS.
South Korean banks’ interest rates rise to eight year-high: report
The rising rates have spawned worries in households' repayment abilities.
Japan’s Shizuoka Bank maintains strong loan quality as profits continue to be weak
The bank has the strongest capitalization amongst regional banks in Japan.
Here’s how you build a successful Buy Now Pay Later platform: study
Hiring the right talent and developing a good tech stack are key to success.
MUFG appoints June Raj as managing director for APAC Aviation
She is tasked with growing the bank’s aviation financing portfolio in Asia Pacific.
Return of tourism sparks further recovery of Australia's card payments market
Resumption of travel and tourism will help push card use.
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