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ASEAN banks perform poorly in environment sustainability survey
ASEAN banks perform poorly in environment sustainability survey
However, banks in Singapore outperformed their peers.
Thai banks' bad loan balance hits 1.8% in Q2
Weaker debt servicing abilities reflected the slowing economy.
Can Philippine banks ride out the bad loan wave?
Systemwide non-performing loans rose sharply by 22.5% in January.
Taiwanese banks' loan book hit $940.4b in May
Loans granted by local banks grew $357.6b in May YTD.
Singapore banks' NIM expansion could hit 1-2bp in Q2
Both OCBC and UOB could have a NIM expansion of 2bp during the period.
Thai bank loans could grow 7% by end-2019
It will be supported by government projects paired with private investments.
Hong Kong banks' loan growth rose 3% in May
HKD loans were buoyed by mortgage demand.
Chart of the Week: Thai banks' bad loan ratio hit 3% in Q1
SMEs’ bad loan ratio continued to grow from 4.4% to 4.6%.
Chart of the Week: Can households buoy Malaysia banks' loan growth?
The sector makes up 5.7.8% of the total loans.
Banks cash in on Vietnam's micro-consumer loan segment
The sector’s interest rates could exceed 50% per year.
Australian banks grapple with funding gap's historic low of 40% in Q1
Investor loan growth slowed to less than 1%.
Singapore banks' loan growth up 4.7% in May
ACU-driven overseas loans rose 7.5%.
Indonesian banks hold back loans for finance firms
The prominent default of a financing firm in 2018 hit bank confidence.
China's shadow banking assets fall to two-year low in Q1 even as crackdown eases
Core shadow banking activities have dropped to $420b in 2018.
Philippine banks conquer mounting bad loan risk
Corporates, which account for 76% of loans, have strong debt-servicing abilities.
Malaysian banks bear weight of $234b household debt burden
Lower income borrowers account for 37% of household loans.
Millennials are snapping up Asia's short-term online loans
They are the top borrowers in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
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