Lending & Credit
Thai banks brace for blow from tighter mortgage curbs
Thai banks brace for blow from tighter mortgage curbs
The central bank imposed an 80% loan-to-value limit on mortgages.
Weak take-up for Singapore's Tuaspring bid may hit Maybank hard
The bank may make additional top-up in provisions as required.
Vietnamese banks continue shedding bad debt in June
Non-performing loan ratio has fallen to 6.7%.
Chinese banks speed up half-year bad loan disposals
Their non-performing loan ratios have dropped to 1.53% in June.
South Korean banks' bad loans plunge to 10-year low in Q2
Loan delinquency ratio fell to 1.06% in June.
Vietnamese banks step up bad loan disposal via auction
Agribank is planning to hold 12 auctions in September alone.
Steady mortgage lending boost South Korean bank loans to $491.76b in August
Residents have been turning to banks as property prices pick up.
Vietnam intensifies crackdown against bad debt
Bad loan ratio fell from 2.46% in December 2016 to 2.09% in June.
Westpac joins mortgage hike trend
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
And two Kazakh banks just had their licenses revoked.
Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank boosted by bloated project book
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
Banks shed bad loans in construction and working capital.
Indian state banks recover $5.23b of bad loans in Q1
Bad loan recovery in Q1 for PNB and Indian Bank exceeded that of 2017-18.
Goodbye deleveraging: Fiscal and monetary expansion to support growth in China
Against very clear headwinds due to the trade war and decelerating investment, China's State Council has unveiled plans to take a more aggressive...
Homeowners to feel pinch as Hong Kong banks hike mortgage rates
BOC (Hong Kong), HSBC and Hang Seng Bank raised rates by 10bp.
How are Indonesian banks faring after the bad loan surge of 2016?
Nonperforming loans have spiked after the 2014-2016 commodities downturn.
Chart of the Week: How exposed were Singapore banks to mortgages in Q1?
DBS gained the largest market share but has least mortgage exposure.
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