Lending & Credit
Risks mount for Chinese banks on back of rising investments in loans and receivables
Risks mount for Chinese banks on back of rising investments in loans and receivables
Exposure to these asset classes more than quadrupled since 2012.
Philippine regulator eases lending rules to spur infrastructure investment
Banks can roll out more loans for project financing.
Bank of Indonesia rolls out surprise rate cut as credit growth tumbles
The regulator is likely to ease further, analysts say.
Here’s the real deal about India’s new loan restructuring scheme
Will it allow banks to cover up bad loans?
Reserve Bank of India tweaks bad loan restructuring rules for lenders
It will be used to avoid high write-downs.
New land tax feared to erode Thai banks' earnings
Loan loss recovery will take a hit.
Chart of the Day: Indian banks' profitability crumbles as NPL ratios jump
Loan loss provisioning expenses will rise.
Escalating oil & gas default risks won’t sink Singapore’s largest banks: Fitch
They have a combined exposure of around $49 billion.
Korean regulators unveil $10b fund to support distressed shipping loans
State banks will be recapitalised.
Japanese banks' margins hit record low as negative rates, steep forex costs bite
Profits are under threat on several fronts.
Risks rise for Australian banks as house prices tick up
Will housing portfolios deteriorate?
Malaysia is stuck with its longest slide in loan approval rates since 2009
Loan approval dropped 17% in April.
Hong Kong banks' mainland loan exposure drops for the first time in a decade
But bad loans remain a key risk.
Malaysian banks grapple with shrinking deposits, mounting bad loans
Absolute gross impaired loans jumped 15% in Q1.
China's debt-to-equity swaps might have disastrous consequences, experts warn
Retail investors are at the losing end.
Philippine banks revel in breakneck consumer credit growth
But credit costs will rise as a result.
China issues RMB3 billion bond in London
This is its first-ever international RMB bond issued outside China.
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