Lending & Credit
Only a small portion of China banks' new loans priced below PBOC's benchmark rates
Only a small portion of China banks' new loans priced below PBOC's benchmark rates
Most banks expected to retain their pricing power.
Singapore fines 22 financial firms for money laundering
Restricts operations at seven others.
China abolishes banks’ floor lending rates
Critics say move not a breakthrough in rate liberalization.
Renminbi-denominated deposits in Taiwan fall in June
First monthly drop since OBU scheme began July 2011.
India hikes interest rates again
Part of frantic effort to stop rupee’s plunge.
Chinese banks boost loans to SMEs
Lending hits US$2.58 trillion in May.
China to tame shadow banking using more policy tools
A liquidity squeeze is only one of these tools.
China's total social financing the lowest since April 2012 at CNY1.04t
Bond issuance fell to just CNY44bn in June.
Korea's bank loans up 0.7% to KRW1,082t in June
Corporate loan growth was 0.5%.
Here's why Maybank, Public Bank, CIMB will benefit from stricter lending criteria
They have scale advantages to price loans competitively.
China Exim Bank loans US$64.8 billion in H1
Number of export projects funded rises 49% year-on-year.
Mizuho will boost overseas lending by 50%
Aims at Latin America and emerging Asia.
Malaysian banks now prohibited from offering pre-approved personal financing products
Responsible lending practices are reinforced.
China’s big banks hammered hard by credit crunch
June lending falls to US$44 billion.
Singapore banks to suffer from mortgage pressure for up to 1.5 years
Continued downward re-pricing looms.
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Intends to increase transparency and reduce risk.
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