Lending & Credit
Railway ministry's massive debts a grave danger for Chinese banks
Railway ministry's massive debts a grave danger for Chinese banks
Of the Ministry of Railways’ liabilities, some US$321 billion are bank loans.
DBS to boost Hong Kong lending by 10%
Trade with mainland China is fueling demand for RMB services.
Bank Danamon's micro lending growth dragged by slow growth in Java
The bank’s loan growth slowed to 14.4% in FY12.
Chinese bank lending hits US$99.6 billion in February
Total lending for the month stood at US$172 billion.
Standard Chartered closes US$109.35m loan facility in Singapore
Kudos to StanChart's shipping finance team.
China banks' total social financing reached RMB1.07t in February
But it's down from monthly record high of RMB 2.54tn in January.
Indian government to invest US$182m for a women’s bank
The bank will open in October.
BPI increases loans to agriculture and livestock sectors
Launches lending program for livestock owners nationwide.
Chinese banks taking on intolerable risks
Financial reforms needed to reduce excessive risks concentrated in banking sector.
Singapore and Hong Kong banks may refocus on corporate lending
RoRWA on mortgages becomes increasingly less attractive.
What you still don't know about Asian banks' risk weighting of assets
There has been increasing scrutiny on RWAs.
Hang Seng Bank, DBS to be hit the hardest by a floor on mortgage risk weighting
Check out why they are in more danger than their peers.
BDO completes quick sale of US$123m LTCND
The Philippines’ largest bank said this was because of strong demand.
Hong Kong banks' lending to Qianhai to grow gradually in the first 3 years
They are likely to be selective in their lending decisions.
Philippine bank lending still rising
Growth in January, however, is slower than December’s.
Find out what the loan growth drivers of DBS, OCBC, and UOB are
But overall net interest income is feared to slow in 2013.
Standard Chartered's wholesale loans in Singapore and Hong Kong shrank
But mortgage loans were up 25% and 13% respectively.
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