Lending & Credit
Bangkok Bank expects loan growth to continue in 2013
Bangkok Bank expects loan growth to continue in 2013
Bangkok Bank expects further loan growth after the 9.1-percent expansion in 2012.
Philippine banks' lending slowed to 14% in November
Slowdown was most evident in trade and construction.
Risk of massive default by Chinese banks increases
Seven-fold surge in trust loans worries central government.
S. Korean banks to lend more to smaller firms in 2013
Eighteen Korean banks are planning to lend a combined 30.8 trillion won to SMEs this year.
Philippine banks' NPL dropped to an all-time low of 2%
It's a 54-bp improvement from last year.
Singapore banks' mortgage loans to grow by 8% in 2013
Thanks to natural new home buyers and HDB upgraders.
Thailand's SCB aims for double-digit lending growth
Siam Commercial Bank unveiled its plans for 2013 to boost growth.
China banks' total social financing reaches record high of RMB15.8t
Loosening monetary conditions continue.
Household loan growth hits 6-year high in S. Korea
South Korean banks' household loans grew at the fastest pace in six years in December.
Here's how China banks' credit growth will be robust in 2013
Credit growth may reach 20% in 1H13.
S.Korean banks to tighten lending in Q1
Credit risks will force South Korean banks to tighten lending practices in the first quarter.
Japan Post Bank to offer housing loans
Japan Post Bank has been conditionally allowed by the government to launch three new businesses.
India's Dena Bank to restructure SME loans
Dena Bank announced it will work out a loan restructuring package for SMEs.
UBS to face Hong Kong interest rate misconduct probe
Hong Kong is investigating UBS over the Asian financial center’s benchmark interest rate.
China targets CNY9t new loans for FY13
It's up from the CNY8t target in FY12.
Indian banks admit massive losses to fraud
Duped out of US$817 million in the last financial year.
China's November loan figures 'roughly in-line'
Mainland banks lent out CNY530b of new loans.
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